Mark Simpson explains why hosts regret not pursuing direct bookings sooner. Airbnb doesn't prioritize individual hosts, so building your own booking channels saves fees, gives you control over guests, and lets you own your business instead of renting from the platform.
Number four, and this is one that speaks very true to my heart, is that they all wish that they had got started sooner in direct bookings. But one of the things that I always end up talking about, and this is probably why I've been known as the book direct guy, is that they all say to me, mark, you know, I wish that I had got started with direct booking sooner. And for a lot of people, again, they haven't had that mindset shift of Airbnb don't care. But as soon as hosts become to realize that Airbnb don't truly care about them and they have that mindset shift, then direct bookings just comes into the equation. There are so many benefits to direct bookings. You can save more money in fees, you get more control over the booking, you get more control over the guests that walk through your door. But in the, in the true scheme of things, in the grand scheme of things, it means that you are building your business on your own terms.
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