hello youtube this is richard founder of
short-term rental secrets.com and Airbnb
super host and today I'm coming to you
live from Calle Ocho in Miami where
we're doing the very first Airbnb
experience and we wanted to review it
there's definitely some partying going
down here in Miami and in little Kulick
iho affiliate cruise Avenue what you
call it Antti Niemi right whatever it's
got four different name there's a party
going on and we're having a great time
and Max is a wonderful hostess
introducing us to your native flavors
and your cuisine it's been remarkable
but now I'd like to turn a little bit to
sort of the business of being a host or
hostess on Airbnb for the experiences
how long did it take how'd you come up
with the idea what's your experience
been it's angry I reckon printout mine
like my oh yes although after meeting
off you're thinking about us a great a
good yeah and I'm really excited about
that I think there's a couple of things
like move around and buy some new
furniture but good get started yes I
have some more videos ignore that
accident to water I see the pictures
right exactly yeah but but until then
I'm doing the hosting it came to Miami
probably a couple months ago
and I saw a Facebook ad for it and I
said my gosh like this is what I do with
all my friends and anyone's company
introduced them secure food and culture
and drinks and ice cream I might as well
do it as business and I've loved it so
far that's really
people and I've been able to share my
culture which I love I get to hang out
in Kyoto both we get it now and it took
about probably about a month between
from the start which was what kind of
experience do I want to her to it
actually lies on the map and I think
everybody's really trying to do a good
job of creating and curating really
quality experiences so I actually
submitted an experience before this one
and it wasn't accepted oh god it was
just too big I was pretty much saying
like oh I'm happy to like create
itinerary for you and they were like no
no that's not would want what they say
it could someone into your experience
and carotid Hamilton and the answer
should be no right it's such a it's so
reliant on you and your personality and
your connection and knowledge of the
community that no one else should be
able to provide your experience for you
so that's really what I've tried to do
with la bocha colada right really give
you the history and the tour and really
curious for you well you did quite well
with that we really appreciate it it's
been fabulous and I guess my question
for people that are doing this to make
money
from a business perspective what are
your thoughts and yeah so I when I built
the experience I knew wouldn't find it
with a shelf would look like right
that's the type of experience in line
people to have and then I came down here
to kyocho actually choose the because I
expect I'm not at all time launching all
the time I didn't know which restaurant
I wanted to choose I look around and
actually slope the managers and then
look the food and taken a couple places
to make sure that it was up to my
standards and right anyone to have any
want people to walk away with vacuum
experience that was that one took the
most time and I haven't actually I've
spoken to the proprietor they all know
that I'm going to bring
we'll hear but I haven't done any kind
of like open you give an appetizer for
free or a free copy right because I want
them to get to know me first and the
type of people that I'm bringing and
then I know that that will come
naturally and that will figure out some
kind of wait and before for the
customers and so I think you know for
people who do want to build an
experience like this that would probably
be the way that I would I mean unless
you already have those connections are
most really long time oh yeah building
that relationship I think you want to
develop that trust in the relationship
like you said and then that business
component of it will come naturally yeah
and one thought that I have is I here to
speak to you about your business and
then my business is maybe you can reach
out to some super hosts in the Miami
area and say here my I don't know my
business cards or here's my experience
or you know I'd really appreciate the
lead and so on right because like the
host of we're staying and gave us a
little list of things that he
recommended like there's how you get to
the beach and here's where you get
coffee and he agreed to this and if he
had hyperlink to here's a great
experience run by a friend of mine I
likely would have clicked on that right
so like from a marketing perspective
yeah so maybe from a marketing
perspective just go search on Airbnb
look for super hosts in and around the
Miami area
introduce yourself maybe maybe give them
you know a cup of coffee or baby
yes exactly they cannot men too great
but we didn't you loved it exactly I
love that
now I'm going to be cool ah well look
that would be a good problem to have
right and you said you also submitted
another experience within the review
process yeah yeah I was thinking a
little bit longer version you can do an
experience which is about to our
experience and then an immersion is at
unit 3 day
where you really immerse yourself and so
with that one it's kind of very similar
to what we do at the dinner your coffee
but they're dancing and volcano shaking
people learn how to dance salsa wow
that's something I do as a public
service well if I see some a little out
of those of him and then the next day we
actually go to the Cuban museum it's
called the Americans able to Cuba
diasporic it was being in Miami and it
actually is celebrating the work of
artists in the Diaspora the beautiful
medium and great exhibit up and and so
it's kind of giving another part of the
Cuban culture our art and what we see in
the Diaspora all we've been exiled for
our country today is like absolutely
Nathan well look it's been a real
pleasure to meet you it's been a real
pleasure to taste your entire cuisine
and learn so much about it and it's also
gonna be a real pleasure to get on the
spin bike tomorrow at 10:30 in the
morning and you know work some of this
off because my goodness I don't know how
you could do this every single weekend
but I you know I feast it and I
appreciate it very much
yeah I really did and I mean I'm proud
of myself you know so for any of you
that are interested in this and I highly
recommend it you should come to Miami
and you should do this dining experience
you can find max in our link below in
the video so go ahead and click on that
and I just want to thank you so much max
it's been a real pleasure and it's been
a memorable experience and I hope you've
enjoyed it as well and I wish you
nothing but continued success amazing
thanks so much for having us he wasn't
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