553. How to Make Your Airbnb Look Expensive Without Overspending
Thanks For Visiting
Airbnb Superhosts Annette Grant & Sarah Karakaian
4.9 • 589 Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2026
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
You don’t need to spend more money to make your Airbnb look expensive. You need to spend in the right places.
In this episode, we’re breaking down what actually makes a property feel elevated to guests and more importantly, what gets them to click, book, and leave better reviews.
We’re sharing where hosts should invest, where they tend to overspend, and how to design with performance in mind so your property not only looks better, but earns more.
If you’ve ever felt stuck trying to “upgrade” your space without blowing your budget, this episode will give you a clear roadmap.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Thanks for Visiting Podcast. |
| 0:07.8 | We believe hosting with Heart is at the core of every short-term rental. |
| 0:12.8 | With Annette's background in business operation. |
| 0:15.1 | And Sarah's extensive hospitality management and interior design experience, we have welcomed |
| 0:20.3 | thousands of guests from over 30 |
| 0:22.2 | countries earning us over a million dollars and garnering us thousands of five-star reviews. |
| 0:27.9 | We love sharing creative ways for your listing to stand out, serve your guests, and be profitable. |
| 0:34.9 | Each episode, we will have knowledgeable guests who bring value to the short-term rental industry. |
| 0:39.4 | Or we will share our stories of our own experiences so you can implement actual improvements to your rentals. |
| 0:46.4 | Whether you're experienced, new, or nervous to start your own short-term rental, we promise you'll feel right at home. |
| 1:09.0 | Hello, welcome back to another great episode. My name is Sarah Carrakeye. I'm Annette Grant, and together we are. Thanks for visiting. |
| 1:29.8 | We're going to start this episode off like we do each and every week. But this week we're going to feature one of our, well, I was going to say clients, but she's not a client of our. She is a team member. She's a strategist inside of our coaching program, strategic host. And who is it? And who are we featuring this week? This week we are featuring at |
| 1:28.8 | mostis dot host. That's M-O-S-T-E-S dot host. She's also been on the podcast a couple of times. |
| 1:37.8 | And Wendy is an amazing business owner in the highly competitive Phoenix Scottsdale area. And we wanted to highlight her |
| 1:47.2 | today because she is the number one person that I tell everyone to go to when they are thinking |
| 1:54.3 | about intentionally designing their property, stopping that scroll, not overspending, but grabbing the guest. |
| 2:04.4 | She's so good at it. |
| 2:05.4 | Like, run, don't walk to check out her social media, but please also go check out her |
| 2:15.1 | direct booking site. |
| 2:16.7 | It is also a masterclass on getting people to come to |
| 2:21.5 | your website. She's getting more direct bookings every single day, month over month, year, |
| 2:27.7 | every year. That percentage is increasing and she can also just be really inspirational for |
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