Hospitable Town Hall, May 29
Summary
This Hospitable Town Hall video covers a range of product updates and answers user questions. Key topics include pricing plan changes, AI-driven features for review suggestions and guest experience enhancements, direct booking improvements with rental agreements, and Airbnb summer release updates. The discussion also touches on owner statements, click-to-call feature requests, limitations of co-host status, and future integrations.
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