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Instant Booking on Airbnb: What Is It and How to Use It Effectively?

Are you not sure whether you should turn on or off the Instant Book feature on Airbnb? In this article, you’ll find all the necessary information about Airbnb Instant Booking and its pros and cons.

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Airbnb Names: How to Create Titles That Attract More Bookings

Looking to start Airbnb and can’t decide how to create a suitable name for it? Coming up with a catchy Airbnb title is one of the essential aspects of optimizing your listing. In this article, you’ll find useful tips on how to create attention-grabbing Airbnb titles along with some Airbnb names ideas for inspiration.

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How to Choose a Cleaning Company for Your Short-Term Rental

In the short-term rental industry, one thing is certain: hiring an Airbnb cleaning service for your vacation rental is necessary to ensure consistent turnovers and provide peace of mind. Check this post to learn the top 5 considerations for selecting a professional cleaning company.

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Airbnb Restrictions: What Cities Have Strict Airbnb Regulations?

Renting out your property short-term to travelers is a great opportunity to earn extra cash. But it's vital to ensure that you are fully compliant with any laws for your area at the city and state levels. This article will help you get started.

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Booking.com Host Guide for Beginners

Today, Booking.com is one of the largest accommodation booking platforms, with more than 28 million listings in 226 countries and territories across the globe. Planning to become the part of this crowd? Our guide will get you started.

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Vacation Rental Tax Rules: Tax Tips for STR Business in the US

With platforms like Airbnb, Vrbo, and many others, it's easy to rent your property short-term. But while the extra income can be a real boost, you should be aware of the tax rules before you start making money.

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Airbnb Long-Term Rentals: Is It a Good Fit for You?

Due to the coronavirus pandemic and travel limitations, Airbnb hosts experience a drop in bookings and are scrambling to find new guests. To keep their businesses afloat, many of them are turning their property into Airbnb long-term rentals. But is it a smart approach? Let's find out.

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Rental Arbitrage: How to Make Money on Airbnb without Buying a Property

Many people think that they must own property first before building an Airbnb business. That’s not true thanks to rental arbitrage. Through this business model, you can still become an Airbnb host even if you don’t own a house or apartment. We're about to tell you how to run the rental arbitrage business efficiently.

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Airbnb Auto Team Reminders—A Guide to Operations on Hospitable

Do you get tired of sending the same old reminders to your cleaners? How about the ones to your maintenance team, laundry team, manager, co-hosts...? In fact, there's a way to automate this process entirely, and it's actually pretty easy to set up.

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How to Communicate with Short Term Rental Guests

Communicating effectively with guests improves the guest experience. This leads to better ratings and reviews, which are crucial to be successful as a short term rental host. Bear with us for an actionable portion of advice to master your communication skills with guests.