When did you get your first booking?

[Quincy]

You've created your account, added photos, made a description, reviewed your house rules and lastly, set the price. 

You're waiting for that first notification from a potential guest, as minutes turn to hours that feel like weeks… Silence… What is going on? Why is it taking so long? Are my settings correct? 

PING! My very first booking! I was filled with joy, but also with nervousness as it would be my very first guests booking my place after all. 

"Hi Quincy, My wife and I are visiting Scotland for leisure, and it would be an absolute pleasure to stay at your place. Looking forward to seeing you! R." 

This was my experience when I started hosting. It took at least 5-7 days  2 days (correction) before my first booking was confirmed. It started quietly, and grew more and more over time! 

When did you get your first booking, and how did you prepare? Do you still remember the very first message your guests sent you? 

I look forward to hearing your stories!

Quincy

[Emilie]

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@Tamie11 wrote:

Hi Quincy! Got my 1sy booking today! Guest will arrive Sunday

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@Tamie11 So exciting!! How was your first check-in yesterday? I hope everything is going swimmingly so far 😃

[Jennifer1774]

We originally developed our guest house thinking it would be a long term rental but the city charged us so much in permits and fees that we were looking at a 7 year break even.  We decided, on our anniversary, to try a month of Airbnb.  Listed it and went out to dinner.  The phone kept alerting while we were out but I ignored it since we were on a date.  Got home, looked and we had booked out 4 weeks!  The first booking came in less than 20 minutes after we listed.  The rest happened within 2 hours. We run 97% booked and even during covid we hosted government contractors and longer term guests who were working on covid related things.  We have never looked back…