Episode #21: Airbnb Superhosts

BreakDrink Podcast

Airbnb: Q&A with a Couple of Superhosts

Believe it or not Airbnb has been around for 10 years. Additionally, did you know you're one of your @BreakDrink hosts (Laura) is a Superhost with her partner-in-crime, Fiachra. What is a Superhost? It’s not just something that Laura has made up. Listen to Jeff ask these two Superhosts about their experiences hosting guests for over two years.

About Airbnb

• The Airbnb Founder Story: From Selling Cereals To A $25B Company
• How Clever Entrepreneurs Turned 3 Air Mattresses Into Airbnb, The Site That Makes Any Home A Bed And Breakfast
• How I Built This Podcast: Episode with Joe Gebbia
• The Airbnb Story: How Three Ordinary Guys Disrupted an Industry, Made Billions . . . and Created Plenty of Controversy by Leigh Gallagher
• About Airbnb reviews
• What’s the difference from Airbnb, Homeaway, and VRBO?
• Get a professional photographer for your listing [no longer free -- boo!]
• Airbnb host tips, if you want to host a room or place.
• How should I choose my listing's price [on Airbnb]?
• 15 Things You Would Be Downright Stupid Not to Do Before Putting Your Place on Airbnb

Other things referenced about Airbnb and other things from the episode:

• Welcome Wagon https://www.welcomewagon.com/
• Airbnb for the camping crowd: new startups bring the sharing economy to the back country
• What is Glamping? [It’s what Fiachra & Olive prefer]
• FACT CHECK: Champing is actually camping in churches https://www.champing.co.uk/
• Airbnb requirements for guests
• Want to host on Airbnb? Check it out!
• You can now be an Airbnb Experience Host (not just a room) => Now Promoting Events, Experiences, and Tours ... what will Laura & Fiachra’s “experience be”?
• Campsite not included, but rent camping gear on Airbnb
• Texas Airbnb RV & Trailer rentals ... your potential competition, Jeff.
• Airbnb Hell Book https://www.airbnbhell.com/
• E.g. Issues by state or region
  • In Austin, A Boom In Short-Term Rentals Brings A Backlash
  • How Airbnb is breaking up communities worldwide
  • Rental Rules In California Raise Questions About Who's Using Airbnb
  • Living and Dying on Airbnb
• @BreakDrink Episode No. 4: The Things We’re Not Supposed to Talk About in Polite Conversation

Are you coming to the DFW area? We recommend checking out the Airbnb options, and are open for friends of the pod who want to book with us as well. Please inquire within.

Upcoming @BreakDrink Episodes

• Jessica Pettitt - Good Enough Now
• #AcWri Tips for Scholar-Practitioners
• The Long Commute - do you have one of those in higher ed? Talk to us
• Jeff’s Love of TED Talks
• Parenting vs. Non-Parenting in Higher Ed

P.s. Happy Basketball New Year!

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