Instant booking versus sending reservation request
Uh, sentences please?
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I love instant booking. It is a method to better compete in my market. I don’t want potential guests shopping around while they wait to be approved. One of my methods to keep a full calendar.
I am listed on Airbnb and VRBO. Most of my bookings come from Airbnb so I use instant booking for that platform. I only have one listing in Oxford, MS. and this one property has paid for itself and funded enough cash to buy another one bigger and better within 2 years. I share my hosting experience in a small college town on my Youtube channel and share my methods. I am not allowed to give links to it in this forum because the mods think I am promoting myself. LOL. I’m not and they don’t get me. I’m not a Youtube guru trying to monetize with views and courses. I do it just for fun and tell the truth what it is really like to host. I am a real estate investor and I don’t need a little passive income gig on Youtube. I hope someday the mods here will realize that. LOL
Airbnb & Antarctica title just for click bait?
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So I looked at your listing on Airbnb and your calendar doesn’t look full. So I’m wondering how you define “full” in reference to this statement:
I thought maybe you were referring to a different listing that wasn’t on Airbnb.
Maybe if 90% of your posts weren’t a big nothing burger followed by “I explained this more on Youtube” we wouldn’t think you were just here to promote your youtube channel. You have one thread started to promote your youtube. Then three other posts that mention youtube. And then this post which (finally) doesn’t mention youtube. So we have good reason to think you are only here for self promotion.
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I kept a full calendar all summer during our slow season. Because my town is booming and a lot of contractors rented all my weekdays thru September. All my weekends this year have been booked. Now we are into fall and all my football weekends are booked at $3,000 to $6,000. So until next calendar year my weekdays will be booked by snowbirds, parents, and etc. a few days or a week out as usual. So I will use my methods to compete in my market to book these weekdays and weekends that show unbooked. I am constantly spying and adjusting my rates to keep every upcoming week booked.
I hate to write a book in these threads and rather give a link to one of my videos to help others and answer their questions. In my opinion if someone is promoting themselves they would also ask people to like and subscribe like all the Youtube gurus do. So if you know me in the Facebook groups, you know I answer the same way and don’t ask members to like or subscribe. I am honestly shocked that my channel has 170 subscribers. I am not doing it for passive income or promotion. I have a radio background and just trying Youtube for fun only.
Thanks for clarifying what full means to you.
This is not going to happen here. You can hang around and participate in this forum or not. You are not going to be allowed to post your youtube videos here.
That’s at least two of us.
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This one time in band camp…uhmm, I mean, on my youtube channel…
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Is that you Kendrick?
Are you pulling my leg Kendrick? You are Kendrick, right?
Seriously get a life.
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I’ve no idea who or what Kendrick is.
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Hey @Jim_Haines - I am familiar with your youtube videos. And just for the record…Jim is correct - he just shares his hosting experiences on youtube. He isn’t selling anything. Many of us are familiar with him.
Having said that…why aren’t you booking your construction workers through Houfy? Or are they paying you in cash and check? They are repeats. They aren’t going through ABB again are they?
That’s great that he’s not selling anything and just having a good time. We don’t allow people to use this forum to promote themselves even if they are giving themselves away for free. This is well established here for years now. It doesn’t matter if it’s igms or Lodgify or Houfy.
Yes there’s the occasional post from one or another of the services or a link to Traquo, Jackie’s travel site. The occasional post from an active member of our community is fine. Comparing anyone to Pierre of Smartbnb is completely unfair because he used to provide a tremendous service here and he gave complimentary one year subscriptions to moderators. Then people started copying him and taking what he freely posted here and using it to compete against him so he quit posting. Jim’s first post here was simply a link to his youtube channel, he didn’t even bother with an informative sentence. That’s what got him restricted from posting links right away.
Too bad you didn’t send Jim your Houfy link long ago since you knew him and his Oxford rental already.
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Yes, KKC…we all are well aware of how you apply guidelines arbitrarily when it suits yourself and your friends. It’s no secret.
I don’t even know why you are replying to me. I was replying to @Jim_Haines, not you.
I’m not sure I’m following this thread. What was your original question @Jim_Haines?
Did it have something to do with Antarctica or was that a typo?
…Edited to say sorry I see @Thomas_Bantle was the OP. I am now officially confused by this entire thread.
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Because your use of this forum to promote Houfy is getting old and there have been complaints. People want to know how you get away with your endless promotion of Houfy when other promotional posts are deleted and frankly, I don’t have a good answer other than trying to avoid your drama.
I’m not anti-Houfy or the occasional mention of it. I’ve mentioned it multiple times over the past few months but your posts and links to your houfy articles are too much.
Edit to add: I am no longer recommending houfy.
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I’m completely p***ed off at your using a clickbait title that has, as far as I can see, nothing to do with what you are actually posting. The point of a title is surely to give some idea of what the post is about and my understanding is that most forum members try hard to keep to this.
Maybe you would like to edit your title?
Edit to apologise if you were not the OP (@Thomas_Bantle) Just colour me completely confused …
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KKC I see you promoting Houfy on another thread and name calling this CabinHost guy calling him a cheerleader. Thats definitely a double standard. You’re being a bully and just bringing too much negativity to this forum for me to even want to participate here. As soon as someone points out your double standards, you abuse your power and bully them into shutting up about it so you can keep doing whatever suits you.
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