Setting Up Your Own Airbnb Property *

*Collaborative Post.

If you are looking for a handy way to make some extra money during the holidays, one thing you might want to consider is to set up your own Airbnb property. More and more people are turning to do this themselves, and it’s the kind of thing that can be incredibly lucrative as long as you approach it in the right way. If you are keen to put in the hard work and dedication required, you could be earning a lot on the sidelines this way, so it’s well worth thinking about.

But you will first need to know how to make it all happen, and there might be more to this than you think. Let’s take a look at how you can set up your own Airbnb property in no time at all.

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Have You Got The Right Space?

First things first: you need to make sure that you actually have a space which you can effectively put on the marketplace on Airbnb. All sorts of properties and rooms do go up there successfully, so this should be okay, but it’s definitely something that you are going to want to think about if you are keen to ensure you can make it all work out.

Spaces which tend to work include: spare locked bedrooms in nice homes, standalone properties with privacy, and shared spaces in trustworthy areas. As long as you have one of these three (or more), you should find that you can start making some money through listing it on Airbnb.

Fix Up The Basics

Before you start getting people to stay, and before even listing the place on the website, you need to make sure that it is safe and proper for people to spend time in. In other words, you need to fix up the basics of your property to ensure that nothing is going to be putting people in harm’s way. Some of the things you need to look into here include getting Toscano Plumbing to look at your leaks in the pipes, making sure the windows and doors lock properly, and looking into fire safety to ensure that the place won’t burn down.

As long as you fix up those things, you should be in a good position to start marketing your place on Airbnb. And as it turns out, this part of the procedure is itself quite a tricky one that requires a fair amount of work.

Writing Your Listing

So, when it comes to writing your listing, what are some of the things you need to think about? First of all, decide on what the main selling points are of your property. These are the headline features that you will be making a point of in the listing itself. You need to be very clear in your own mind what kind of points you want to make here. It might be that you are in a great location, for instance, or that you have a particularly interesting property such as a narrowboat, shed or barn. Whatever it is, decide on your headline and work on writing it well.

This is the main thing that will draw people to the page, but you then need to keep them there by showing all of the other main qualities that you feel are pertinent too. Be sure to be honest and concise, and clear. If you can do that, you should find that you can much more easily draw people in. And you will be having people in your Airbnb in no time at all.

Treat Customers Right

Once you actually have people coming to stay, the next important thing is to ensure that you are treating them right, in whatever way you can. That means that you are going to want to help them out with local information, do all you can to inform them of the property and how it all works and what its features are, and give them their own private space as much as they would like it. Being on call should they need anything is often a nice touch, and one that a lot of people really tend to appreciate. All in all, you need to make sure that you are giving them an experience they are happy to pay for.

If you have done all that, it’s then just a case of sitting back and waiting for all those five-star reviews to come flooding in. Then you can really start making some serious money this way.