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Hello from the small town of Gainesboro Tennessee. I was asked to participate in a selection process for the Community Leaders Program. I went through the Airbnb process and it turns out they are targeting the larger cities and not the smaller city and rural areas. Our Airbnb is not in the Chattanooga area so I wasn’t selected. There are hundreds of Airbnbs in a radius of 75 miles around the Cookeville area. Perhaps a community program that is not run by Airbnb makes sense.
Airbnb provides funding for host activities like getting together for meals and other gatherings. Have any of you used or participated in the Airbnb Community Program Facebook sites? These are invitation signup only sites run on Facebook by Airbnb in various locations.
Thanks - Hugh
Some of us in our area see the benefit of increasing communication between hosts. I don’t know how much Airbnb would try and control the dialog of a host to host platform. I don’t do Facebook but one of the hosts is a big Facebooker and would take care of the “recommended” feeds that Airbnb would ask the leader to put on the site. I saw it as an experiment. It is a moot issue though because I wasn’t selected. I am interested in any other “private” interactive sites between hosts that other might have put together for their area.
I do too. I didn’t start my local area Airbnb sponsored Facebook group but I actively participate. I also am a moderator In an international Airbnb FB group.
Don’t let the snarky comments about working for free discourage you. The moderators for this group are volunteers too. I guess the person saying that forgot about that fact.
Myrtle Beach SC has one. It’s only a year old so not many members yet. Activity is increasing. The moderator posts an Airbnb suggested topic 2-3 times a week. Information about platform changes seem to be available there first.
The program at Myrtle Beach sounds like the program I was talking about. I am glad it is working. The dissemination of platform information is important. It is a shame that Airbnb doesn’t have a better way of communicating to all the hosts. This week I noticed that the home location of the guest has been removed. I wonder why? We’ll see what develops. Thank you for your comments.
I’ve thought about getting a group of local hosts together, but wouldn’t want Air to have anything whatsoever to do with it. We’re a very rural area, & I’d venture to guess there are probably 100+ hosts within a 50 mile radius. Question is, how to contact these other hosts? Not like you can contact them through their Air listings… I hate to admit it, but FB seems to be the easiest way to reach out. Open to suggestions!
Same here. I like helping other hosts out on this forum, if I can, but I’m quite sure I give some advice or say things that Airbnb would never approve of. Airbnb monitoring what hosts talk about between themselves is one reason why a lot of hosts don’t use the Airbnb forum. I don’t see how an Airbnb Facebook forum is any different from the CC, aside from hosts discussing issues that might specific to their area.
I like the idea of the private Facebook group. I would open a Facebook account just for the bnb. There are private Facebook groups that require approval to join. Facebook still monitors them. There are a couple of ways to get this done. Say someone in Nashville is reading this. I might be able to join the Nashville group. I would then turn around to the Non-Air, rural group, and relay important platform change information that is only provided to the Air Facebook groups. One advantage I see to the “non-Air” group. (NAIR?) is the ability to discuss problem guests. We live near a University and have had only one group really cause a party problem. I sent notes to the hosts that I know and gave them the heads up on our experience. Did anybody notice that the lhome location of the guest is no longer listed? Hmmm… I wonder why. (although 30% weren’t accurate.)
I wholeheartedly agree, obviously. And just because someone isn’t on here all the time doesn’t mean they aren’t contributing. I’ve messaged numerous folks including @georgygirlofairbnb about staying in their Airbnb or visiting their area and all have been gracious and generous with their time.
