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The guide to the perfect Airbnb host: all our advice!

Airbnb is an extremely effective platform for rent your property seasonally.

It can be used exclusively to obtain high occupancy rates and yields.

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Airbnb's big advantage over its competitors is the host guarantee (which is not strictly speaking insurance) which offers compensation in case of breakage/damage caused by tenants on the accommodation.  

This guarantee automatically benefits all owners who rent their property through the platform. 

 

Finally, Airbnb is undoubtedly one of the most ergonomic and easiest to use platforms, whether on a computer or through the Airbnb application which allows you to manage all reservations from a smartphone.

 

As a private owner, this is undoubtedly the platform to be on. 

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How to register on Airbnb?

Registering on Airbnb is extremely simple, you just need to create your profile by simply describing yourself and adding your profile photo. 

As the futureairbnb host, you must then create your ad on Airbnb from the owner area. 

We invite you to follow these few Airbnb tips when creating your ad to make it a success: 

  • Have professional photos for your property that will increase views on your listing and bookings

  • Translate your ad into several languages to get more views on it and make it more attractive. Today an English ad is a must-have, isn’t it?

  • Define your rental conditions: we advise you to set them to strict to avoid being penalized by cancellations from travelers

  • Remember to check all the equipment in your accommodation

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How does Airbnb work?

Once your ad has been created, from “my Airbnb account”, the Airbnb owner area allows you to manage your ad and your reservations. There are three main elements to know:

  • Availability: the Airbnb calendar allows you to modify the opening and closing dates for the rental of your listing. It is also from the latter that you can define the prices per night for your property.

  • The Airbnb inbox allows you to communicate with guests, send them a pre-approval that they can accept or decline, or even accept their reservation.

  • The link to your ad allows you to modify its content, conditions or even hide it

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How much is the Airbnb commission/service fee?

Airbnb initially struggled to find owners to list their ad, which explains the low service fees for them. 

In fact, Airbnb simply takes a 3% commission on the amount of rentals made!

Tknow-how to succeed on Airbnb: our Airbnb tips

Here are our tips, fruits of our experience, for success on Airbnb:

 

Optimize your ad Airbnb and think good

An Airbnb is not simply furnished accommodation. You need to think about your property so that it is comfortable, well equipped and has a certain personality.

  • The coffee machine, the kettle or even the hairdryer - which has become a box to check on Airbnb, which shows its importance - are standard equipment for a furnished tourist accommodation.

  • The fact of sleeping on a comfortable sofa bed or that the accommodation does not have any major defects / complexity of use will also be increasingly an expectation of travelers.

  • An empty or sparsely decorated apartment, for its part, will be less likely to attract attention and leave an impression on your guests.

…Think about the quality of your property and that it is as comfortable as possible! 

Attractiveness

As we said, be careful that your ad is attractive. The more clicks it generates from Airbnb search results, the more it will be highlighted to travelers.

Professional photos and careful writing of the ad are essential investments (especially in time).

Airbnb reviews

You can access your Airbnb reviews from your dashboard.  They are the crux of the matter: the better you are rated, the more reservations you get. 

An Airbnb review covers several criteria:

  • Clarification: does your ad reflect the reality of housing?

  • Cleanliness: is the accommodation clean?

  • Communication: have you answered your traveler's questions? Were you attentive to his needs?

  • Arrival: was the traveler greeted on time? Did he enjoy his check-in?

  • Location: is your accommodation well located?

  • Value for money: is the experience of this booking aright price ?

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During each stay you are in fact rated on the quality of your organization and your logistics (housekeeping, check-out, communication) as well as on what your accommodation is like. You will need to be very vigilant to achieve the best possible grades. 

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Airbnb Superhost

The real success on Airbnb is actually becoming a Superhost. To be a Superhost you must meet the following criteria:

  1. Have an average rating (overall evaluation) of 4.8 and above

  2. Have a response rate of at least 90%, which means that you respond to your travelers 90% of the time in less than 24 hours

  3. Host at least 10 or more groups of travelers per year

  4. Never cancel a reservation, except in cases of force majeure

The advantages of being a Superhost are simply that you are identified as such on the platform and much better referenced than other advertisements. 

If you are lucky enough to be in one of our cities, we can take care of being the host of your dreams! Our concierge service is responsible for obtaining, managing and optimizing Airbnb reservations for our owners.

Otherwise, we hope that these few tips will be valuable to you in your success on Airbnb! 

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