Home Sharing clubs are a great way for Airbnb hosts to discuss the various methods and challenges when it comes to home sharing and short-term renting.
Making the Most of Home Sharing Groups as an Airbnb Host
Home Sharing groups are a great way for Airbnb hosts to get together and discuss the various methods and challenges when it comes to home sharing and short-term renting. If you’ve ever felt unsure about the best way to welcome guests or found yourself looking for some home improvement ideas from other vacation rental hosts, joining a home sharing club is one of the easiest ways to find a like-minded community of hosts who will have gone through many of the same experiences.
Airbnb’s Official Home Sharing Clubs
Airbnb supported the creation of home sharing clubs in order to bring hosts together in order to advocate for fair home sharing laws in their communities and highlight the benefits that home sharing brings to neighbourhoods around the world. However, for many cities and communities that already have fair home sharing laws, home sharing clubs have become a meeting point for hosts to share ideas and help each other out.
Airbnb has collected lists of officially affiliated clubs that one can find on Facebook:
Improve your Hosting With Home Sharing Groups
Along with the official home sharing clubs and groups, there are a huge amount of unaffiliated social media groups dedicated to Airbnb hosting. Search to see if there are any Facebook groups dedicated to Airbnb hosting specific to your city or area, as you’ll be able to discuss local laws and regulations related to home sharing and short-term rentals with other hosts.
We also recommend joining the Airbnb Professional Hosts group on Facebook, which is the biggest and most active community of Airbnb hosts around the world with over 25,000 members. In this group you’ll find a variety of posts sharing tools to automate and improve your hosting, along with hosts discussing common hosting problems and suggesting solutions. These groups are also a great place to share your listing and network with other hosts, who often book each other’s listings when looking for a short-rental they’re sure will be well-hosted.
Home sharing clubs and groups are really most helpful when trying to resolve or figure out the many grey areas of hosting. Having a continuous flow of bookings and guests will provide some unique and unexpected situations, and oftentimes the only people who will be able to understand and provide some helpful advice are other Airbnb hosts. Whether it’s managing the balancing act of securing a five star review, or trying to figure out fair check-in rules and exceptions for late-arriving guests, home sharing groups are an incredibly helpful resource for hosts.
Airbnb’s Experience Social Community Groups
Just like home sharing and short-term rental hosts might like the support and resources from joining an online community, Airbnb has also supported the creation of social groups for Airbnb Experience Hosts. You can find a full list of the various city Airbnb Experience hosts communities, along with links to Airbnb’s livestream events and new host workshops at their Experience Host Resources and Support page.
