You meet superhost for the year but stop hosting: you still get the bonus?

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Question:

Imagine you are meeting all the super-host requirements for the whole year but the stop hosting at whicever point during that year.

Do you still get the bonus when January comes around?

Here is an example:

Should I stop hosting tomorrow, I should still quality in January, or am I wrong?

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You’ll still get the bonus if you meet the requirements (not everyone’s year ends in January, mine ends in July). But it requires 4 straight quarters of qualifying. I could stop hosting tomorrow and still get the bonus. But if you stop now and don’t qualify until January, no you wouldn’t get it. You’d be missing two quarters.

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Yes. My husband only hosted in January 2018, got his 10 trips and 5* reviews, received his superhost bonus the next January 2019. He did not host the rest of the year.

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Hmm, guess I’m wrong? Isn’t one of the requirements to be SH 4 quarters in a row?

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–Superhosts have a 4.8 or higher average overall rating based on reviews from at least 50% of their Airbnb guests in the past year.
–Superhosts have hosted at least 10 stays in the past year
–Superhosts have no cancellations in the past year
–Superhosts respond to 90% of new messages within 24 hours.

He met the criteria in January 2018. Each quarter it is rated on the previous year. Therefore, he met it 4 quarters in a row, earning superhost January 2019.

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I think I get it now. You have to be Superhost for a year, but it carries over each quarter. As long as you don’t do anything to lose it, you’re good. If you don’t host you can’t do anything to lose it. LOL.

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Yeah I understand it too now, thank you!

If one were hell-bent to keep the superhost status paradoxically, it’s more “dangerous” to keep hosting than just letting it stay as it is.

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