December 31, 1969

Air Concierge Blog

November 09, 2015

How to Keep Your Airbnb Guests Safe

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...

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November 02, 2015

How to Allow Pets in Your Airbnb Without Going Crazy

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....

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October 27, 2015

Concierge vs Bot: Which is right for your vacation rental?

Concierge vs Bot: Which is right for your vacation rental?

When you’re looking for a way to manage your vacation rental more effectively, a quick Google search will bring up a number of management options near you. In fact, in as little as one phone call or email you can be signed up for the perfect vacation rental management system for your needs. But when you’re presented with everything from...

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October 18, 2015

Welcome to La Jolla: A Letter for Your Guests

Your guests are going to love La Jolla, and providing them with a custom list of the best beaches, restaurants, and activities is going to make them love you. Download our guide to La Jolla to go above and beyond for your guests.

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October 06, 2015

Full Term Vacation Rental Management: The Complete Package

Since launching over a year ago, Air Concierge has already seen a few big changes as we grow and learn more about what our clients want in a dedicated vacation rental management company. Today, we're announcing one more big change: we're dropping the concierge and cleaning services in order to focus our efforts on providing the best full term management solution for vacation rentals in...

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September 28, 2015

How to Attract Business Travelers to Your Airbnb

Airbnb has disrupted the hotel industry almost completely for vacationers. But there's one type of traveler that so far hasn't been courted by the home-sharing company: business travelers. However, all that's about to change. Now that Airbnb feels comfortable in the casual travel and family travel markets, they're moving on to business travel. 

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September 21, 2015

How to be Safe as an Airbnb Guest

Guests and hosts share one major concern when using Airbnb and other vacation rental platforms: how do I stay safe? There is risk on both sides, especially when a guest is renting a room in a host's home. A few weeks ago the New York Times reported a story about an Airbnb stay gone horribly wrong. A guest was locked inside his rented room in Madrid by the host, who tried to force him into a...

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September 14, 2015

11 Ways Airbnb Copies Google's Search Algorithm

Small business owners everywhere wonder how Google ranks websites and how their site can obtain the Google holy grail: the top spot on the first page of a search result. Websites listed on the first page get the vast majority of all clicks, while sites on page 2 get fewer than 6% of all clicks (and it goes down from there). As an Airbnb host, you're a small business owner, too. Many hosts wonder...

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August 31, 2015

How to Manage Your Airbnb Remotely

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? 

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August 25, 2015

How to Earn $100,000 With your Encinitas Home

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. 

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