Airbnb & Transient Business Owners Philippines

30/06/2024

This article is undeniably true. We traveled to Europe last year and 'most' of the Airbnb's we rented were actually keyless entry. I usually receive the keycodes via chat on Airbnb to get inside the property. Among half the dozen of the Airbnb's we've rented, only 1 host actually met us in person, and this was in Paris.

I myself is guilty of unable to meet my guests in flesh when they rent our unit in Tagaytay, but this is because we're not residing in the Philippines and so I have to hire a Caretaker. But what I do consistently to take care of my Guests that gives me the high reviews in return are:
1) constant communication with them few days before their arrival
2) educating them on our House Rules thru the eform I require them to read and sign, so there wouldn't be surprises and ignorance of the rules, as well as explicitly stating my and my Caretaker's responsibilities to them as their Host
3) giving them my contact information such as email, Whatsapp, Viber and Messenger account where they can quickly reach me, as well as my Caretaker's name and mobile number
4) ensuring I have endorsed their IDs to the building admins and lobby guards via email
5) lastly on my email reply, I state what we have agreed upon via email/chat on their checkin time and out, number of guests to checkin, security deposit, parking details and ensuring they have signed my eform before my caretaker usher them in to my unit.
6) acknowledging them for every reviews they leave in the booking platform

Hope you find these tips and article helpful and insightful.

OPINION: I was an early adopter not just because of its convenience, but also for its connection to local life.

16/04/2024

Years ago, I and my family got scammed when we booked a transient house in Baguio via Airbnb.

Well, it only goes to show that no tech platform is invincible to cyber attacks and scams.

Over 100 hotels in Japan have fallen victim to email scams that try to steal customers' credit card information using accommodation reservation site Booking.com, a Kyodo News tally found Saturday.

07/01/2024

Renting out a property to strangers is not an easy task. You'll encounter a mix of good and bad guests. Mostly, they don't care about your unit and they usually complain about petty stuff and to the extent of crazy requests.

After operating our condo unit for a little over a year, I've learned some lessons on how to protect our side hustle business. Luckily, I and my partner are both IT professionals and we got to apply some tricks on how we can further improve our services, as well as protecting our property from unwanted amd undesirable circumstances.

In Cybersecurity, there's this term - NON REPUDIATION. But before making it sound complicated, lets start with the simple term - REPUDIATION.

In the dictionary, Repudiation is denial of the truth or validity of something. Repudiation occurs when one party refuses to honor a contract with another party. So how is this related to property renting?

When we rent out our property, we have a little to almost 'none' protection in our unit, except when the security guards of the condominium intervenes in crime or emergency -related circumstances, specifically when they are called out to be in the unit or engage in that scenario. Other than that, we either simply let the guests or tenants stay in our unit without any 'care' or be aware of their 'minimum' responsibility. Most cases when guests breaks something in our unit or violates a building policy (i.e. no smoking or no pets allowed), all their excuses boils down to one cause: THEY DIDN'T KNOW, AS THEY WERE NOT TOLD ABOUT IT!

To resolve this issue, we applied our Non-repudiation measure (they can't deny a fact because they 'digitally' signed it) by requiring our guests to do the ff:

1) Pre- Checkin Process (super simple)
2) Read and Sign our House Rules Agreement eForm (comprehensive but easy to use, understand and ask our guests to comply, takes 5-10mins to complete before the guests are ushered in to our unit)

If you want to learn more about this, simply comment below and I'll post next about these measures. :)

Hope you get to learn a thing or two about this post. ;)

07/01/2024

Wishing all of you a blessed and prosperous New Year this 2024! 🥳

May all of your aspirations and business goals be fulfilled this entire year! 🍾🥂🎊

18/09/2023

reality but we can still discover new ways of marketing and making profit on our rental space!

Listings have plummeted 77% since June. With the loss of short-term-rental income, some homeowners are weighing what's next.

17/09/2023

https://www.insider.com/airbnb-professional-cleaner-red-flags-look-when-checking-in-2023-9

Diana Cruz, a professional Airbnb cleaner, says looking at these three things will tell you if your place is as clean as it should be.

21/06/2023

Inviting all transient and AirBnb owners to join this online community to help each other grow our renting businesses by sharing the following:
1) tips in setting up and running your transient business
2) legit check the owners of the transient homes and
3) help people from getting scammed
4) share good standards in cleanliness and house rules
5) help give jobs to people by recommending people you can vouch as good and reliable 'caretaker'
6) share your own stories, problems and recommend solutions to other transient owners
7) promote each other transient businesses based on locations
8) help travelers find best transient deals with legit check
9) encourage unbiased and truthful reviews on rented owns

When you invite others to join this page, they will be asked of the following questions to validate if they are true transient homeowners:
1) Name
2) Location of their transient business
3) Website or platform (ie. Airbnb) link of their transient homes
4) Purpose or interest in joining this online community