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Notes de terrain pour hôtes de location courte durée
Une synchronisation de calendriers qui fonctionne vraiment, une automatisation du ménage qui ne fait pas double emploi sur la femme de ménage, et une checklist RGPD qui tient sur une page. Écrit par des gens qui louent eux-mêmes, pas par des sites d’affiliation.
Airbnb payout currency conversion fee: the hidden 3% spread
List in one currency, get paid in another? Airbnb and Booking.com bake ~3% into every cross-currency payout. The real math, and how to stop paying it.
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Airbnb listing photo math: how many, in what order, and which one earns the click
The cover photo decides 70–80% of search-result clicks. Photos 2–7 decide saves. Above 25 photos, the curve goes flat. A worked 3-listing audit and the order to shoot in.
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Airbnb instant book vs request to book: the conversion math
What Airbnb's instant book actually costs you in bookings, the four guest signals where request-to-book pays for itself, and the spreadsheet to decide.
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Airbnb host-only fee vs split-fee: the breakeven math
When 15% host-only beats 3% + ~14% split, the conversion uplift hosts actually see, and the worked spreadsheet across budget, mid-tier, and luxury listings.
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Airbnb host cancellation penalty math: what cancelling actually costs
Airbnb replaced its flat host cancellation fee with 10/25/50% tiers capped at $1,000. The full cost — the fee, blocked calendar, automated review, and Superhost hit.
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Airbnb guest refund math: how much to comp when a stay goes wrong
A severity formula for mid-stay refunds — affected nights times nightly rate times an impact factor — with four worked scenarios and the platform rules that override a lowball.
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Airbnb extra guest fee: the per-person pricing math
What an extra guest actually costs you per night, the three pricing models hosts use, and the spreadsheet that shows when a per-guest fee funds your linen budget vs when it spooks the booking.
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Airbnb co-host commission math: what 20% really costs you
A worked breakdown of co-host pay models for short-term rental hosts. Percent-of-gross vs percent-of-net vs per-task, real dollar math at 5, 10, and 20 stays per month, and the threshold where the co-host pays for themselves.
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Airbnb cleaning fee vs all-in pricing: which one books more nights
A worked breakdown of Airbnb's total-price display and the cleaning-fee dilemma — what happens when you bundle the fee into the nightly rate, how CTR moves at each split, and the break-even where absorbing the fee starts to cost money.
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Airbnb cancellation policy math: which tier actually pays more
A worked spreadsheet of Flexible, Moderate, Firm, and Strict on Airbnb plus refundable vs non-refundable on Booking.com. Three cancellation scenarios at 60, 75, 90% occupancy.
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Airbnb calendar not syncing? 7 reasons your iCal feed goes stale
Airbnb calendar not syncing with Booking.com? The 7 reasons an iCal feed goes stale, the one timestamp that flags each, and the exact fix for all seven.
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When do Airbnb and Booking.com actually pay you? Payout timing
Airbnb pays ~24h after check-in; Booking.com pays weeks later. A worked timeline of when money really lands, the first-payout trap, and the cash-flow gap.
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