@Rachel177 @Susan17 @Cormac0 @Bryan10
Rachel, back in early 2017 I was invited to join the 'Select' scheme as it was then called. The idea was that Superhosts with a proven record of reliability were invited by the company to join an elite band of hosts and be promoted under the 'Select' banner!....does any of this sound familiar?
There was no joining fee involved back then and the host retained control over their listing, but I declined the offer to join! My feeling was guests that came to me would require a higher standard of accommodation than they could expect from rank and file hosts and I felt the potential for disappointment with what I offer would be magnified considerably. In those days the guest review process was very much simpler than it is now, but nevertheless, I still felt hosting would be more difficult under the Select scheme than it was simply being a mere mortal Superhost!
Well, Select disappeared, just like that....never even got off the ground and the next thing 'Plus' popped up with even tighter restrictions than Select and now all of a sudden there was a joining cost involved. That has been less than satisfactory and fragmented the community, and now.....God bug*er me dead, they now want to have another 'nibble at the yeast bun' and try setting up yet another different elistist group.
When are these people going to learn....they have 2 failures under their belt and they want to have a crack at another one!
Cheers.......Rob