How to get the kinds of guests you want

[Yolande53]

I live in Ottawa Canada; I have been hosting for awhile now.  Before Covid and after Covid.  Before I was on airbnb I hosted nurses and doctors, rented out rooms, for 1-3 week periods,  I was always cleaning, my place had a revolving door.  The medical professionals are the best guests anyone could have.  Serious hardworking intelligent people, flexible personalities, who would get to use the washroom first in a.m., and evenings was a non-issue.  

Last year after Covid I realized that I could have an easier life if I used only the Airbnb platform, hosted no more than two people per stay, and my minimum stay time could possibly become 28-30 day periods.  So far so good.  

Canada is a winter country.  Finding guests with the same profiles.... for longer stays (between October first and March 1st) is not easy.  I was able to do this last year.  This year, I am getting a lot of requests for September 1 which would seal the deal if they needed a 7 month stay, but so far I haven't quite hit my mark.  

I was wondering if I changed my own profile, that is my own wish list, would I be able to get exactly what I want?

Does anyone have any great ideas for me? 

[Fred13]

Always beneficial to work backwards, in your case the consideration is who do you try to appeal to during winter months; obviously not the same type of visitors as during 'summer' months.

Regardless, your descriptions spends few words in 'salesmanship' to either group, perhaps it should. May be helpful appealing (via description) to a summer and winter clientele changing every six months.

I noticed you mentioned you are in close proximity to government buildings, be interesting to see if those types of workers would make for excellent 'winter' guests.

Either way, good luck. Enjoyed your post, you are well spoken.