488. Hosting Hotline: How Can You Monetize Your Property’s Most Unique Feature?
Thanks For Visiting
Airbnb Superhosts Annette Grant & Sarah Karakaian
4.9 • 590 Ratings
🗓️ 12 August 2025
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
This week on the Hosting Hotline, listener Mike calls in with a creative question about syncing Airbnb calendars—but what he really unlocks is a much bigger opportunity for short-term rental hosts.
Mike and his wife host three cabins in the highly competitive Hocking Hills market and recently added an escape room to one of their properties. While Airbnb doesn’t currently allow you to sync an experience calendar with a listing calendar, this episode dives into the mindset shift that can turn unique amenities like escape rooms into powerful marketing tools.
We discuss:
- Why relying too much on Airbnb’s ecosystem might hold you back
- Creative ways to promote unique features without using Airbnb Experiences
- How to leverage your existing guest list for repeat visits
- Using special events to fill orphan nights
- Understanding what revenue opportunities are actually worth your time
Mike’s question sparked a much larger conversation about thinking like a business owner, not just a host. If you’ve built something special into your property, this episode is your blueprint for maximizing its impact.
Resources
- Mike’s Instagram (@hillsideamble): Follow to see how he markets his cabins and escape room in Hocking Hills, Ohio.
- Thanks for Visiting Bootcamp: Learn how to optimize your listings and increase revenue with smart pricing, calendar management, and creative marketing. https://www.thanksforvisiting.com/waitlist
Mentioned in this episode:
Booked & Profitable Boot Camp | Get on the waitlist now at thanksforvisiting.com/waitlist
Booked & Profitable Boot Camp | Get on the waitlist now at thanksforvisiting.com/waitlist
Booked & Profitable Boot Camp | Get on the waitlist now at thanksforvisiting.com/waitlist
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey host, are you feeling like bookings are down or slower than usual this year? |
| 0:05.1 | You're not the only one, but what if you could actually do something about it today? |
| 0:09.3 | That's why we created the booked and profitable listing audit boot camp. |
| 0:13.6 | This is a live experience where we walk you step by step through your listing, your calendar, |
| 0:19.8 | your pricing strategy, and more so you can |
| 0:22.3 | confidently make changes that increase your profits. |
| 0:26.1 | Hosts who joined last time saw new bookings within hours, no exaggeration, and the doors |
| 0:31.0 | are opening again very soon. So if you want support, strategy, and a way to finally stop winging it with your property, |
| 0:39.6 | get on the wait list now, like right now. |
| 0:43.1 | Go to thanks for visiting.com forward slash waitlist. |
| 0:46.9 | It takes 10 seconds and it's the only way to get early access before we open the doors to everyone else. |
| 0:57.9 | You know. before we open the doors to everyone else. You're listening to the Thanks for Visiting Podcast. |
| 1:00.9 | We believe hosting with Hart is at the core of every short-term rental. |
| 1:05.0 | With Annette's background in business operation. |
| 1:07.1 | And Sarah's extensive hospitality management and interior design experience, we have |
| 1:12.2 | welcomed thousands of guests from over 30 countries earning us over a million dollars and |
| 1:17.7 | garnering us thousands of five-star reviews. We love sharing creative ways for your listing to stand |
| 1:23.8 | out, serve your guests, and be profitable. Each episode, we will have knowledgeable guests |
| 1:29.8 | who bring value to the short-term rental industry. Or we will share our stories of our own experiences |
| 1:35.1 | so you can implement actual improvements to your rentals. Whether you're experienced, new, |
| 1:41.1 | or nervous to start your own short-term rental, we promise you'll feel right at home. |
| 1:56.4 | Hello, welcome back to another great episode. My name is Sarah Caracan. I'm Annette Grant, and together we are. Thanks for visiting. And this is the hosting hotline. If you want to get your hosting question answered here on the hosting hotline, go to hosting hotline.com, ask your question. And we're going to answer it on every Tuesday episode. These are so fun to do. Today we're going to help Michael. |
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