What Airbnb’s New Messaging Rules Mean for Direct Bookings What Airbnb’s New Messaging Rules Mean for Your Direct Booking Strategy As short-term rental hosts, many of us have relied on a simple tactic to encourage repeat guests: sending a friendly post-stay message through the Airbnb platform. It’s been common to include a review request and […]

The Future of Direct Bookings with Phil Kennard of FutureStay Independent hosts are the backbone of the short-term rental industry—but many are still building their businesses on someone else’s platform. If that’s you, you’re not alone. But it’s time to think bigger. In this week’s episode of Thanks for Visiting, we sit down with Phil […]

Should You Offer Guests an Extra Night? Here’s When (and How) to Ask Gap nights—also known as adjacent or in-between nights—can be a goldmine for hosts, but only if you know when and how to offer them. Joanna called into the Hosting Hotline with a question we hear more and more: what’s the best timing […]