Comments on: 12 Surprising Things Airbnb Guests Love And Hate

By: yolanda

yolanda — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 05:26:45 +0000

In reply to The Luxe Strategist. are you talking about a bar of soap?

By: Debbie

Debbie — Sat, 13 Jul 2019 06:24:11 +0000

In reply to Renée. All fantastic ideas and posts, I just started with Airbnb around the middle of May and I have done so much reading on all subject Airbnb that so far am fully booked to the end of September. We are in the process of putting in keyless entry, but we live on the property so always here to greet our guests. I have renewed a suite completely and all the things mentioned that we should have, I do. I supply items for their first breakfast, fruit, yogurt, muffins, etc as well as teas, coffee and candy, chips etc. Wondering if I might make some money with all things supplied and only charging 68.00 a night. Appreciate any feedback on this post. Thankyou. Debbie BC canada

By: Renée

Renée — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 09:19:04 +0000

I realise this post was written 2 years ago, but as I’ve just returned from another airbnb adventure I wanted to find out if there was any feedback online about the things that guests miss or things that make a 5 star experience drop to a 4 star… and you said it above about a CLEAN bathroom. My last 2 airbnb’s had issues with backed up drains, my recent one still had hair around the drain itself… while my host was super responsive about what I found to be a non-clean bathroom (toothpaste in the sink, hair in the shower, towels hanging therefore were uncertain if clean or not so I washed them… after using google translate to use the washer since there was no simple explanation or labels on the appliance) . My last host was super apologetic and even sent her mum around to give me cash for the cleaning fee, my host before that never responded to the drain issue (and that was the 2nd time we had stayed there). Drainage issues are really YUCK even in your own home. Guests don’t want to deal with this when they are traveling.

What I often miss when I travel: a toaster and a coffee machine (even a french press would do). I live in Europe so I certainly don’t expect A/C but a fan is nice. Also in Europe ice is not a thing, so I hope that those traveling to other continents can understand it’s not always exactly like ‘at home’ (hence why I don’t complain about a toaster 😉 ).

By: Chris Peterson

Chris Peterson — Tue, 25 Jun 2019 15:06:19 +0000

Just an excellent post! Thank you. My husband and I are almost empty-nesters. We have five bedrooms and two bathrooms plus an additional laundry room in our basement. I loved all the ideas you have! SO inspiring. I would love to learn more from you!

Thank you,
Chris Peterson

By: Sibo

Sibo — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 16:03:36 +0000

I really like your post Lily ! I have been hesitant in running an airbnb for years! However, Im so inspired to go for it, here in Swaziland, Africa. I don’t have a website, yet.

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Fri, 09 Nov 2018 09:56:28 +0000

Hi Lily …Great Ideas, My husband and I are sold on the Air BnB idea of becoming hosts. We are in the process of renovating a bedroom and bath by
putting in a private entrance with keyless entry. We are partitioning off the hallway so the guests are completely private from us. Private entrances were rare and
hard to find in our travels. I have 2 suggestions if I may add: Post the physical address on back of door or in room in case of 911 emergency. I also will have an open house before I go live with: local Police Dept., Fire Dept and Real estate agencies. Keep up the good work.

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Wed, 07 Nov 2018 17:09:05 +0000

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By: Betsy

Betsy — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 16:17:26 +0000

I’m getting my 2nd ever booking too in mid-November…thanks for the phone charger tip!