Why You Need a Vision for Your Airbnb Business
Summary
This article from Get Paid For Your Pad discusses the importance of having a clear vision for your Airbnb business to help guide your systems, attract the right team, and stand out. It encourages hosts to define their core values, target guest, and long-term goals. Consider building a vision for your STR business to better understand your goals.
Key Insights
- •A clear vision helps you attract the right team members and drive your vision forward.
- •Having a clear vision helps hosts with 1 or 2 units design their space to meet the needs of their target guests and charge more for a premium experience.
Action Items
- ✓Determine who you want to serve as guests.Effort: lowImpact: medium
- ✓Identify your long-term goal for the business.Effort: lowImpact: high
- ✓Get clear on your core values.Effort: lowImpact: medium
- ✓Define what STR business model you want to use.Effort: lowImpact: medium
Tools & Resources
- →Get Paid for Your Pad: Get Paid for Your Pad on YouTube
- →Hostfully: Hostfully [Discount Code PAD]
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