When staying in a fancy hotel you will notice that the mirrors do not steam up even after the hottest of showers has been had. These mirrors have a heater behind them to ensure they are clear. We too have mirrors that do not steam up, but I can assure you, its not by having over priced…
Before we started airbnb, our now luxurious double room was a short lived kids toy room. We never had a toy room before so Fiona was really excited about it, more so than the kids in fact! They hardly noticed when we converted it from a toy room to a grown up guest room!
Woohooo number one on the searches, its a good day! Our apartment is doing fantastically well on airbnb. It would be nice to be able to tell you that we have a portfolio of properties around the world and millions in the bank but sadly it would be a lie. I mean successful projects can…
During the early days of our airbnb journey we received an email from a guy called Seng saying that he was coming to Barcelona with his friend called Happy. Well, that was it for me they were staying! We had to have a guy named ‘Happy’ stay with us. The dates suited perfectly and we sent through a pre-approval and…
Providing maps for your guests is essential and to sit down and spend at least 10 minutes with your guest soon after they arrive is highly recommended. You should show the places to go to and also the places to avoid. This makes it evident to your guest that you are there to assist and…
If you are considering airbnb hosting the first question you need to ask yourself is… are you naturally good with people? You must love meeting new people from all nationalities and backgrounds and be genuinely interested in them. To date we are so proud to have hosted guests from Thailand, Hawaii, Russia, Israel, New Zealand,…
We thought we would share our first guest experience with you because when your first booking comes in your mind starts working overtime; I hope they are nice, will we get on? Do I have everything for the room. Will I be able to trust them in my home and wow… this is weird. We…
Opening up your calendar and seeing it all pink is something that has taken us a while to perfect. At first we were delighted if there were just a few days covered in pink, now if we see white spots we wonder hey why so quiet?! Your calendar is the route of all reservations, but…
Ok yikes our first post for our first blog. Em where do we start, I suppose who are we and why are we writing this? Well we feel we have a story to tell and information to share to help anyone wanting to start hosting with airbnb. There are 4 of us in our clan, Phil and…