Hi there,
My partner and I are only new to Airbnb hosting, and we're looking to list our own place while away on a 2-3 month trip this year. We've already done one hosting ourselves over Christmas, but for our next hosting stint we need to find a co-hosting partner as we'll be on the other side of the world for an extended period of time. We're a bit worried about the options that are out there.
Hometime seem to have their "Professional Co-host" badge, but there seem to be a lot of negative reviews out there about their guest communication and cleanliness (the two things you're really paying them for!) - even the example links they supplied to properties they are hosting had negative guest reviews! In our correspondence with them, we challenged them on the poor reviews and asked for an explanation. They blamed scaling too quickly and being short-staffed: "I do believe it was more down to us being a 'typical' start-up and failing to recognize the instant impact adding 150 properties to our portfolio" were the words used.
We've also contacted Airsorted, who seem a little more affordable. But again, a quick look through some online reviews seems to reveal issues with their property management abilities too.
Are there any good options out there? Anyone using either of these two with any success? Our trip's coming up in less than a month and we're seriously looking at just taking the traditional subletting approach instead.
Thanks in advance,
Adam