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The Joy of Hospitality: Unlocking Success as an STR Host

5 Mar 2024 · 1 min

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A YouTube monologue by Mark Simpson (uploaded March 5, 2024) reflecting on the joy and practice of hospitality in short-term rental (STR) hosting. The speaker recounts discovering a book titled Hospitable Hosts and quotes its opening line: "being an Airbnb manager is a hard work, but being a hospitable host is a pleasure," using this to contrast profit-driven management with hosts who value hospitality as a calling.

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So while I was researching, I came across this book, and it was called Hospitable Hosts. And I ordered it on Amazon and started reading. And the first page, I remember it really well. The first sentence that I read was, being an Airbnb manager is a hard work, but being a hospitable host is a pleasure. And it just resonated with me so much because I understand that there are a lot of companies out there, and for them, it's numbers, it's bottom line and performance, but there's this whole group of people who actually love hosting, and for them, hospitality is something that really matters.