YouTube friends this is Richard and I really do feel like you're my friends at
this point so many of you reached out via comment and in the Facebook group
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now but in the meantime on this video its 2017 and I've identified six things
that I don't think the average host pays enough attention to and since we're not
the average host we're better hosts in fact we're super hosts lets us focus on
them right now number one thing I care about when I'm traveling whether it's
for business or for pleasure whether I'm staying at Airbnb s or hotels is the
speed of the internet and the Wi-Fi right like it's 2017 I run my businesses
from it my kids and I have three of them they stream Netflix non-stop they live
on it so no matter what we can't get enough speed and the Wi-Fi can't be
strong enough so the question is what kind of host are you and at what speed
are you delivering your guests their experience the faster the better it's
probably a good idea to take a look at what you're offering and call your
service provider and see if you can't upgrade for a few dollars or renegotiate
I constantly get faster speed and also for less money
look I'm well aware that not every Airbnb location needs to be on grid and
connected like we have a subscriber who's got a cool Airstream camper in
Arizona he may or may not have fast internet but it may or may not be
applicable but that brings me to a question I'd love to learn a little bit
more about the subscribers if you have a crazy listing like a tree house or a
castle or whatever just put in the comments and include the link I'd love
to learn like what else people are up to everybody should consider Smart TV the
reason is simple we all live on Netflix I live on YouTube I think you do as well
my kids are watching Amazon Prime and that's sort of like today's you know
entertainment so people want to travel and be in your home and have a great
time but they also want access to their Netflix account and their history and
the movie that they're in the middle of and so to make that easy instead of
saying download the app and log in here or I tell you what just use mine like
put that all aside if you're just getting started and you're buying
television only consider smart televisions and if you're thinking about
upgrading and you want to be a better host and it's time to retire that old TV
only consider a Smart TV again prices have really come down in fact I think
they're the only ones that are available but it might be time to upgrade third up
is carbon monoxide detection it's no fun to talk about but it's a
huge liability and it's becoming the law everywhere quickly we all have smoke
detectors everywhere and all the bedrooms and living rooms and so on but
carbon monoxide is the single largest like silent killer you can't detect it
you can't smell it usually you find out about it after it's too late and it is a
result of like your boiler and gas and it could even be natural so just sleep
well at night put one of these in every single bedroom where anybody would sleep
and that includes if there's a fold-out couch that somebody might sleep in the
living room you want to make sure that you take one of these inexpensive things
plug it into the wall and just know that your guests are sleeping safely and
soundly and that will help you sleep well at night two outlets and charging
stations we all know that we have more devices we have more kids each kid has
more devices and like we've all been in that hotel or that Airbnb where we have
to move to bed and I mean if it moves an ice in and we're underneath and we're
trying to plug things in like let's do away with all of that and be great hosts
and recognize that we should have a charging station and enough outlets
everywhere with the right cords and just make it super friendly and super easy
and what we're sending a message to people is like we get it we know who you
are you're like us let us host you v up is fast dry sheets this is something
that I personally overlooked and actually didn't even overlook I just
struggled with it I didn't know there was a solution for years now you've
heard me talk about it recently I've discovered these fast dry sheets I have
them in my property in make same-day turnover much easier and it's super
comfortable for the guests now let's talk about why that's so important
same-day turnover means I can have more people stay with me
that's more revenue and the fact that they fast dried means that I'm saving 30
to 40 percent on my electric or gas bills that's decreased expenses so my
profits go up and the last and final overlooked item is a proper guidebook
the reason this is so important is it's going to make your guests experience so
much better so I was recently at an Airbnb you've seen the video in Miami
and the guy had really great Wi-Fi it was fast but I couldn't find the name of
the network easily and I certainly couldn't find the password that was just
a bad experience it's not really necessary so having a proper guidebook
that lays it all out right there handy is super great hosting and great for
your gas and here are two extra bonus tips the first one is when you have this
great guidebook and it looks really professional and great take a photo of
it and include that in your listing as you start to tell the story about you as
a host and your property when somebody sees this great guidebook they know that
you've gone out of your way that you've got attention to detail that you're
looking out as a host for them as a gas the second tip is go to speedtest.net
and use the app get a screenshot for the speed of your Wi-Fi and also include
that in your listing show people just how fast it is believe it or not people
will pick your place because of the speed of your internet I hope you found
this helpful I know you do all of this but the question is can we improve one
or two of them and make the guest experience even better I hope you liked
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