Hosting

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

Hello everyone!After 19 years in Asia, it's time for me to move back to America. My mother has been hospitalized since July and it's too much for my father (age 82) to handle alone. I've been renting 3 houses here in Bangkok and have 25 bedrooms for sale... Latest reply by You-House0

We have a single occupancy private guest room in our home and majority of our guests have been exchange students for an entire semester. We allow kitchen use and while there has been different levels of cleanliness, nothing we couldn't live with or tolera... Latest reply by Susan151

First off, we are not coffee drinkers, so never really thought about it when we started hosting. We have been hosting for over a year now and have had about 30+ guests. So far only one has complained that we did not have a coffee maker. I wanted to pro... Latest reply by Dimitar27