How to rent your apartment or house on Airbnb?

But how the hell do we rent an apartment or a house on Airbnb? We explain to you all the procedure for placing a housing online in details!

You finally decided to jump the step and propose your apartment or house for seasonal rent on Airbnb. Unfortunately you don't know where to start. In the series of articles we teach you how to rent a room on the platform , this second part is interested in apartments and houses. How do I create the announcement of renting an apartment or house on Airbnb? Follow the guide!

The steps described below assume that you have an account on Airbnb. You can create a Host account on the dedicated page . It is then enough to select the “to become host” option from the home page.

#1. Choose a general category

The general category of accommodation for rent is none other than the type of accommodation you would like to offer on Airbnb. The platform recognizes 6 in France:

• Apartment
• House
• Bed and breakfast
• Single accommodation
• Bed & breakfast
• Boutique-hotel

You will need the list and the options included, choose a general category. It is important to note that this general category cannot be changed. As a result, if you’re wrong in the general category and your apartment/house is registered as a room, on the one hand it reduces your Airbnb rating and on the other hand it will be necessary to delete the advertisement and take it all back from zero by taking care this time to choose the correct general category.

#2. Choose a type of accommodation (apartment/house in this case)

It is here to select a type of accommodation. Because in fact, whether it’s an apartment or a house, Airbnb needs to know which type you want to rent in order to better help you in your business. So if you choose as accommodation an apartment here are the types that will be offered to you:

• Apartment
• Apartment in residence
• Casa particular (Cuba)
• Loft
• Apartment with hotel services

If on the other hand it is a house that you have selected as a dwelling, here are the types that will be offered to you. The purpose is the same:

• House
• Bungalow
• Cabane
• Casa particular (Cuba)
• Chalet
• Cottage
• Cycladic house (Greece)
• Dammus
• Maison dôme
• Organic house
• Péniche
• Hutte
• Phare
• Pension (South Korea)
• Cabane de berger (United Kingdom or France)
• Micromaison
• Townhouse
• Trulio (Italy)
• Villa

Same rules as in the general category. If you’re wrong about housing type (apartment or house in this case) you’ll lose valuable points of host Airbnb, lose in terms of reference and you’ll have to delete the ad and renew it by taking good care to choose the type of accommodation this time.

#3. Characterize the apartment or house for rent

This part is quite delicate too. You will need to provide the number of rooms available for your apartment/house. Another important detail, is this the entire accommodation you rent or simply a part? One room? Is the room private or shared? Let Airbnb know so that it matches the features of the ad.

#4. Clarify rental conditions

The next step is to clarify the rental conditions. There is a question of selecting:

• The maximum number of travellers who can stay in the apartment/house,
• How many rooms has your apartment/house? ,
• The number of beds offered in the room(s) and usable by the traveller,
• The presence or not of common spaces,
• The type (private or shared) and the number of bathrooms.

The last step of this part is to give your exact address so that Airbnb can locate the accommodation. As well as country, city and other information. When everything is OK, Airbnb proposes to confirm the accuracy of the information you provided. All these steps are summarized within these screenshots:

#5. The content of the housing

This part is interested in the content of the rental accommodation that you propose. Does he have furniture? What if? What are the equipment provided? It’s a list with check boxes that you’ll need to fill to the next step:

#6. Passenger spaces

This is the ultimate step in creating your ad. At least with respect to its basic characteristics. You will need to select the common areas (if any) usable by travellers who will rent your apartment/house. This concerns only unleased dwellings in their entirety:

If there is no common part to share or if you do not want to rent any common part in your accommodation, simply leave the boxes unchanged. Otherwise check all the boxes.

#7. Give the tone of your apartment/house

This part mainly concerns the announcement. You will need to offer a title to your ad, a grand description of your apartment/house for rent on Airbnb. But also download on the platform pictures of the property for rent :

It should be noted that you can download the photos later. To the extent that you do not yet have professional clichés made and highlight your real estate for rent. Simply click "Later" as shown in the following capture:

The suite is simply to provide housing information and its environment. Be the titration of your ad, the description of the accommodation, give an overview of the quality of life in the surroundings as well as information about the shops and addresses or good plans nearby:

#8. Prepare to welcome

This part is mainly interested in the availability of your apartment/house for rent. So you will set the days during which you want to rent your property on the Airbnb platform.

One. calendar In particular, you can select in more detail the days when your accommodation is accessible. In order to optimize its performance by increasing the number of reservations among others:

In addition, you will be aware of the elements that frame on the Airbnb platform the rental of your apartment/house. This includes information that your tenants must provide to ensure a safe stay for example. Or the setting of the overnight price, the Airbnb legislation and the taxes subject to your activity on the platform:

Now that your ad is created, don’t forget to add pictures to it and to serve you with it AirDNA metric tool for improve your bookings and increase to the extent possible your income and profits.