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@BryceWGarcia Like they literally knocked on the door to check on you? Smart locks are a must. I would only stay at a rental with one.

@scotthoward One met us outside, one came in

@BryceWGarcia Owners checked in on you 🤣🤣🤣 I’ve stayed in a lot of airbnbs and this has yet to happen to me. How do you even respond to that?

@notcommoncents_ My friends dealt with them. Both times I’ve stayed on Nantucket the owners have checked in. Weird

@BryceWGarcia Yes, there’s a ton, bc many hosts don’t know wtf they’re doing Hospitality’s a skill that looks easy and is low paid, so folks think they can jump in Foolish Hospitality is very hard. It’s real estate, design, 5 star service, operations, crisis management, marketing, etc

@CorleoneCapital Yeah it’s not easy

@BryceWGarcia AirDNA had some recent data showing most Airbnb hosts have one listing (their are mom and pops). I’m sure it is fair to say the majority of AirBnB hosts then don’t really know what they are doing and are just winging it.

@nickfosterSD Haha Idk about majority but yeah there are some.

@BryceWGarcia Plenty!

@BryceWGarcia Think of all the wasted time!

@xmikedrizzyx Agreed

@BryceWGarcia Agreed. Still so many mom and pops out there

@BryceWGarcia Airbnb will be cut by 75% in 2023. Going to be wild. Greed loses 75% of time.

@BryceWGarcia I don’t check up on guests but this ain’t a motel 6 and that’s not chocolate on the headboard. Fine balance.

@BryceWGarcia Don't really understand what's wrong here. Depends if they were intrusive or not ? Being humans means chatting with each other right ? Building a relationship, on top of the Airbnb transaction, is best way to get your customers happy.

@BryceWGarcia Why is the above example of opportunity? The Airbnb’s that have had someone check in have run pretty smoothly. What’s bad about that if it’s a local owner who actually cares how good of a time people have. Instead of trying to suck every dollar out of it it’s why Airbnb sucks

@BryceWGarcia Isn’t that what Airbnb is supposed to be? Sharing your home to make an extra buck?