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There are a number of different ways to take advantage of the Airbnb platform, from listing a room in your own home to re-leasing a rented apartment. You might choose to co-host with a property owner or rent out your entire home while you are away. Some creative hosts even convert unused spaces, turning a shed in the backyard into a tiny home or transforming an attic into a studio apartment. Toby Doré is doing all of this and more, using every Airbnb model that’s out there to generate income through the platform.Toby has been hosting on Airbnb in Lafayette, Louisiana, since March of 2013, and he has a whopping 1,776 reviews! Toby is also a full-time university professor in athletic training, sports medicine and sports psychology. He loves to travel, road-tripping across the US and visiting more than 40 countries in Europe, Central America, and South America.Toby is also a serial Airbnb entrepreneur who utilizes every model: re-leasing, co-hosting and listing his Lafayette home on the platform. He has his own

Airbnb Experiences has not quite lived up to the fanfare that accompanied its launch a year ago, and this week Leigh Gallagher, author of The Airbnb Story, interviewed CEO Brian Chesky to ask about its slow growth.Jasper is joined by Hostfully VP of Strategic Partnerships, Nicole Prentice Williams, to discuss whether it’s fair to compare the growth of the platform itself with the progress of Experiences. They also cover Chesky’s response to the #metoo campaign and the new responsibilities of another Airbnb co-founder, Nathan Blecharczyk as he takes over operations in China.While business may be rocky for Airbnb in China, it is booming in Africa, and headlines this week applaud the growth on the continent and the platform’s partnership with leadership in Cape Town. Nicole and Jasper also share the heartening story of a guest who painted an epic mural in a host’s apartment in Tokyo in exchange for a free stay!Topics CoveredArticle #1: Airbnb CEO: Here’s How ‘Experiences’ are Doing So Far•Airbnb Experiences laun

Perhaps the greatest challenge of being a remote host is building a relationship with your guests when you can’t be there face to face. Airbnb was founded on the principal of personal connection, but when your listing is in the rural village of Dudeldorf, Germany, and you are a thousand miles away in Spain, how do you go about making the guests feel at home? Or providing personal recommendations for seasonal things to do?Niels Becker has designed a truly genius approach to remote hosting through a listing Facebook page. The page functions as a sort of interactive, continually updated guidebook, providing guests with timely information around events in the area, like the popular Christmas market. In addition, the Facebook page promotes Niels’ listing as his satisfied guests like and share the page with their contacts.Beyond his experience in the short-term rental market, Niels also manages several long-term rentals in Dudeldorf. Today on the podcast, he compares the revenue earned via Airbnb guests versus tena

It’s the top search question on Airbnb’s website and something every host has wondered: How do I improve my search rankings?Airbnb released a blog post this week that sheds a little light on the factors the platform uses to determine your position in search results, offering three specific things you can do to work the search algorithm to your advantage and immediately boost your rankings.Glenn Carter, Director of Marketing at Hostfully, is joining Jasper this week to discuss the data points that Airbnb uses to determine search results, as well as the reasons why you may have difficulty finding your listing online. They also cover another Airbnb press release that emerged this week involving access to their Application Program Interface (API), which will allow hosts to pull their data for third-party applications.Also making headlines this week are some new Airbnb partnerships. The site is teaming up with a Florida developer to build an apartment complex specifically designed for home-sharing and offering ext

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Airbnb celebrates another win in its pursuit to target the business traveler, announcing a new partnership with co-working space giant WeWork. The convenience of booking a desk through the Airbnb app benefits both companies, and the move is sure to boost use for hosts with the Business Travel Ready designation.Hostfully President and Co-founder, David Jacoby, joins Jasper this week to chat about this victory for Airbnb, as well as other success stories in the headlines, including a PR victory in the quick activation of the Open Homes program in both Las Vegas and California, and the report of Airbnb’s exponential growth in India.But it wasn’t all rainbows and unicorns for Airbnb in the news this week. While the platform is making gains in India, it continues to struggle in the Chinese market. Jasper and David discuss how Airbnb’s biggest competitor in China is raising capital with an eye to expand overseas. They wrap up today’s episode with the story of a host who was arrested after his Airbnb guests discover

