I have my own air bnb however this year I took on hosting for a property owner who is out of the country for the year. I am looking for some guidance from you if you are in a similar situation regarding what you charge and what is included in that price. I am currently charging a flat fee of $200 per booking which in our agreement includes "advertise property online, meet with tenants, inspect property for repairs, purchase new items as needed and issue payment to vendors such as for lawn care and housekeeping".
The homeowner I am working with messages me on FB Messenger almost daily talking about how she's constantly doing research on how to maximize income. I tell her whatever she'd like to do with the prices and lengths of stay I will accommodate but never gives me any instruction and continues to just discuss any possible thought she may have about this house and the listing which is very time consuming.
A bigger issue than that is that I am running all aspects of this woman's house and life here in the US - including receiving her mail to my house, transmitting it to her, receiving and issuing payment for invoices for not only the handyman and cleaner as in the agreement, but also sending out payments such as for oil delivery, depositing checks into her US checking account, setting up tree removal services, setting up and being present for homeowner insurance inspections, contacting contractors and meeting them at the house for bids to add central air to the house, and her latest request is that I plant strawberries in the vegetable boxes in the back yard, which I told her I am not going to do.
So please, if anyone has any experience hosting this type of situation, I would be very interested in chatting about what services should be included in my flat fee and what should be billed separately.
THANK YOU!