@Robin4
Yes, I well see and understand that for you hosting is a vocation of sorts, while for many it is an economic necessity.
I am one of those for whom it is a necessity, though in my case, there was still an element of choice given the options I was confronted with by a draconian UK Inheritance Tax.law -: sell your beloved family home immediately, or pay in annual installments over 10 years + % interest.
With very high property values in London and more so in my postcode, I could have sold up and moved to a smaller place and further bank a tidy sum that would at least ensure I didn't have to consider rentals of any kind for a considerable time.
Alternatively, I could have kept the home, renting it via an agency for the period it required to pay off IHT, in the meantime renting out a smaller place for myself.
In view of my choice(s) to remain living in my beloved home, Airbnb provided a wonderful immediate and viable option. (That's why I'm not on the front benches with some of it's harshest critics on CC. It would be most disengenuous of me if I was.... I rather adapt with the evolution of the company, eg. No IB, as I much prefer to continue to screen guests)
However, as a live-in-host, I also don't have to walk across the yard to engage with my Guests or feel the need to entertain them. In part it bespeaks of a very different nature of clientel as I hardly get tourist types. The vast majority who lodge with me do so for practical reasons of jobs, courses, housing issues. -- Moreover, quite a few extend beyond the initial booking and go about their daily business. They also share all my amenties, bathroom & toilet, and kitchen. In short, I'm at the coal-face of this 'home-sharing' enterprise from its genesis.
All this means that hosting proves to be an organic process. I can easily be cooking or eating with my guests or talking to them when they are taking care of themselves. Alternatively, I can leave them be.
In sum, I don't need to go out of my way or make a special effort with the vast majority of the Guests. It's a tiny fraction who create an 'impediment', and they are out of here in quick time anyway.