Creating Value for Short-Term Rental Properties

The chapter explores the importance of designing short-term rental properties with guests in mind, focusing on exceeding expectations through unique experiences. It emphasizes understanding the target audience's needs and desires to enhance property offerings and create a welcoming environment. The discussion also includes tips on incorporating personal touches and amenities to make guests feel valued and enhance their stay.

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If you follow these Airbnb design tips, you could double your nightly rates almost instantly. Don’t believe us? Erica Dike, a short-term rental design expert, has done it before and is sharing her “designing for dollars” formula ANYONE can use to boost nightly rates, double revenue, or increase their bookings. Erica, like many of us, has seen the standard Airbnb designs. You know what we’re talking about—the sterile walls and lack of color, or the obscurely small dining room table for a cabin that’s supposed to sleep ten. Erica’s designs go far beyond what most guests expect, and that’s why she’s been so successful.

Erica gives us the three steps to her “designing for dollars” formula, plus seven tips that ANY Airbnb, medium-term, or long-term rental investor can use to attract their target guest/renter and start making more money than ever before. Plus, if you’re a host with a lackluster short-term rental and are looking for some quick design ideas to spruce up your space, Erica shows you step-by-step how to refresh your rental for MORE revenue!

No matter what space you’re in—vacation rentals, travel nurse housing, student rentals, or fix-and-flips—these design tips will blow your potential renters and buyers away, leaving you with more money than the house next door. Ready for Erica to “crack the code” on Airbnb design? Let’s get into it!

In This Episode We Cover:

How Erica doubled a client’s Airbnb revenue with smart design strategies

The “designing for dollars” formula that’ll get you more bookings on Airbnb

How to define your “target market” and attract the exact guests you want

The seven steps you can use NOW to get higher rents on your short-term rental

Why long-term rental landlords MUST pay attention to design to attract the best tenants

The first thing to do if you think your Airbnb needs a redesign or refresh

And So Much More!

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