Your Airbnb Year in Review

With 2015 winding down and your calendar booked for the last two weeks of December, now's the time to reflect on what the past year of being an Airbnb host (and hopefully Superhost!) has meant to you. Whether your goal was to be completely booked, raise your price per night, or even meet someone fascinating, we're sharing our data to use as a benchmark against your own...

How to Keep Your Airbnb Guests Safe

The vast majority of the more than 60 million guests on Airbnb have had happy, successful stays. But with anything novel, mishaps are widely publicized, especially when the mishaps are serious, as in the case of the father who died after a tree branch broke and fell on him. This isn’t the only case of a guest being injured because of an Airbnb property, or even...

We see it discussed all the time that allowing pets in your Airbnb is great for business (we've even said that!). But we can't ignore the fact that the vast majority of vacation rentals don't allow pets for one very good reason: pets are messy. But unfortunately, it's not just the pets that are messy; sometimes pet owners are messy, irresponsible, or otherwise not living up to their standards....

Nearly one quarter of all vacation rental homes are owned by people residing in another state. This means that both the owner and the guests are relying even more on the system of trust and communication built into the vacation rental platforms, while flying virtually blind. Yet, it all seems to work. But how? 

Encinitas is where it's at, and no one knows that better than those who have turned their homes into successful vacation rentals. You actually can earn $100,000 with your Encinitas home in one year by properly setting it up to be the ultimate vacation rental getaway. 

Technology is a wonderful thing - it allows us to check our home's thermostat from anywhere (Nest), record our favorite shows from our phone (ATT Uverse) and even have the lights turn on a few minutes before we arrive home (Philips). But no matter how fancy the technology gets when it comes to entry and exit from our homes, there's no replacement for meeting guests in person. Here are the top 3...

Now that summer is officially in full swing, vacationers and vacation renters are out in force. If you're thinking about renting out your home to vacationers to take advantage of the busy season, there are some things you should expect. After our years in the vacation rental management business, we've seen just about everything. Here's our list of 8 things to expect when you rent out your home...

We'll be the first to admit that running a vacation rental business takes time and money. It's understandable to want to save where you can. But it's also a very lucrative business, and there are some things Airbnb owners are doing to save money that leave us simply scratching our heads.