Grow Your Short-Term Rental Business with Smartbnb
Summary
This article discusses Smartbnb, a guest experience platform, and its features for automating guest messaging and operations. It also touches upon revenue management strategies with a focus on daily and weekly pricing routines. Hosts can learn how to leverage these tools to improve guest experience and streamline operations to scale their business.
Key Insights
- •Consistent routines and reviewing every booking is crucial in revenue management to reveal pricing and demand signals.
- •Smartbnb is a platform that serves 2,000 customers and 65,000 properties worldwide, automating personalized messages and supporting multiple languages to enhance the guest experience.
- •Property managers need easy ways to calculate occupancy rates, time to respond, and growth metrics to effectively manage their portfolios.
Action Items
- ✓Consider implementing automated messaging and operations tools like Smartbnb to improve guest communication and streamline your processes.Effort: mediumImpact: medium
- ✓Review your booking data daily to identify trends and adjust your pricing strategy accordingly.Effort: lowImpact: medium
Tools & Resources
- →Get Paid For Your Pad: Get Paid For Your Pad podcast.
- →Smartbnb: Smartbnb is a guest experience platform for short-term rentals.
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