Real stories and insights from a Cebu-based Airbnb host
It’s easy to look past the little details in your own bathroom: the shower, the bidet, the tiles, or those tiny spots of mold on the ceiling. You might ignore them in your own home, but they are the first things a guest will notice.
That morning, the first thing I saw was a message from a guest saying he was going to buy water. When you’ve hosted enough guests, you develop a 6th sense for tone. And that tone told me something was wrong.
It was 11 PM. I was four hours away. And my sick guest messaged me needing the one thing I completely forgot to leave in the apartment.
Automate this once, and never chase guest details again.
I thought getting a smart lock would make Airbnb hosting easier. It did, but not in the way I expected. When I first listed our home, I wanted to avoid the hassle of key exchanges, lost keys, and the risk of theft. So the first big purchase (around P8,000)
