Rick Simon

Interesting Airbnb Guests In our two years hosting our spare rooms on Airbnb, we’ve had many interesting guests. This is one of the pleasures of being an Airbnb host. This post tells the stories of guests who somehow managed to combine staying at Airbnb’s with their work. The names have been changed. Danny Danny was […]

Pet Friendly Airbnb We were thinking about our experiences running a pet friendly Airbnb. We realized that people ask two types of questions. Potential guests have questions about bringing pets to an Airbnb. Potential hosts have questions about hosting with pets. We host spare rooms in a pet friendly Airbnb and we have pets of

Airbnb Message Automation So you’ve decided to put your spare bedroom on Airbnb. You’ll find yourself using Airbnb messaging services to send and receive a lot of messages. It’s important to understand what messages you need to send and how to automate them so they don’t take over your life. This post explains when to

How To Prepare A Room For Airbnb So you’ve decided you’re going to put your spare room on Airbnb. Now you are wondering how to prepare that room for Airbnb. This post gives some ideas of things to do to prepare your spare room for Airbnb guests. It includes advice on what size of bed

Airbnb Door Locks Are you asking yourself “What should I do about door locks and key exchanges for my Airbnb” This post will explore alternatives for door locks and how they help with key exchanges when your spare room is on Airbnb. We will also explain why we chose the option we did solve this

Airbnb Host Safety Tips We were telling some friends that we host spare rooms in our house on Airbnb. They were surprised we feel safe having strangers come into our house. They asked “Are Airbnb hosts safe?”’ This post provides you with some Airbnb host safety tips. We talk about things Airbnb does or we

Airbnb Listing For Your Spare Room Now that you have decided to Airbnb your spare room, are you asking “How do I create a listing on Airbnb?” The short answer is to go to airbnb.com/become-a-host and follow the instructions. You will answer questions, fill in details and be walked through the process. This post gives

Should I Airbnb My Spare Room We were talking about our success at Airbnb and thinking about what we would answer if someone asked “should I Airbnb my spare room?” Airbnb provides an opportunity for you to make extra money from spare rooms you have in your home. If you have a spare room, like