Community Guides

Hello everyone, Welcome to our Community Guide board - a place full of the best advice and tactics by Hosts, for Hosts! In this section you are going to find a plethora of guides, tips and tutorials created by our hosting community on mastering the ar...

The 10 most important items to carefully consider when hosting. 1. Comfortable Bed, if your bed squeaks, wobbles and is too soft, guests will not like this. investing in the most expensive bed you can afford will reward you for the next 30 years as that... Latest reply by Vince1757

In a perfect world, all buildings and activities would be built from scratch with accessible travel in mind – they’d be easy to use for every person regardless of individual ability. However, we don’t live in a perfect world, most existing buildings were ... Latest reply by Helen744

Hey everyone, The first thing you see when you arrive on the Community Center is the homepage. There are multiple things to see and do here so we’ve divided this guide into three main sections (see below). You can click on any of the above links to g... Latest reply by Emilie

There are SO many threads from hosts and guests who misunderstand reviews-- who can see them and when, when to leave one, if they should leave an honest one etc. Hope this clears up some misconceptions. Feel free to add your own FAQs! 1. When shoul... Latest reply by Yui-Hei0

We have been cord-cutters since April 2008, but did have cable for a short while when we first opened the guesthouse. We rarely watched it, and instead streamed content from overseas via a VPN on a PC stick that was connected to our TV. The decision to ... Latest reply by Debra300

Hello Everyone, You are all so helpful in the forums when someone posts leaving a question or comment so I figured I'd share some thoughts and provide some value back to the community. I'll try to do this a couple times a week to engage the community. ... Latest reply by Jen7522

***NOTE***: Some of the images have changed a little but will be explained in the description of that section. I see several hosts wondering why their response rating has decreased or their calendar block when they have responded to all their inquiries ... Latest reply by Jeff2149

So you are thinking about starting an Airbnb? Not sure what to do or where to turn? Here are some time-tested ideas, suggestions and step-by-step instructions to answer your questions and make starting your new business easier. Although the following tips... Latest reply by Erica1341

Both here and in support groups there are many posts about problems resulting from the use of a mobile phone app.These problems are not restricted to Airbnb, they are general issues. In most instances with Airbnb though, the complaint will be.......'I can... Latest reply by Kerry431

Greetings ~ I wanted to drop a quick post to share a link to a crude little Pricing Model I have been working on, that others might also find useful. Some time ago, I posted a thread about how to go about calculating your break-even pricing. Being... Latest reply by Геннадий6