Hi @Robin4
Thanks for your kind words. It's nice to hear from you too!
I felt I had to take a break from the CC because I needed a break from all things Airbnb for a while. It's certainly been a great source of support during difficult times but it can also make you dwell too much on problems when it's maybe better to move on.
Great to hear that you and Ade have had a good year. Have you mostly been hosting more local guess then? I thought the borders had been closed for quite a time. I know my friend in Adelaide was very stressed about not being able to come back to the UK to visit her mum. Sorry to hear your artwork has suffered, but sounds like you've been very busy!
I am okay. I did not host for quite a long period of time due to COVID but had a lovely American girl living with me until this summer. She was here through a long lockdown and a great support. I'm not sure if you know, but Christmas was basically cancelled in London last year so it was the first Christmas I ever spent without family or a boyfriend. Thank goodness she was here. It was just the two of us but we managed to cook enough for ten 🙂 I miss her but she is not far (studying in Oxford) and is hopefully coming to visit next month.
Things have picked up considerably in the last few months and my listings have been busy. Of course, now we have another new variant, so who knows how things will go (I just got my first cancellation because of that).
I am not panicking though as I have almost exclusively hosted UK based guests since the pandemic. At the moment, I have two lovely NHS student nurses staying. They wanted to book another stay, but the dates were already taken. I hope they become repeat guests none-the-less.