Hosting

This is mostly a question that will apply to remote or whole home hosts, but may apply to home share hosts too. How did you find the unique space that you use for your Airbnb? Was that your original intention for its use, or did you turn another space int... Latest reply by Kelly149

We had a guest instant book for 1 night a couple of weeks before her reservation date. She had forgotten to add her +1 guest to the reservation at the time, so requested to alter her reservation which we accepted. The alteration went through and we hosted... Latest reply by Jim472

Currently I have 12pm checkout / 2pm check in, with a same day cut off at 12pm. I'd like to change the same day cut off to 6pm but with an 8pm check in for those bookings. Possible or not? Latest reply by Anonymous

What do you do when a guest books, doesn't check in and does not answer messages? We had a very friendly couple book and just never show. Good reviews in their profile but our place is untouched. I sent check in instructions, messaged the next day when no... Latest reply by Sarah977

I always thought you had to have verification in order to book or even request to book a room. And, that a guest has to use their name. Apparently not. A nickname or in my case where a guest with a a single letter as a name is enough to request a stay... Latest reply by Amber227

The DMV area is a growing short term rental market that does not have too many support groups for active host in the area. We started www.meetup.com/The-DMV-BnB to help host such as ourselves get grow thei business and share success storues with surroundi... Latest reply by Zoya-and-Julija0

Ok. So you bought another company. Why not silo market it and stop undermining your long standing partners. Grrrrrrr Latest reply by Anonymous

Hello - I've been a superhost for 2+ years, with 5 star reviews across all categories and booked 90% of the time in Brooklyn, NY. We have a 2 unit house, a rental downstairs and we live upstairs. We always rent downstairs, and very occasionally we also r... Latest reply by Vikas2

We have 2 private rooms listed in a shared home. We are considering switching the front door key to a keypad lock so guests 1. don't have to worry about a key and 2. the deadbolt locks automatically after 30 sec. However, we have old mortise style locks o... Latest reply by Kath9

If you try to give an incentive to book a month at 50% off for the first week of november and the remaining 3 weeks of november at 30% does it average out or does the 50% discount end up taking over the whole month if a guest books from the first of novem... Latest reply by Emiel1