This short report give a idea about the AirBnB, what is it about, advantages and benefits, Guest looking for Accommodation considerations, AirBnB Guest – do and don’t , suggestions to the host to make the accommodation very comfortable, The Host to Consider, AirBnB Interaction with Guest, AirBnB Weaknesses , #LocalGuides #Travel

1. By Muhannad Kalbouneh
Muhannad20@gmail.com

3. What is AirBnB
Airbnb (AirBed & Breakfast) is an online
marketplace and hospitality service, enabling
people to lease or rent short-term lodging
including vacation rentals, apartment rentals,
home stays, hostel beds, or hotel rooms, in some
cases its more flexible and cheaper than hotels

4. More features
Now AirBnB offer experience and restaurants ..
This report is only for accommodation

5. AirBnB Advantages
Some of potential advantages can be .. meeting new
people .. live like locals .. explore more places and
locals neighbourhood .. interact with locals .. get
more space .. full kitchen and cooking .. washer and
dryer .. free WiFi .. in some cases free Netflix ..
arranged pickup and drop to airport for affordable
price .. other cases a lunch out with host .. New
apartment design .. Stay in Places where no tourist
hostels available..

6. Guest looking for Accommodation 1/2
Its very tricky to choose your accommodation ..
 Set your city, date, room type, and any other filter
Try to use the map if the location matter or if you need public
transport
Make sure to see enough photos and good quality photos of the
room and the apartment
Make sure that the host photo uploaded and clear
Watch the fees, extra costs, cancellation policy
Tune dates as needed to find the best deal for you

7. Guest looking for Accommodation 2/2
 Pay Attention to the type of living arrangements offered
 If you found your host, read the reviews carefully
 Try to know if the bath is shared or private
 Try to know how many guests will be there and having many guests will change
the game
 Check About discounts for longer stays, usually weekly and monthly discounts
offered
 Watch final price again before you book
 Always calculate the final daily charges
 Not sure about the apartment, contact the host before booking

8. AirBnB Guest – do and don’t
Must respect the host privacy, keep it clean as you got it, avoid
noise, maintain quite night hours, ask for permission if you
don't know, ask about local area, if you like the service .. tip,
be fair in your review, do not criticise just put things in
opportunity, describe the location, host, and area to bring
value to other guests, praise the things that you like

9. Guest important fact
• Do not assume that everything is right, you are responsible for your
safety and hygiene
• If you have long stay, bring some staff with you as per your
preference, cover, sheets, mug, etc
• Its important to know the place safety, ask the host

10. The Host to Consider
Share your apartment full details, as per your plan
 Print apartment instructions
 Give a welcome instruction and rules if any
 A bottle of water in the room is a plus
 Notifying on how many people in the apartment
Make sure that parking allowed in the area if needed
Prepare a list of services around

11. The Host to Support
Think hygiene
 Use needed tool to isolate noise between rooms
 Ensure Bed comfort, new sheets, bath cleanness are
top priority
 Show the tea and coffee details
Enable locks for the guest room
 If pets available, make it clear in the profile

12. Interaction with Guest
 If the guest not asking for details, check if they
need anything
Follow up with the guest if they need support
Ask next day if they need help

13. AirBnB Suggested Opportunities and Impartments
 The guest to make a request in a city / location, the host to
make an offer
 Add filter for private bath and master rooms
 Prevent profiles without photos
 Add filter if pets are there or if pets friendly place to bring
 Filter male and female, family for guest and host
 Allow to block guest or host apartment, there are
apartment limited to female and they keep appear in the
search

14. AirBnB Suggested Opportunities and Impartments
 Must to have HD bed photo without the sheets
 Must have clear blanket photos
 Must have apartment external view photo
 Must have kitchen photo if accessible to guest
 Must share a photo of people living there including pets
 Must write description for guest and host
 Must show how many rooms for rent in same apartment
 If the bath mentioned as private, must provide photo

15. AirBnB Main Screen Opportunity
 In main search window result, its preferred to have the
below
 The total price including service and tax charges
 How many rooms for rent
 How many rooms occupied
 The host name
 For multiple nights, the final price per night
 Filter out apartment one by one if needed by user

16. AirBnB Weaknesses
• The service description not provided or not true, for example
when a private bath mentioned, you might find it shared or
accessible to all
• Some places overpriced
• The host might argue the guest about a review, so the guest
delete it and the host enjoying to continue his service
without corrective actions
• If you are surprised that the place is not clean and leave, you
are charged, but even though, just leave anyway .

17. AirBnB Weaknesses
• No Mechanism in AirBnB to verify the place, only if guest
report an issue, AirBnB will investigate
• Many missed rooms photo, apartment view, bed quality
photos and missing profile photos, how many guests already
there, host information
• The Host can easily make his place heaven by description or
photos, even if not really as described
• In some case, people avoid writing honest reviews
• In some cases the dates got changed