Changing Our Airbnb to Pet Friendly

[Nicole Masters]

Hi STR friends!

After listening to a lot of different podcasts and discussing this with some friends, we've decided to change our Airbnb (located in Yucca Valley aka Joshua Tree) to pet friendly. We were getting plenty of requests for people to bring their dogs anyway, so we decided to make the change. Right now it's a flat $100 pet fee for one dog under 50 pounds and we said to reach out if they have another dog or a heavier weight dog. Our views have gone up significantly and we haven't had any dogs ruin anything - yet *knocks furiously on wood*.

Actually, our only damage is from a baby teething on our table and creating large scratches on it lol.

Curious to hear from other pet friendly airbnbs. What are your thoughts? How much do you charge?

Please no horror stories haha.

[John Underwood]

ABSOLUTELY!

We bring in over $2000 per year in pet fees. Never had any pet damage.

Plus it will increase your bookings and possibly nightly rates.