Starter kit for a new host
Faced with eight different templates, here is the most efficient order for a first property.
1. The inventory, first
Before even publishing a listing, do the inventory of the property: it forces you to look at every room through a guest's eyes.
2. The listing
Use that observation to write the listing with precise rather than generic details.
3. The welcome booklet and guide
Prepare the welcome booklet and the welcome guide before your first booking: the two slot together into the same document.
4. The cleaning checklist
Write the cleaning checklist by testing it yourself once, stopwatch in hand.
5. The message templates
Prepare the before, during and after stay messages last: you'll refine them anyway after your first real exchanges with guests.