preyus Linda here and today I'm going to
tell you how you can be a great Airbnb
gift the first step to being a great
Airbnb gift is to communicate with your
host so if your host messages you don't
like wait till the next day to message
them back because it's going to give
them anxiety and they're going to wonder
you know if you're really going to show
up or what the deal is
so trying to communicate with your hosts
and then maybe give them a heads up the
day before like hey I'm planning on
arriving at like you know 2 o'clock or
could I have an early check-in that kind
of thing just so that they you know
they're comfortable knowing that you are
actually going to arrive another thing
you really want to avoid as an Airbnb
gift is to show up with extra gifts
without letting your host know so don't
just assume it's like a hotel and you
can just like.how find people over okay
you're staying in the residence usually
or on somebody's property so you want to
make sure that you let your host know
you're going to have extra guests and a
lot of times they're going to have an
extra guest fee so just be aware of that
one way to guarantee that you're going
to get a bad review on Airbnb is to
smoke in a non-smoking property if the
property says no smoking that means no
smoking no smoking of tobacco or
marijuana products so if you feel like
you have to smoke or you need to go
smoke weed at least the bare minimum go
outside but just with the host some
hosts don't mind that kind of thing I am
but I do so hope you know I don't want
people from up getting in my property
because it's just horrible to try to
clean it you're going to lose your
cleaning deposit and you know you don't
want to do that so be a good guest and
go smoke outside but you know like if
you're staying in a residence
I really don't particularly want people
smoking like out by the pool or on the
property or on the ground but if you
have to do it I'd rather have you do it
out there than in the unit I'm going to
be you know as a host I would be very
upset so just pick a guest and then to
ah okay there's no harm in asking and
they could say hell no or sure no
problem but just don't just assume you
can smoke in your room or in the
residence or wherever you happen to be
staying one of the most annoying things
that you can do as a guest is to wipe
your makeup and mascara off on your
hosts white towel this is an actual
towel that a guest left at my apartment
this last weekend if you really need to
remove your makeup it would be best if
you could use like toilet paper or ask
the host if she have like a dark
washcloth or something
I leave dark washcloths and makeup
remover wipes in the bathroom so
hopefully your you know make sure that
you look around for something like that
to see if your host left it for you but
this is like extremely hard to get out
and the towel is probably going to be
ruined and it just it's really tough as
a host when you see this and then you
just know you have to buy a new towel so
anyway it'd be a great guest and please
take off your makeup with toilet paper
or something else like that so now we
should talk about a very sensitive
subject so what to do if you have some
type of problem where you soiled or stay
in the sheets
so we're human so we know that kind of
thing happens and it's nothing really to
be embarrassed about or completely
freaked out about if you have any kind
of stain that's got like blood then just
rinse it out and then let your host know
and they'll bring you fresh lemons and
just you don't have to worry about it
okay it's kind of embarrassing to you
but it's not really embarrassing to us
because we're used to that kind of thing
so just you know you can just be say hey
I have an accident or whatever and I'm
sure you're going to be a lot more
embarrassing than the host okay cuz
we're used to that no big deal it comes
out easily the worst thing you can do is
just pretend it didn't happen and then
you you know that it's a lot harder to
get out if it's been sitting there for a
few days so even though it's kind of
embarrassing for you it's totally okay
just say oops this happens that's normal
and natural okay don't freak out
it's not the end of the world just let
your Health's know and they'll
appreciate it okay if your first time
gifts on Airbnb and you're hoping to get
a good review
the most important thing that you can do
is don't leave a giant mess when you
leave okay so follow the house rules the
house rules are clearly spelled out in
the listing and if they want you to take
out the trash or you know don't leave
like gross food in the refrigerator or
whatever don't leave it gross okay we
try to leave it you know in Nice shape
do your dishes and be courteous even
though there is a cleaning fee honestly
if you take up to three hours to clean
an apartment so you probably think you
know why should I why should I clean the
wind there's a cleaning fee and I see
your point okay but it takes a long time
to clean because we have to clean really
well we have to wash all the linens fold
the towel clean under the bed I mean
it's pretty expensive what you have to
do the host will greatly appreciate it
if you can do some things like take out
the trash do your dishes put the towels
in a pile on the floor or whatever the
host smells out maybe they don't care
and they just said you know just leave
it a mess okay but I highly doubt
anyone's going to say leave it a mess so
when you leave the room the last thing
the host is going to remember about you
is whether or not YouTube good care of
their place and whether or not you left
it a big mess so right after you leave
is when they're going to leave your
review if you get a bad review on Airbnb
you're pretty much not going to be able
to rent again house they're going to
look at your reviews from other people
so it's really important that you get a
good review if you get a bad review on
Airbnb you're going to have a lot of
trouble renting again okay because host
look at your reviews if you get anything
less than a five-star maybe a four-star
might be okay if you get a three-star
review you might as well just get a
hotel because you're going to have a
hard time renting okay so take out your
trash do two dishes and you don't really
have to make the bed because they have
to wash your sheets anyway so I would
say you don't have to do that don't make
the bed but just leave it nice and neat
and keep out in pretty good shape and
then
when you leave when you're getting ready
to drive off just message the host and
say hey thanks so much we had a great
time and we're leaving now
so it's really great if you're checking
out earlier than checkout time the host
will really appreciate knowing that
because it gives them extra time to get
the room ready for the next person if
they have a switchover on that same day
if you have any problem during your stay
let the hosts know and give them a
chance to make things right before you
leave them a bad review after your stay
ok your hosts will love you for it the
last thing I want to say is I absolutely
love being an Airbnb host being an
Airbnb host has been such a great
experience for me I've met so many
wonderful people and it's really fun
providing a nice place for people to say
that's different and unique than what
they might be used to or what they could
get in a hotel so if you've never tried
Airbnb before the way that you can
choose a good property is to look for
reviews and look at recent reviews and
see what people have written if people
have been leaving good reviews the last
10 reviews or so you've probably got a
pretty good place okay I'm Linda your
Airbnb host thanks for watching if you
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