hello hello youtube this is richard
founder short-term rental secrets.com
and Airbnb super host you hear me talk
about being a super host all the time
you've probably seen it you've certainly
seen in some of our other videos and in
a nutshell this is something you want to
aspire to when you have a short term
rental business the reason is because it
puts more money in your pocket sooner
faster and builds credibility but the
biggest question that people have is how
do I do it and so let's go ahead and get
started right now the first criteria
that Airbnb assess is you need to have
posted ten guests over the course of a
calendar year now they review this every
quarter and so it's really not that
challenging if you're committed to
building a short-term rental business
but you need to realize that you need to
have ten within one year and it's
assessed every quarter and there are
ways to increase the frequency
I recommend lowering your price when you
first get started so you get two three
five seven ten visits really quick and
that will help you get started on your
way to being a super ho the second thing
Airbnb looks for is a response rate if
you think about it when somebody's
inquiring about your property they want
to know whether it's available or
whether it has parking or whatever it is
and there's nothing more frustrating to
the guests than not hearing back because
then they have to start another search
and/or look for a hotel or do whatever
and Airbnb recognizes that remember it's
all about hospitality and it's all about
the guest experience so in order to
solve that make sure you have your
notifications turned on so you get a
text or notice on the app when you have
an inquiry and best practice reply
immediately even if you don't have an
answer
reply let me check in to that I'll get
right back to you that counts as a
response in the next place here that
Airbnb considers is the number of
five-star reviews and they have a very
high threshold you have to have 80% of
the reviews as five star reviews so
using that example before if you need
ten in the first year eight of those 10
or more need to be five-star reviews
this is the hardest one to actually
satisfy but the good news is it's
entirely in your control
and what I mean by that is you control
the listing act
see you control the communication you
control the cleanliness you control the
hospitality all of the things that
they're reviewing you on are things that
you can control so that's really
empowering and you should use it to your
advantage the final thing that I want to
mention as a super tip and what I
encourage all of my clients to do is to
literally ask for a five-star review
don't use a general term that says like
well I hope you enjoyed your stay kindly
review us those generalities are going
to lead to four-star reviews because
most people think of four-star reviews
really really high-quality and so what I
encourage all of my clients to do and it
works really well for me personally and
them is to literally include your
expectation when you ask them and what I
mean by that is say something like I
hope you enjoyed your stay it was a real
pleasure hosting you and I would really
appreciate it if you left a five star
review and include five star in your
commentary that sets your expectation
that lets them know what you would
appreciate they had a really good time
they want to reciprocate and guess what
happens you get five star reviews now
nobody's going to give you a five star
review if you don't deserve it so you
have to put in the work but if you put
in the work and it had a great stay and
you ask them for it you're going to get
it the last thing Airbnb considers is
cancellations and as you can understand
they really don't want any cancellation
it's all about the guest experience and
just like when you booked a hotel the
hotel never calls you in says ah you
know what we changed our mind we're not
going to give you that hotel room sorry
Airbnb super host has to have that same
mentality you're in this fur of business
you're doing this because you enjoy
hosting cancelling is a no-no so don't
even consider it wipe the word out of
your mind
a little asterisks here if you have
instant booking on there is an exception
but let's put that aside because I
really want you to be committed to the
reservations that you've confirmed and
don't even contemplate canceling so if
you want to be a super host take it
seriously put it in stone erase the word
confirmation cancellation from your
entire mindset and just be committed to
what it is that you agreed to a super
tip here is make sure that you stay on
top of your calendar I personally think
mine too Google calendars and
so when I look at my business calendar
my personal calendar and all of that it
also shows me right in front of my face
what my different properties are booked
or open or not and it helps me just keep
it front and center I recommend you do
similar
so in conclusion Airbnb super ho status
is really really beneficial to anybody
who really wants to take this thing
seriously if you want to make more money
Airbnb super hos badge is critical
there's a few reasons one it's going to
put you at the top of their search
listings there's no doubt about it
Airbnb wants the most reliable and best
experience and the people that they've
designated as super hosts they feel most
comfortable putting up on page one not
always but more often than not you're
going to get many more eyeballs if
you're a super host so that's one two as
a super host you have the ability to
charge a higher price point I'm not
suggesting that you go Jenny buddy or
you take advantage of the situation but
just like I would rather pay a little
bit more for a four star hotel
versus a three star hotel when you're a
super host there are people on this
planet I'm one of them you might be one
of them to that we'll look at that badge
and say you know what that gives me some
safety some peace of mind some security
the place is going to be clean it's
going to be you know the check is going
to be great the communication is going
to be great I want that when I travel so
to do others so I recommend it from that
perspective as well and then the third
thing is you can start to monetize it by
being in and around the space and using
the knowledge that you have on other
platforms but whether it be VRBO or
booking comm or flip key the same best
practices that apply on Airbnb work in
all short term rentals so use their
technology to go through the system
become a super host and then use the
same sort of approach in methodology on
all the other platforms so I hope you
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