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What Percentage of your reservations come from Airbnb?
From my 12 listings last year I had 37% of our reservations come from Airbnb.
With high fees and the grip Airbnb has around your neck my goal for 2024 is to get it down below 25%. At the same time, I want to take direct bookings from 41% to 50%.
This is your friendly reminder not to rely on any single platform to run your short-term rental business.
As the short-term rental space continues to get more saturated your ability to adapt and get your listing more exposure is was will keep you profitable. I see too many of my fellow STR/MTR investors relying solely on Airbnb. They post it there and pray for bookings.
Dont be complacent

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@Matthew Masoud can you share how you’ve been able to build up your direct bookings so successfully?