All Forum Posts by: Brandon Atkinson

 We are located in Colorado. If we don’t find a way to get at least 9 days booked a month through the slow we will have some problems paying the bills so I’m hoping to figure out something. We’ve already cut our price significantly just to get booking because we knew it would be the slow season but we still aren’t having much luck. We were booked pretty much solid till this weekend and now nothing. I figured it would slow down but didn’t expect it to stop so abruptly. Learning more about this business every day. 

 Thanks Alan. I’ve been wondering about furnished finder actually. I get emails from them weekly but haven’t spent the $99 for the listing fee yet. How does payment work with them? Do the tenants pay them and they pay me like airbnb does? Do they have any damage protection? 

I am fairly new to this. Been on Airbnb and VRBO since about March. Been booked pretty solid since then until now but winter has zero bookings. Looking to get some more exposure. What other good platforms are you listed on? I’ve heard mixed reviews about Expedia and Booking. com about them having scammers and higher fees. Have you had good experiences with them? Any other platforms you would recommend? 

We use the august smart lock but we don’t integrate it with Airbnb because I don’t want to make guests download the app. I feel like older clients would be hesitant to do that and most of the guest in our price range have been older. Instead we use the august keypad that is paired with the lock so they can just type in a code. We REALLY like it because I can lock or unlock the door remotely (if they forget to lock it after checking out) and I can add or delete codes remotely. I can also set up the codes to expire at an exact date and time. The only downside to this is that our keypad batteries seem to die every 3-4 months. They’re just AAA’s though so it’s cheap. We get about 6 months battery life on the actual lock because we are running the august “connect” that utilizes Bluetooth rather than the lock using wifi. This doubles battery life.