Location Location Location.
I was just going to start a convo about this and saw this thread!..
This really bugs me too.. how the hell are you meant to get superhost status if people mark your location down.
I am super clear that i live 2 to 2.5 miles from Town but yes in a beautiful area that all love so much!..
I even put car drivers more suited to this location if you are not one for buses or taxi's!
I put read the location clearly please before booking, Beach adacent is steepish walk up
I have now even put it in my rules for them to read location !..lol
When i get 5 stars for accuracy and then lower star for location it make them sound stupid!.
I travel a lot and always read EVERYTHING, then if i do not get what i was offered i would query it! but not complain about location i have researched on or drop star because subsquently i did not like what i had chosen!
i asked a few people. most of my reviews said what an amazing location.. Then some put 4 stars and one put 3 stars!!. i asked the 3 star guest why when she had loved the area. she said because there maybe others who do not have a car!!!.. well i felt like saying "yours is not to reason why".. the fedback was for her experience as everyones circumstance is diffferent!...
Now i am also an OCD CLEAN FREAK!.. it is shocking when i get below 5 stars.. i put fresh flowers in rooms, sweets in jars, water, my house is immaculately clean blah blah better than some hotels. and i do five star often myself!. I check other listings who have five stars and from the pictures i see in comparison to the way i work my socks off to high standards that i get some 4 and 3 stars i was fuming!.. arghhh.. the answers to my questioning where "oh no way i meant to put 5 and if i could i would put 6" this was from a very untidy couple with a baby.. i think i just annoyed them with my cleaniness lol.. Another the American who put 3 for location put also 3 for cleaning and had no answer.. She said oh no i had no issues with the cleaniness and i should have put higher!!!...
So in conclusion .... I give up!.. lol
Just had london guys come down on Train.. five stars for everything and 4 stars for location. Read the blinking listing dudes i say!..hahaha... The further i am away from Towns and cities the happier i am!..
I must say i now crique things much more carefully since being an airbbnb host
END OF RANT 😉
Mala x