Air B&B hosting - advice needed

Morning. Does anyone on here have any experience of hosting on Air B&B? If so please drop me a line. Cheers!

 

I saw that! Looks like a North Korean karaoke boudoir! We rented a place in Finland last weekend which was very nice, though they whacked a massive cleaning charge on at the end which our Finnish friends said was outrageous even considering how expensive Finland is in general. Is the cleaning charge at the end standard with Air B&B?

Our tenants have said that they're not renewing when the lease comes up, so we're thinking of renting out on Air B&B just as an experiment. Especially tempting with the ruble turning to rubble, as we can denominate in sterling. We're also tempted to try and rent out our family flat over new year as we're away for nearly a month. Better than it sitting there empty, especially as short term rentals in St Petersburg in December and early January are stratospheric. I've heard a few horror stories though about people having their places trashed, so I'm a bit wary.

 

Just rented one in London through Airbnb - better not be that one!

 

Do you mean by not paying via Airbnb?

One I booked is an apartment close to Tower Hill for 3 nights. Looks good and, for 3 of us, works out much less than booking 2 hotel rooms. it was an instant book on the Airbnb site with payment then.

First time I've used them so a little apprehensive.

 

ok I will ask ... what is AIR BnB

is like Trivago or summat ?

 

Re: ok I will ask ... what is AIR BnB

Trivago is an hotel comparison site.

Airbnb allows private owners to put up their property for short term let, so for example there are a number of London apartments and you can rent them. I got 1 that sleeps 4, close to Tower Hill in London for less than it would cost for 1 double hotel room.

 

oooh thanks for that

I seriously need to look into this... do you get them doing week-end lets ??

 

Re: oooh thanks for that

All sorts of timescales. For example I got one checking in on a Wednesday and leaving on Saturday. Those were the dates I wanted based on when we were going, i.e. not tailoring the trip based upon dates accommodation was available. I think some may set certain periods like holiday lets do, but there doesn't quite seem as much of a restriction, so you should be able to get for a weekend.

Just to point out, the one I got that sleeps 4 was a 1 bedroom apartment with a sofa bed in the living room.

 

have you got the website addy please?

or do I just type in ... airb&b

 

Re: have you got the website addy please?

That would work in google!

https://www.airbnb.co.uk/

 

Was the host there in the 3-bed house our not? What do people usually do with their personal stuff when they rent out their actual home? Just lock in in the spare room? That's what we'd probably do if we decide to rent out our place for a month at Christmas, and advertise it as sleeping 4 rather than 6, but I just wondered what the norm is?

 

Wouldn't do that, and what's more not sure I'd want to stay somewhere with someone else's clothes in the wardrobe! Books on the shelves is one thing.....

 

Rented a holiday cottage in Wales last year, all set up purely for visitors, a selection of books which is good, but the thing that freaked the wife out was, what we presume were family photos. Now I understand they want to make it homely, but photos of people you don't know just staring at you when you are trying to have breakfast is a little weird - we ended up just turning them round.

I think many of the ones in London seem to be just for renting out, going by the availability. Owners live nearby, I think maybe in some cases they would have been their home but then they get married and keep it on to rent out. I've also seen some where the same person has 3 or 4 listed up.

 

3 or 4 properties in London! You could probably live off that, assuming there's plenty of equity in them.

 

wonder if a few of these aren't owned by people who work in the City and get massive bonuses.