Any experienced Short Term Rentals, Superhosts to network with?

[Han T.]

Are there any like-minded Superhosts to connect with in Columbus. Pls DM me!!

[Andrew Steffens]

Hi Han!

A couple of thoughts:

- We have been on and off Superhost for 7 years and never received any noticeably higher revenue being one versus not being one.  

- The "perks" Airbnb offers to Superhosts certainly is nothing special.

- Our industry is Short Term Rentals not Airbnbs.  I know these terms have become synonymous but I think it is important to differentiate being in the industry.  We used to only be on Airbnb and Vrbo and it was about 85/15 & bookings respectively.  Airbnb frequently lets guests out of reservations, refunds incorrectly etc making our job harder.  With a little bit of effort we are now on Booking.com, Marriot Homes and Villas, JetBlue, Allegiant, and more.  Also a lot of marketing to previous guests to book direct.  Our occupancy rates are up in slow season and we were only 42% Airbnb last month.

This is just my humble opinion based on experience mainly in Tampa, but I hope it helps you in some way.  Best of luck!