Ken-And-Denise0
Sykesville, MD
Level 3
Anyone know how to print out your online guidebooks?
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Anyone know how to print out your online guidebooks?
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Hi everyone,
Welcome to the "Ask about your listing" board – I hope you’ve been finding lots of useful information, insights and advice from our community. One of the amazing things about this space is that those starting out on their Hosting journey can get a keen eye on their listing to work out those little niggles and considerations they may not have thought of just yet. We’re more than happy for you to share your listing for this purpose - here’s a guide on how you can do it in a way that makes it easier for your community to find and offer critique:
You can always ask any of your Community Management team myself, Quincy, Bhumika, Jenny, Breanna and Paula if you need help. And you can share a link to your Critique my listing topic in the comments section below too!
What’s your biggest worry with your listing at this point in your journey that you want help with?
Thanks,
Stephanie
Hello, looking for some advice I have created two listings as I have two rooms available, whenever I do a search only one of the rooms is appearing. Any ideas why that might be ? Thanks
@Lucy810 One of your listings says "new". Did you just list it? It takes about 24 hours for new listings to appear in the search system.
Please Critique my Listing...new host and new listing. I'm looking for some feedback as we continually refine the place. We had huge interest when we first listed and we're getting views but not many inquiries in the last week... We appreciate any feedback.
thanks!
“Critique My listing”
Hi All,
I am brand new to hosting; in fact today is our first day and would love your advice.
I would very much appreciate it if you would critique our listing, so we can improve anything early
https://abnb.me/soYAU98I3ob
Thanks
As a room host I am worried about security and- at the same time- how to be fair & welcoming to guests. I don't think I should give out keys as this is my home. Airbnb focusses on the protocols for those offering whole homes for guests. If I am offering a room in my own home, is it ok to insist on being be present when a guest needs to be in my home? Common sense says yes but I don't know how Airbnb stands on this and I want to know where I stand. Thanks!
@Louise1083 , I read your post and feels the need to reply to it. As you are offering a room in your house, it is going to be virtually impossible to be at home all the time to let the guest in. They are in and out for most of the day and may come home at night, when you're already sleeping. You don't really want to be doing that and the stress of it.
I am in the same situation as you, but I now have house keys from ULTION, which your guests cannot copy, except you. It is a bit expensive, but well worth it. I also let the guests know that they cannot copy it, and if it is lost, there will be a charge before replacement.
Hope this helps.
Good Luck @Louise 1083
Looks nice!
The description is repetitive.
How about:
@Robin-and-Jacki0 I looked at your place....really nice - I think if you take time and look at some super host listings in different places you'll see examples that will assist you. Your description is really important, short, sweet and clear.
One thing that you might want to rethink is your so causally asking guests to wash the bedding/towels before they leave. Also, asking for $158 cleaning fee- Really? many will pass your listing after seeing that - or not seeing it and then what do you do, if you are expecting folks to do that. Many on vacation do not want to be doing laundry/esp. when they paid a cleaning fee - most of us consider the fee to have included the bedding/towels. I'd not stay there for that reason alone. And I'd venture to say, I'm not alone.
The biggest thing I don't think you've realized is many guests will stain your bedding (blood & body fluids/body gels etc. and sometimes wine/food stains) and I have found in 5 yrs. that unless you pretreat that bedding in a very special way depending on the stain those stains are permanent and you can not put stained bedding on your beds, no matter how clean you might think they are. Trust me on this one. Often guest will try to hide the stained bedding and if host are not vigilant that stain gets washed and the sheets are ruined forever...after the heat has hit the stain, its not coming out. Unless you own a bedding store/factory and plan on throwing out bedding often I'd rethink the wash bedding/towels before you leave.
Hope this is helpful...best of luck & happy hosting
Hi everyone
I'm a total newbie to this living in beautiful Suffolk
hoping to meet some lovely people coming to stay.
How are you all finding this.
Sue
Critique my listing in Mykonos Island, Greece
Hi, My name is Deepika and we recently put our lake house in Northern California (Clearlake) on Airbnb. It has been two months and we have so far had a good experience hosting guests. We have a 5 star rating across all criteria and have so far received good reviews from our guests.
Now, with summer rush slowly coming down, we have not been getting as many bookings as we did earlier. I'd greatly appreciate if I could get helpful feedback about the listing and suggestions on we could improve to reach more guests. Thank you for your time!
Here's the link to the listing - https://airbnb.com/h/red-door-lake-house.
Regards,
Deepika
@Deepika11 We have found paying a bit for a Facebook Ad has boosted our business and helped us reach further from our local area. You can spend a minimal amount (you choose) and set your goals and spending limit quiet easily.
Also, we opened an Instagram account and shared our hashtag name with past guests and friends to tag us in their pictures around our Airbnb.
Hope this helps you a bit 🙂
Brent
Wow... this sounds SO SMART!!! Thank you for sharing!!!