You will BECOME brave and intrepid, @faheem. This hosting lark does it to us in the end 
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Isnât that necessary/inevitable, though? What other option is there? We arenât born knowing how to be perfect Airbnb hosts, after all. They also donât teach that at university, as far as I knowâŚ
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LOL. I hope so. I could do with some bravery and intrepidness.
Ooh. Living life on the edge. I like that. Me, Iâm the (mildly) neurotic overpreparing type. Though life still throws you curveballs youâre not prepared to deal with.
Yup⌠my learning curve was putting out new towels that had not been washed⌠and the guests noticed! Luckily this was when reviews were still civil and they mentioned it privately.
However, I daresay our learning curves are probably pretty small compared to Miss Chenâs. ;)_
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My young padawan, learn she will.
I started renting the island when I still had only an inflatable to take guests to it! (Well not really, but trust me, only slightly much better).
The first requirement of being a successful host I am assuming is to come across at least somewhat ~rational~. (glaring at Chen).
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AirBnB has also had a learningcurve for me.
In our region it is not standard to supply guests with towels when they rent an holiday appartement.
So in the beginning we got a few remarks, now we supply them for free.
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@Chen_Susanne changed her listing. She raised the price but lowered the extra person charge to $59 a person AFTER 2. So it would be less expensive for two people than previously. She slightly raised the security deposit. I donât know why, maybe she got a new luxury coffee cup.
Chen I think you are lurking so Iâve got some suggestions for you. It occurred to me that someone looking at your listing would think they are staying with a gay male couple with a baby. Only the husband is pictured and you refer to a husband and of course, with the name Munich you canât tell a gender. I donât see any reference to your gender. So, in my experience when people are somewhat coy about this, itâs a signal that it is a gay relationship. Maybe you are fine with that, I certainly am. But when you start getting the gay male couples with children booking your space, donât be surprised. (<----This is supposed to be a joke.) Babysitting available for a price, thatâs a nice amenity. It is still listed as âentire home or apartment.â This needs to be changed to âprivate roomâ like you have it on Wimdu. When people search one of the first things that comes up is what kind of accommodation the guest wants. That means people who have searched looking for an entire, not shared, space will get your listing. Eventually you are going to get someone who didnât read all of your very long listing and are thinking they get the whole place. And those picturesâŚthe terrace is ugly and itâs not always available since the door into your space is locked at certain hours. Then next are kitchen pictures. You should put the bedroom pictures first since thatâs what they are renting.
What about when the listing said 4 beds? Are there 4 beds in the room? Or is it the two single beds (side by side) and the futon?
She counts air mattresses and âfloor mattresses.â I canât imagine 6 ârichâ people staying in that one room.
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She is trying to understand what we are talking about, of that I can attest. Based on that reality, I would suggest to @Chen_Susanne: Ask questions, believe, adapt, but above all realize you are in a different culture⌠It is hosting which requires finesse, smooth communication and charm, it is not a street bazaar where you are selling a product where an aggressive haggling manner is usually the order of the day.
Whatâs more last time I looked (she keeps changing it) the room was $117 per night with extra guests after the first being $70. So 70x5 is 350. Add the first guest at 117 and it would be $467 for six people.
And two of them would have to sleep on the airbed.
The security deposit is shown to be $703! Now I know that everyoneâs idea of luxury differs but I really canât see the luxury aspect at all. Mind you, at least she has an electric kettle and a âteepotâ.
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First time I looked I think it was $87 a night but $69 for every person over 2 =$156 for 2. Anyway, itâs way too expensive for just a private room with en-suite. There are other places that are truly stand alone apartments where you donât have to schedule use of the kitchen for the same or less. Also Iâd like to stay in a place where I can talk loudly and not worry about if other people could understand what Iâm saying 
As long as she has an Electric kettle!!
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@Chen_Susanne we all believe you are a host and in much need of advice if you are going to run a successful Air business. However, you catch more bees with honey than vinegar. Im sure everyone here would be more than happy to help you if you changed the tone of your requests 
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She is following this thread, because she already made some of the suggested changes.
Good of you @Chen_Susanne
Only thing you have to look at is the sleeping arrangements, they are confusing and do not match the description.
I would just put in the 2 singles and the sofabed as in your description (and pictures), and leave the rest out. Also the remove the beds in the common spaces.
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Yes. I think it would be ridiculous to put 8 people in that one small room so maybe she is saying if there were that many they could sleep in the common space. The best thing is that she lowered her prices to be competitive with other similar listings. Maybe since she doesnât have a single booking on air or wimdu she realized we were right. She also restored her picture and changed her name to a name. See @Chen_Susanne, that wasnât that painful was it?
There are many other small improvements to make, but small steps.
Eventually Chen will end up with a nice listing, and hopefully plenty of bookings.
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Another suggestion would be to write the listing in German versus English, since her English isnât that great. It may come across less robot like.
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