All Forum Posts by: Ryan Moyer

Are there copy writers that do this specific to STR, and focused on your specific home/market? Any recommendations? I loathe writing email copy.

 But if the cleaning fees are in the revenue projection they got then they need to be accounted for in the expenses.  AirDNA (by far the most common way new people get their initial revenue projections) does include cleaning fees in revenue, so it is important those people are not misled away from calculating that into their expenses if they're using AirDNA data, or they could end up in real trouble from advice that didn't fully explain the context.

 That's exactly his and my point regarding points vs. cash.  Points are often much more valuable than cash back, and can often be redeemed at much higher valuations than 1c per point like you get with cash back.

The highest value redemptions are usually on international trips.  International first class flights in particular.  It does require some shopping around and some luck, but you can find redemptions like Andrew was alluding to.  It's not nearly as simple as clicking a button and getting your money, and it requires some legwork find the best transfer partners, most valuable flights, etc.  But as Andrew showed, it can be worth the extra hassle.

This was 10 or so years ago, but I remember redeeming 100k points for 2 round trip first class tickets to Europe that would have been about $17,000 to buy the tickets outright.  100k points is only worth $1,000 in cash.  So those points were redeemed at 17c per point.

 This is also completely false.

Airbnb can ban you if YOU cancel on the guest without cause too many times.  They will not ban you for declining a refund in line with your cancelation policy after the guest cancels.  They are just asking as a courtesy.  If you say no they say "no problem" and move along.

 This is not true or necessary.  If it's within your cancelation policy, you don't have to provide any documentation.  Airbnb is just asking as a courtesy to the guest.  You can say no without any repercussions.  The sentence about them de platforming you for it is completely false.

Two brand new accounts that don't even have a profile picture reviving a zombie thread to shill an expensive course with grandiose, positive only comments, while even using some of the same language, is extremely suspicious, fwiw.  And within a few minutes of each other to boot.

Amex Blue Business Preferred is 2 MR points per dollar spent on everything, and Amex MR points are among the most valuable out there for redemption, so you're really getting 3-4% back on every purchase.

I was using that but recently switched to a cash back debit card so the money leaves my bank account more in line with the time I spend it, rather than a month later, which makes bookkeeping much easier.

 The annoying thing is that it still requires them to enter their info even if they don't check the opt-in box.  I've brought this up to StayFi several times.  If the guest unchecks the marketing box it should no longer require them to enter their info.  There's no point in forcing them to enter it at that point, since you're not saving it anyway.  That just serves to create distrust as the guest then thinks you are saving their info even after they've elected to not let you, otherwise why would you still be forcing them to enter it?

I've gotten one bad review over this and had another guest that thankfully still left a good review, but let me know in private comments that one of the guests in their party was extremely angry over it.

I've brought this up to StayFi several times and they just brushed it off.  Definitely an annoying part of my interaction with StayFi so far.

 They're just asking.  They don't force it in any way.  The guest requests it, Airbnb says "hey here's the circumstances, would you like to do it?" and you can say no.

Most of us here count revenue on a cash basis.  That is, whatever month you actually receive it is the month/year that it counts towards.