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If you’ve always wanted to be an entrepreneur, but you’re looking for a low-risk way to start small, Airbnb might be the answer. The vacation rental ecosystem is ripe with opportunity, and there is no better way to learn the skills necessary for running your own business than… well, running your own business.Sid Kosatsky started simply, freelancing to help a small boutique hotel in the Dominican Republic set up their Airbnb listings. Hiring cleaners for his own Airbnb listing in the Halifax region of Nova Scotia led to Soapy Cleaning, a company created to find additional work for his team! From there, he established HostOften, a full-service Airbnb property management company.Today, Sid’s team includes a team of seven employees, five of whom are full-time, and he has systems in place that allow him to do the work of growing the business. On the podcast, he shares his advice for aspiring Airbnb entrepreneurs, the technology he uses to save 15 hours a week, and how he built his talented team. Listen in and find

According to the recently released Airbnb Asia Pacific (APAC) Travel survey, 71% of travelers highlighted the importance of trying local cuisine. A separate Airbnb study published this week, the 2017 Restaurant Spending Report, found that Airbnb guests generated $6.5 billion dollars for restaurants around the world between September 2016 and September 2017. Airbnb is banking on these trends to continue with its rollout of a new in-app functionality that makes restaurant recommendations and even allows guests to book a table.Jasper is joined by Hostfully CEO and Co-founder, Margot Lee Schmorak, to discuss the connection between food and travel and how Airbnb is capitalizing on guests keen to experience a new place through its cuisine. They also cover recent interviews with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky regarding the most important attribute for entrepreneurs and the introduction of Airbnb Experiences in New York City— featuring a shoe shopping trip with none other than Sarah Jessica Parker!Jasper and Margot wrap tod

Airbnb is often cast as the villain in discussions around affordable housing. Aspiring home owners struggle to afford the 5% down payment required for a conventional mortgage, and as increasing numbers of real estate investors use platforms like Airbnb to accommodate tourists, prices get further out of reach for would-be residents.Yifan Zhang is re-casting Airbnb as a force for good in affordable housing with the launch of her new startup. Yifan is the co-founder and CEO of Loftium, a service that provides prospective home buyers with up to $50K for a down payment with the caveat that they list an extra bedroom on Airbnb for 12-36 months, and share the profits with Loftium for the length of the contract.A 29-year-old Harvard grad with experience in the startup world, Yifan became an Airbnb host when she and her husband bought a townhouse in Seattle. The revenue stream from their spare bedroom covered the couple’s mortgage payments, and Yifan got the idea to help prospective home buyers come up with a down pay

Take a walk down the yellow brick road of Airbnb news this week for stories of brains, courage and heart, and learn about the brilliant idea behind a new startup in the ecosystem, the resolve behind the mandatory host registration in Paris, and the love story of a host in Philadelphia—who fell for one of her Airbnb guests!Jasper is discussing these stories and your questions with Nicole Prentice Williams, VP of Strategic Partnerships at Hostfully. They get into the details of Loftium, the new Seattle startup that provides aspiring home buyers with up to $50K for a down payment, pending they agree to list a spare room on Airbnb and share the profits. Jasper and Nicole also cover the latest developments in the affordable housing crisis as Paris attempts to enforce its 120-day rule, and an Airbnb romance resulting from a mutual attraction between an American host and her European guest.Last but not least, Jasper and Nicole answer listener questions around Airbnb deductions and the pros and cons of back-to-back b

The beautiful thing about Airbnb is that it provides an avenue for inspired entrepreneurs to leave jobs that aren’t fulfilling and start their own businesses in the vacation rental ecosystem, and today’s guest is a perfect example. Beautification Specialist Lily Troupe is the founder of Under Control Short Stay Management, Melbourne’s premiere turnover service and management company.Lily’s previous career as a social worker was incredibly demanding: She was working 12-hour days, but enjoying little financial reward. Feeling drained, she took a sales job with a network marketing firm and started cleaning and styling homes for extra money. One of Lily’s clients happened to be an Airbnb host, and when she went away on holiday, Lily was asked to help with check-in.Lily’s reputation for attention to detail and exceptional communication soon spread, and her contact information was passed on to other hosts. In June of 2016, she officially expanded her offerings to include Airbnb servicing and management, and Lily es

Sometimes you get away because you want to, and sometimes you get away because you have no choice. Airbnb news this week features stories of both—from Americans heading to Britain to enjoy an affordable escape to Floridians fleeing the imminent threat of Hurricane Irma.Jasper is joined by Glenn Carter, Head of Marketing at Hostfully, to discuss the incredible jump in Airbnb visitors to Britain since Brexit, as well as the heartening story of the Miller family who found refuge from the hurricane barreling toward Florida with an Airbnb host in Indiana who offered his listing for free. They also cover the fire at a New Zealand Airbnb that sent its Malaysian guests to the hospital, highlighting the need for safety precautions and the difficulty of enforcing the Responsible Hosting Guidelines.It wouldn’t be a Get Paid for Your Pad news episode without the latest developments in vacation rental regulations, so Glenn and Jasper are duty-bound to discuss the German host who managed to get away from the municipality’s

