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Co-hosts vs Property Managers
Professional management services are companies that assist with hosting responsibilities like key exchanges, cleanings, and listing management. They often can take care of all aspects of your Airbnb management. They normally operate with the major cities.
Co–hosts help listing owners take care of their home and guests. They’ll more often provide services like cleaning and help keep an eye on the property. A co–host may not be able to provide all aspects of looking after the property. But this varies from co-host to co-host. They often someone the listing owner may already know, usually a family member, neighbour, trusted friend, or someone the host has hired to help with the listing.
Being a host on Airbnb
Airbnb allows almosts, anyone, to host on their platform. You can be anywhere in the world and the type of properties can range from small one-bedroom condos, b&b’s, boats, castles and even a sea container. As long as you tell the guests exactly what they are getting Airbnb are quite flexible on what they’ll consider if the space is mainly used for lodging. The main thing is that you must comply with local regulations that may restrict hosts times or locations.
Yes. Professional management companies help with hosting buy providing, cleaning, linen and laundry services. They will often help with the other aspects of Airbnb hosting like listing creation, photography, checkin & checkout, guests screening and communications. They are often the ideal solution if the property owner isn’t nearby or not in the same country as the property.
Most Airbnb management service companies only operate in high tourist areas or major cities. They’ll often work on a 12-20% commission fee based on your bookings.
Airbnb chare all hosts a service, this fee is normally 3% of the total booking + cleaning fee. However, this may be high for some customer who are registered with Airbnb Plus. Fees are automatically deducted from your payout which will go directly to your bank or PayPal account.
Becoming a Superhost is relatively easy. You just need to conform to some basic Airbnb rules. Most of these are to do with performance over the last few months to qualify.
Superhost requirements
- You need to have hosted at least time trips
- You will need to keep a response rates to your guests above 90% – You basically have 24-hours to respond to a guests queries or booking request.
- Don’t cancel any booking unless they can be explained by Airbnb’s Extenuating Circumstances policy
- Lastly, you’ll need a minimum of 4.8 for your ratings that guests give you.
Each major city will have its own rules on short term vacation rentals. You should check the Airbnb website to ensure that you’re staying within the law and that appropriate taxes are being paid. Airbnb have a section called responsible hosting. This will be a good place to start, to ensure you’re on the right side of the law.
Hosting on Airbnb is simple
List your property for free
Sign up to Airbnb for free, it takes less than 5-minutes to sign up. You are able to host guests in your spare room, caravan, beach house or even a mansion and charge them per night for your hospitality.
Set your hosting preferences
You'll need to decide what dates you're able to host. This can be anything from once a month to the entire year, set the price you want per night and rules that you want for your guests.
Start earning right away
As you soon as you have hosted your first guests, the day after they check in, Airbnb will transfer money directly to your chosen bank or PayPal account. This that simple, what are you waiting for?
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