How She Made $14,000 on Airbnb DURING Her Off-season (and saved her business)
Summary
Richard from Short Term Rental University shares a customer testimonial about how a fishing lodge in Alaska pivoted to nightly Airbnb rentals during their off-season after the salmon season was closed unexpectedly. After rewatching STR University YouTube videos for tips and tricks on just getting started, they were able to obtain Superhost status and book about $10,000.
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