Start Your Own Travel Hosting Business: Airbnb, VRBO, Homeaway, and More (StartUp Series) - Softcover

Preface
Do you have a home or apartment with one or more extra bedrooms, or an entire property that you could offer as a short-term rental in order to earn extra income? Listing your property on a short-term rental service, such as Airbnb, allows people like yourself to become a travel host. If this type of part-time, money-making business opportunity seems appealing, or you want to learn more about it, Start Your Own Travel Hosting Business is the compressive, independent, unbiased, and informative how-to resource you need to read!
An ever growing number of travelers from around the world have begun looking for lower-cost and more convenient accommodation alternatives, as opposed to staying at a traditional hotel or motel during their vacation, leisure and/or business trips. As a result, online-based services, like Airbnb, FlipKey, HomeAway, Roomorama, and VRBO (Vacation Rental By Owner), have become extremely popular in recent years.

These services allow travel hosts (people like you), from all walks of life, to list their extra bedroom(s), or their entire home, condo, or apartment, as a short-term rental option for travelers. The popular short-term rental services help to quickly, securely, and conveniently match up travelers with hosts, and handle many of the related the financial transactions and reservation management responsibilities.

Depending on your geographic location, local laws and ordinances, what type of property you have to offer, the level of commitment you want to make as a host, and a variety of other factors, there are a variety of things to consider prior to becoming a travel host and choosing which short-term rental services to utilize.

Start Your Own Travel Hosting Business will help you quickly acquire the core knowledge you need to become a successful travel host, and help you maximize your revenue, while avoiding the most common pitfalls and mistakes that are often made by first-time hosts. You’ll also discover a variety of optional tools and resources that are at your disposal, and that will make handling your responsibilities as a travel host easier and less time consuming, while helping you to increase your revenue and dramatically improve your chances for success.
The primary focus of this book is on utilizing Airbnb as a travel host. However, much of the information you’ll discover applies when working with any short-term rental service. If you have an appropriate property to offer, and you’re interested in becoming a travel host, as you’re about to discover, there’s never been a better time to get started!