As the saying goes, ‘Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.’ So when Jasper had the chance to speak with one of Airbnb’s fiercest critics in Amsterdam, he took full advantage of the opportunity and invited the journalist to be a guest on this week’s Get Paid for Your Pad.Sander Schimmelpenninck is the editor-in-chief of Quote magazine, a Dutch monthly publication most well-known for the Quote 500, a list of the 500 wealthiest people in the Netherlands. Quote focuses on the business, finances, and networks of life at the top. In 2014, Sander wrote an opinion piece on the dangers of Airbnb in the Amsterdam market, discussing the impact of the vacation rental platform on the city as its concept shifted from that of a shared experience to a money-making machine for real estate investors avoiding income tax. He shared his concerns about the lack of regulation and how Airbnb made it increasingly difficult for Dutch residents to find an affordable home in a city overrun with the wrong kind of tourists.Thou

Airbnb has the capacity to change lives—for better or worse. This week’s headlines include an inspiring story of how the short-term rental platform has helped a Superhost from Tanzania afford schooling and travel, and even become an advocate for the Maasai culture around the world.Another story of Airbnb changing a host’s life for the better features Jasper himself. In an interview with the Huffington Post, he explains how he used Airbnb to quit his successful career in finance and travel the world. Today on the podcast, our newsworthy host is joined by David Jacoby, President and Co-Founder of Hostfully, to discuss these stories of Airbnb’s positive influence, as well as a couple of situations where vacation rental sites changed someone’s life for the worse: The Miami homeowner facing $500K in fines because his tenants listed illegally on Airbnb, and travelers who lost a lawsuit against HomeAway over a fraudulent listing.Jasper and David also answer listener questions about furnishing your Airbnb, offering s

Many Airbnb guests are looking for a chance to unplug and truly get away from the madness of modern life. David Fraser has developed a low-risk Airbnb model that capitalizes on this by building log cabins on his property, and he is keen to share his best practices with the Get Paid for Your Pad audience.David happened into the idea accidentally because his family had no place to sleep when they visited his country home outside Toronto. His mother sent him an ad for a cabin on Kijiji, and David began to wonder if such a rustic experience would do well on Airbnb when his family wasn’t staying there. He did a little market research by creating a listing, using stock photos of the cabin and pictures of the view from his backyard, and to his surprise, there was significant interest. David accepted his first booking and built the cabin from a kit—two days before the guests arrived!Nearly three years later, David has expanded his enterprise to three cabins and a shared bathroom facility. All the units have paid for

Airbnb has gone Hollywood on us this week, enlisting the help of A-list celebrity Danny Glover to combat racism on the platform as well as marketing several insider Hollywood Airbnb experiences with costume designers and choreographers, among others.Jasper is joined by Hostfully CEO and Co-Founder Margot Lee Schmorak to discuss these high-profile stories from La La Land and other Airbnb headlines, including the activation of the Disaster Response Program for evacuees of Hurricane Harvey and how competitors HomeAway and TripAdvisor are differentiating themselves from Airbnb—and enjoying continued growth.Jasper and Margot also cover an article explaining how to handle guests who break the rules, offering their own tips and tricks born from experience. Finally, they address listener confusion around cancelling reservations and declining booking requests. Listen and learn how to set filters for Instant Book and what to do if you don’t feel comfortable with a guest who booked your Airbnb.Topics CoveredArticle #1:

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas?The city may have a reputation for forgiving indiscretions, but not-so-much if your misdeed involves Airbnb hosting without the proper permit. In fact, the regulations around short-term rentals are incredibly strict in Las Vegas, and only the serious Airbnb entrepreneur will invest the time and money required to clear all the necessary hurdles.Dillon is very familiar with the complex process of licensing in Las Vegas. He and his wife found their dream home in the city, but it was a little large for just the two of them. They decided to pursue Airbnb as a way to maintain the home and generate extra income. Unfortunately, Dillon was ‘turned in’ by an anonymous tipster, and forced to cancel upcoming bookings until he received the appropriate permit.Today Dillon walks us through the process, explaining the different types of available short-term rental permits, the fines associated with illegal hosting in Sin City, and the reason why regulations are so severe. Listen in as he

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