I recently had 3 guests mark me down on location and value. Whilst our location is clearly described in the listing I will take that one on the chin, seems that you can’t please everyone as we do not live close to a large chain supermarket. Nope, correct, we live in a cashed-up lefty neighbourhood where people shop at the organic delis and fresh fruit & veg shops available. So, as per the listing, no Aldi indeed.
However value just baffles me. We have a 2 bedder and Airbnb out the spare room. By common sense you’d reckon that this should cover 50% of our total bills as they take up half the space and utilities. However after fees, taxes and tea/coffee/toiletries/laundry/cleaning products/etc it covers about 35% of our total bills. Helpful but hardly running a cash cow.
Our base price is $59 which I thought was really competitive in the market, and I compared this to people offering just the one room. We offer a room with a loft that can be used as a second bedroom which a recent guest, who scored us down on value, did.
When I then looked where she had recently stayed I noticed that she had rated a single room, out in the burbs but at 10 dollars less per night, as 5 star value. She then complained that this room was out in the burbs. Yep, that is what you get - the further out you go the cheaper it’ll be. Mind you, she still scored me down on location as well despite, surprisingly, not being in the burbs. Can you win?
It seems that only those with one or two reviews mark us down on location and value but still, am I charging too much? What percentage of your bills do you reckon a spare room converted into an Airbnb should cover?