EP001 – Overcoming Hosting Fear, Leaving Review Responses, and Interview w/ Kris Hawkins, Airbnb host in Calgary
Summary
This compilation of "Get Paid For Your Pad" podcast episodes discusses various STR management aspects, including revenue management routines, CEO focus for scaling, differences between hotel and STR revenue management, and overcoming overwhelm. Hosts should review their pricing strategies, understand market dynamics, and focus on strategic priorities to optimize their business.
Key Insights
- •Early bookings can indicate underpricing or upcoming events, and consistent routines matter more than any single pricing rule in revenue management.
- •STR pricing is dramatically harder than hotel pricing due to product uniqueness, booking windows, and operational constraints.
- •CEOs waste 30 to 50 percent of their time on low-value activities, which becomes more dangerous as STR businesses grow.
Action Items
- ✓Review every booking to reveal pricing and demand signals.Effort: lowImpact: medium
- ✓Rethink priorities and recognize patterns inside your business to identify bottlenecks.Effort: mediumImpact: high
Tools & Resources
- →Freewyld Foundry: Learn more about Freewyld Foundry
Watch Out For
- ⚠Most STR operators 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 once it shows up.
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