Beginner's Guide to AIRBNB Hosting: Top 5 Essentials in Your Condo! 🇵🇭
Channel: ZIGGING by Mark Sigg
Date: 2022-02-26

Have a condo and looking to Airbnb your place? This is your Beginner's Guide to hosting your home as an Airbnb as i share with you my experience in being an Airbnb host in the last 8-years.!  We'll cover the must-haves, the top 5 essential amenities that your condo must have in turning it into a guest-friendly Airbnb taking in short-term rentals. 

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This is Part 3 of my Airbnb series. If you've missed my previous videos, I previously gave a detailed comparison about the features of the different home hosting platforms and compared them side-by-side. I compared Airbnb, Expedia, Agoda Homes, and Booking.com --- the top OTA's or online travel agencies available for home hosting. I even compared their perks of using these third party platforms versus just putting up your own website. Check out that video here: 

https://youtu.be/8SSMQZhJLdk

But even before selecting your home hosting platform, you might also be in the process of buying a condo for Airbnb. Before you do that, do note that not all condominiums allow short term rentals. Thus, I've put together a video detailing Philippine condo developers and the likeliness that you'll be allowed to use your home as an Airbnb:

https://youtu.be/ouADSx_blH8

Technically speaking, whatever you put in your amenities list should only be what guests should expect. After all, the first Airbnb listing in the late 2000's only had an air mattress set up in the living room of an apartment. No frills, no amenities, and thus the name: AIRbnb, for that AIR MATTRESS! But since its humble beginnings, Airbnb has not only become one of the few unicorns but actually, a cultural phenomenon. 

So what are these top 5 essentials? Please note my list of recommendations are based on the feedback that I've gathered from my guests throughout the years. The relevance of my recommendations would be for the Philippine context unique to our tropical climate and culture. If you're watching this from abroad,  there are still things you can pick up but keep in mind,  hat you'd have to adapt what I'm saying to your own local context. My video has been together specifically for turning your condominium in the Philippines to an Airbnb taking on short-term guests. If you're putting up an Airbnb that would be more on the peculiar side --- a tree house, a beach hut, a yacht, an igloo amongst others --- then my recommendations in this video may not be entirely applicable. My video has been made for the general population of Philippine condominium owners looking to make their homes as an Airbnb.

#1 A HOT SHOWER - While this might be very basic, I know that not all condominiums include a shower heater upon turnover of the unit. Moreso, it's not standard for homes locally because of our tropical climate. In fact, I myself don't take hot showers here! So while a hot shower might be elementary in colder countries, it might not be the most natural thing locally. 

#2 AIR-CONDITIONING - Again, thisseems especially since we are a tropical country! But I have had experiences in the past where unit owners don't put air-conditioners throughout the entire unit. I was previously managing a 2-bedroom unit for a friend where my friend refused to put an air-conditioner in the living room and the 2nd bedroom. Back then, I also thought that as long as I put it in the description and be clear about this in the amenities list that guests would understand it. But no, guests don't read after all! So save yourself the trouble, have your condo well-ventilated with air-conditioning all throughout.

#3 KETTLE - Another basic and seemingly simple --- but this is an absolute essential! People want to make their instant coffee and eat instant ramen. Take it from the page of hotel 101, have a a kettle in your condo!

#4 COOKING FACILITIES - In my early days as an Airbnb host, some of my units didn't have a kitchen. Guests were understanding then, after all, not all hotel rooms have kitchens. But this expecation has evolved. When people stay in a condo, they expect it to be "livable" and a kitchen is essential. So set up at least a stove top cooker in your home!

#5 INTERNET - But of course! Years ago, a TV would have taken the place of an Internet connection. In fact, my BGC condo went on months as an Airbnb without an Internet connection and it was fine. People's habits have changed and now, you don't need a TV as much anymore. But you definitely can't miss out on having Internet! If you're new to Airbnb, even a prepaid pocket WiFi will do, to test it out and save you the trouble of signing a long term contract with you provider.

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