Hello everybody I would like to ask you some questions.

[Sita5]

How do I check my guests in

How do I know when the booking is done?

[Alice-and-Jeff0 · Accepted solution]

@Sita5 - 

Welcome to the idea of Airbnb.  You absolutely need to do the following to get up to speed: 

 1. Complete the tutorials here: https://www.airbnb-toolkits.com/my_toolkits

2. Read all the big topics here: https://www.airbnb.com/help

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3. Join the Community Forums and read as much as you can, specifically regarding bookings, cancellations, and getting paid: https://community.airbnb.com/t5/New-Hosts/What-tips-would-you-give-to-a-new-host/m-p/215615/highligh...

 4. Bookmark this: https://community.airbnb.com/t5/Community-Help/Contact-Airbnb-A-Community-Help-Guide/m-p/16165#M2339...

 5. Then take a mental inventory of your own personality and determine if you actually can handle people in your space, touching and ruining your things without being sorry (because it will happen) and how you will resolve conflict as it arises in your dealings with guests. It's different dealing with "guest-pectations" and people on vacation than it is with renters. 

Then get ready for fun, exciting and amazing people to enter your life and touch you in ways that would never have been possible had you not chosen to open your heart, head and home to the possibility of new encounters.  

As for the two questions you asked, please use the Help Center to help you answer questions. 

Check in: https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/41/how-do-i-coordinate-check-in-details-with-my-host

Status: https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/1355/how-do-i-check-the-status-of-my-guest-s-reservation

https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/363/what-does-each-reservation-status-mean

Good luck. 

Alice & Jeff 

[Quincy]

Awesome post! Very informative 🙂 @Alice-and-Jeff0

[Colleen47]

@Sita5 I'm in agreement with @Alice-and-Jeff0 read and educate as much as you can prior to hosting. Check in is flexible. Some people are there to greet you, while others, myself included leave the key and leave it to them. This will depend on your style and what type of accommodation you have. Booking with show as confirmed when it is " official ". This confirmation will also show you dates of check in and check out. Good luck!