We do hosting with a very can-do, nothing-is-a-problem mentality. No drama. It has served us well. We really have to: guests are traveling to a foreign country, flights get changed or cancelled, weather is a factor (boat ride in 4ft waves is no joke), timing is an issue (get here after 3 flights before sunset at 6pm when it gets dark in Belize or then have to go on a boat ride at dark night to an island in the middle of nowhere you need to find). So whatever reality comes up, we must address it and overcome it, all with a air of confidence. Then there are the guests...
Some 'forgot' to tell us how many were coming, the fact one has an ailment (no hospital around), some require special foods (no Safeway in these parts, not even close), the expectant that thinks is coming to the Taj Mahal, the ones that want go to town every day and use an island 6 miles from the mainland as a backdrop, the extra guests (usually golfing buddies) who have no clue what being 'off grid' really means, the eager beavers that want to pack a month of wild adventure into a mere 4-day stay, the know-it-all who thinks it is our first rodeo, the seriously 'chemically dependent' (rolls eyes), and so on.
None of it fazes us, after 700 groups/8 years we seen most before, but one thing we do which I know is our true and required nature - we lead, without fear, especially of reviews. It is our place and we know what we are doing and spare no effort to make sure we do our part and the guests have a great time and the rest takes care of itself. We rely on no one when it comes to 'our' guests and never have had the need to get Airbnb involved in anything, what are they going to do a thousand miles away.
Someday this hosting chapter will be in our past and perhaps then be time to write the book 'Remembrances of Guests Past', until then it is full speed ahead.