EP031: Outsourcing Your Airbnb Management with Amiad Soto, CEO and Co-Founder of Guesty
Summary
This article is a compilation of episodes from the "Get Paid For Your Pad" podcast. It covers topics like revenue management routines, CEO focus in STR businesses, and the differences between hotel and STR revenue management. Hosts should care about these topics to optimize pricing, improve business efficiency, and understand market dynamics. The article provides information on how to improve revenue, understand the roles of a CEO in an STR business, and provides insights on the differences between hotels and STRs.
Key Insights
- •CEOs of STR businesses waste 30-50% of their time on low-value activities, which can become more dangerous as businesses grow.
- •STR pricing is dramatically harder than hotel pricing due to product uniqueness, booking windows, and operational constraints.
- •Early bookings can indicate underpricing or upcoming events; reviewing every booking reveals pricing and demand signals.
Action Items
- ✓Review bookings daily and weekly to reveal pricing and demand signals and spot mistakes in minimum stays and pricing settings.Effort: lowImpact: medium
- ✓Re-evaluate CEO activities and time allocation to focus on the biggest business bottlenecks.Effort: mediumImpact: high
Tools & Resources
- →Freewyld Foundry: Learn more about Freewyld Foundry
Watch Out For
- ⚠Many hosts underperform not because they lack tools, but because they don’t know what to look at, when to look at it, or how to interpret booking behavior.
- ⚠Operators may stay stuck in the hectic host stage if they try to fix symptoms instead of root issues.
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