Hello All!
I have been doing a calculation of how many how per week I spend, based per season, on managing my AirBnb.
I have 2 rooms for guests. About 60% of the booking are for 1 room, 40% for 2 rooms. Average booking per week winter are 1-2, spring and fall 3-4, and summer 5-7 nights per week.
I have calculated the number of hours per week I spend on business development and admin which is the same amount of time per week (pricing, updating listings, comms with airbnb, forecasting sales, compare to LY, etc.), as well as time spent per booking which is variable depending on the number of bookings (cleaning, preparing breakfast, checking profiles, answering questions, shopping, garden, housework, booking external activities).
For 1 booking night per week, I have found that I spend 11.5 hours per week in total (winter is low season). In high season, its close to 40 hours per week (as am booked around 95%).
How many hours per week are you finding to manage your property from A to Z? Does the below look like how you spend your time?
average nights per week booked | 1 |
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business development & administration hours per week | |
adjust pricing on beyond pricing | 1 |
update listing on AirBnb | 0.5 |
manage calendars Airbnb & Beyond Pricing | 0.5 |
communication with AirBnB | 0.25 |
research competition & pricing | 0.75 |
accounting, spread sheet updates | 0.75 |
booking eternal activities for guests (wine tastings, tours, massage, restuarants, etc) | 0.25 |
business analysis (compare previous year, forecasting next 3 months, etc) | 1 |
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hours per week guests & bookings management | |
communication before booking | 0.25 |
communication before arrival | 0.5 |
cleaning rooms & guest space | 1 |
purchasing food & supplies | 0.25 |
prepare & clean breakfast | 0.5 |
communication during stay | 0.5 |
review after stay | 0.25 |
prepare & clean apero | 0.5 |
fondue when requeste: prepare and clean up | 0.5 |
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hours per week other | |
house & garden maintenance | 1 |
arrange repairs | 0.25 |
shopping FR and supplies (sheets, furnishings, etc) | 1 |
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TOTAL HOURS PER WEEK | 11.5 |