Are you worried about not getting the maximum occupancy rate? Tired of the constant cleaning and tons of laundry you must make time for every time a guest checks out? Are you getting calls in the middle of the day and night just to help guests check in to your property? Are you looking for a solution to help with your short-letting dilemma?
Well, lucky for you, our seminar contains hassle-free solutions to all of these problems. On the 25th of October 2018, we hosted an Airbnb Smart Hosting Seminar in London. You could be absolutely new to short-letting seeking more information or you could be a veteran who just wants to brush up your skills. With 3 and a half years of experience in the property short letting industry and having managed over hundreds of properties, Pass the Keys can help you and make sure you’re moving in the right direction.
We have hosted seminars all over the UK, and this one was held in Pass the Keys' home city, London. Our London seminar was a great success being co-hosted by BoConcept, a Danish furniture store. Our very own team held an amazing event led by our London city manager, Mick Marrai.
Mick opened our seminar by diving straight into what short-letting is and how you can short-let with Airbnb. First, you must find out if the property is profitable, depending on the location and understand the difference between short-letting and long-letting a property. Short letting is an alternative path that property owners can choose over the traditional path of long letting.
Although you can earn more per month by short letting in comparison to long letting, short-letting your London property on platforms like Airbnb can be a massive hassle. There are tons of laundry, check-ins in the middle of a workday and worries about if your guests are being looked after during their stay.
Mick then guides the seminar through what Pass the Keys offers to property owners and how they can avoid the extra work that come with short-letting and what is included. He explained our thorough on-boarding process where we go through a detailed check of the property to make sure it’s up to the highest standards and that it’s ready for guests, meaning it will save property owners from a lot of unnecessary problems further down the line.
Following Mick, we had a discussion panel that involved; Angela Argenziano, John-Joe King, from Pass the Keys, and Mireille Baumgart and Anisa Porada from BoConcept.
Angela Argenziano, our Head of Client Success, gave insight into how Pass the Keys supports landlords and answered questions that are on our guests’ minds, such as how they can utilise our powerful Client Portal. We developed the Client Portal in-house to be the one-stop portal for our clients to see all that is going with their property. From seeing all the bookings to how much they would be expecting with in the next few month and more! Angela has also given our guests information on our 24/7 guests support and how they can become Airbnb Superhost with the help of our management service.
John-Joe King, our Senior Host Advisor, also answered any questions and queries that some of our guests have during the panel session. John-Joe gave our guests a detailed information on specific postcodes of London that we’re currently operating in and the different rates of our short let management service. He even answered one of the most popular questions that were asked by London property owners regarding the 90-Day Rule. Pass the Keys offers a custom-tailored solution that involves mixing short-let and long-let to maximise your occupancy rate and earnings.
As the seminar ended, we were able to meet many property owners who joined us for the evening and answer any questions they might have had on a one to one basis. Many of them have left us their contact information because they believe our services will be beneficial to them and want to progress further with us. We regularly hold a Smart Hosting seminar every month in all the cities we operate in. If you missed this one, feel free to attend the next one near you!
You can also check how much you can earn from your property by using this calculator, or you can directly book a call with one of our host advisors for more in-depth details.