How close do you live to your listing? 📍

[Rebecca]

Hi everyone 👋

It got me thinking that not every host is just around the corner from their listing.

Some of you might only be a few minutes away, while others could be managing your accommodation from a completely different town, city, or even country.

How far away do you live from your listing, and roughly how long would it take you to get there?

Whether it's a quick five-minute drive or a flight across the world, it'd be really interesting to see just how spread out our community is.

Looking forward to hearing your answers! 👇

[Till-and-Jutta0]

We definitely enjoy it! However it's important to close the calendar from time to time, to prevent host fatigue (as Brian has called it once).

[Rebecca]

I get that. Like your 'hosting battery' drains and you need to recuperate! 🔋 @Till-and-Jutta0  How long do you usually press pause for when you need a break? 😊

[Patricia2526]

Hi @Rebecca 

Normally I’m only 3–5 minutes away by car if anything comes up, but at the moment I’m about a 20-hour flight away. 😂 Thankfully, everything can still be handled remotely, so guests are well taken care of.

[Rebecca]

😂 @Patricia2526  Are you on holiday? It's great that everything can be done remotely! 

[Bob297]

@Rebecca 
I live in the Netherlands, and our 3 rental homes are 9,000 km away in Curaçao.
A local manager is looking after them

[Rebecca]

Oh my goodness @Bob297! I wonder if you're the host who lives furthest away from their listing? 🤔 It would be awesome to find out! 

Do you visit your listings and get to spend some time in Curaçao? 

[Bob297]

Blue Bay Beach

We try to go there twice a year. We won't make it this year, because we've planned a 7-week trip to New Zealand. (which is even further away :-))

[Rebecca]

WOW! 😍 It's beautiful @Bob297! 

New Zealand is an amazing country - have you been before? Where abouts are you going? 

[Steven2077]

We started with our own guesthouse on our property 20 mts away. Then someone asked me to co host a house 20 min away, thats going great. Now ill be co hosting another one 1 hr away. I quite enjoy it, i honestly think that with the right systems the accomodation could be anywhere. 

[Rebecca]

Hi @Steven2077 👋

Thank you so much for sharing this with us. Is it nice being so close to your listings? 

When you say 'with the right systems the accommodation could be anywhere',  do you think that remote hosting could be successful, and what systems do you think would help make this a success? 😊