AirBnB Operation And Character

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Airbnb | Post 3

💡 Many people are drawn to Airbnb because of the numbers.
Few stop to ask whether this model actually fits their personality.

Airbnb is not real estate with guests.
It’s an operational business — with pace, friction, and constant decision-making.

When managed manually, Airbnb drains you with:
messages at all hours,
endless coordination with cleaning crews, pricing, calendar blocking…
and a feeling that you’re always on edge.

This is where automation comes in —
not as a gimmick, but as the foundation.

A booking that comes in on one platform
immediately blocks calendars on all other platforms.
Three cleaning teams receive automatic notifications based on priority.
The guest receives a clear, structured message sequence — without depending on me.

On a daily basis, it looks simple:
I check in the morning on what came in overnight,
make sure everything is running according to process,
and move on with my day.

Which leads to the real question — personality.

Airbnb fits people who like systems,
know how to build processes and trust them,
and understand that this is a business — not a hobby.

It’s less suitable for those looking for passivity
or who struggle to let go of hands-on control.

Without automation — it’s exhausting.
With automation — it’s a scalable, controllable business.

One last note: our automation is constantly improving.
We’re learning a lot and genuinely enjoying the process.

This works because over time, we’re needed less and less to “roll up our sleeves” and deal with property issues,
which leaves us plenty of time for learning
(and for sports — but that’s for another post 😉).

In the next post, I’ll talk about a model considered “calm” —
and why that’s exactly where people often give up control without realizing it.

In the meantime, I’ll leave you with a question:
What’s the one thing that exhausts you most in your day-to-day property management?