Calling a concierge is good. But is it really profitable for you, owner of the property rented on the platform?
The Airbnb adventure requires enormous sacrifices. As well financial as it is necessary to develop the rented accommodation, photograph it... and in terms of time. Many hours must be spent refine his ad , to maintain its housing in condition, to make outgoings, to earn money. The alternative to all these concerns lies in the use of a concierge service. But is it really cost-effective for a host to use such a business? What exactly does the host earn?
The choice between close and concierge
To make sure you spend all your time in front of the computer to improve the attractiveness of your ad or in your accommodation to hand over the keys to the tenants, get them back at their departure and clean up, there are many solutions. You can call a friend instead on the key and who has time to offer you. You can also call on this nice neighbor who asks only to help.
However, when you do not want to disturb the tranquility of anyone, you must do everything yourself. More easy to say than to do. Especially when seasonal rental is only a secondary activity. Hard to find time to organize everything, plan, manager. This is where the concierge service intervenes. A kind of rental housing manager on Airbnb, and other seasonal rental platforms.
Of course the services of a concierge service are paid. Which will necessarily have an impact on your income and therefore on your profits. What’s the point of continuing seasonal rental if you don’t earn money? This is where you are mistaken, because using the services of a concierge service can quite make you big. Both in terms of time and money.
Win in time with a concierge
The time you invest in the maintenance of your accommodation as well as the management of its announcement on Airbnb can indeed be registered elsewhere. How long have you not invited your partner to the cinema? At the restaurant? That you did not visit your parents? Haven’t come out with your best friends at work?
Thanks to a concierge service, these things you're depriving yourself of for profitability of your accommodation on Airbnb are quite achievable. According to figures collected by metric analysis institutes, on average for housing in Paris, the host can earn up to 7 hours of time a week. In the province, this goes even further, up to 12 hours a week.
This significant gain gives you a certain mastery of your time, but especially seconds, minutes and overtime to go with your loved ones or to go to other activities.
Also earn money with a concierge service
Generally, a concierge service can increase your profits and make them believe as much as 30%. In fact, when you call a company of this type, and it deals with A to Z of your accommodation, advertising and marketing are also at its expense. As a result, bookings + rentals of your accommodation can be substantially multiplied.
Of course, the vast majority of concierge offices charge their services approximately 20% of the rented housing income. However, these are most often the basic fees charged to your tenants. Cleaning expenses, among other things. As a result, once the working costs of the concierge service are out of your income, you always have your basic benefits, coupled with an extra-rental increase created by your housing promotion campaigns.
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