How to increase your bookings on Airbnb, Safari Now & Booking.com

If you want to increase your short term rentals (furnished self-contained apartments that are rented for short periods of time, as opposed to annual rentals in the unfurnished apartment rental market. They are seen as an alternative to hotels) income. Icon Lifestyle offers all the necessary services for effective short-term rental platforms such as Airbnb, Safari Now, Booking.com.

Icon Lifestyle has a few tips for all short-term rental property owners to get the property on top of search engines on short-term rental platforms available such as Airbnb, Safari Now or Booking.com.

If you want to increase your short–term rental profits, follow these simple tips:

1. Property Management

Keep your property well maintained, stocking of kitchen & bathroom essentials and continuous support for Guests.  In other words, making sure the promised amenities are available and fully functional.  This will increase your overall rating and will put your property on top of search lists.  [source: airbnb]

2. Responding to the reservations enquiries quickly

Responding to messages within minutes.  When Guests ask you questions, they know that a quick response is only a message away.  This will get you a booking more quickly. [source: airbnb]

3. Decreasing cancellation rates

This means less cancellations on the host’s side.  Rare cancellations mean peace of mind for Guests, resulting in better rankings on online platforms search lists. [source: airbnb]

Icon Lifestyle will take care of the enquiries and reservations, check–ins & check–outs, key exchanges, cleaning during and in between Guest stays, maintenance & repairs, stocking of kitchen & bathroom essentials and continuous support for owners and Guests.  We take care of everything.

Icon Lifestyle specialises in these tips.  If you want an easier way to Property Marketing, Property Management, Investment Management and Full Accountability, contact us ASAP.

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