The Host Brief · October 13, 2026

three tips for hosts this week

Three tips

Relax your minimum stay for gaps

A two-night hole between bookings will never sell with a three-night minimum. Lower the minimum for stranded nights, even if you keep it for open stretches.

Write the house manual for a tired guest at 10pm

Wi-Fi name and password, how the heat and TV work, where the bins go, who to call. One page, large type, by the door. It prevents most late messages.

Check what a machine sees on your own website

Search engines and AI assistants read text, not pictures of text. If your prices, location and booking link are inside images or a widget, they may see an empty page.

Run the free website check →

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