Host Planet

29/10/2026

Scotland, we’re coming to Edinburgh! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The final Host Planet Roadshow of 2026 lands on 3rd December, with our Event Partner, Adore Scotland.

Join hosts, property managers, suppliers, and industry bodies for a hands-on day:

🎤 Expert panels on regulation, collaboration, revenue management, and tech
💬 Roundtables to share challenges and swap ideas
📣 The PR Challenge: build a campaign to boost the image of short-term rentals in Scotland
🤝 Networking with Scotland’s short-term rental community

Tickets are £40 + VAT and seats are limited.

🎟️ Book now via the link in bio.

29/10/2026

The maths every property manager should see 💰

Frank Bosi from Hostfully breaks it down:

🏡 A property earning $60,000 a year
📈 Just 3% extra from upsells
💵 ~$1,800 more per property
🏘️ Across 100 properties = ~$180,000 a year

The best part? You’re not adding properties or chasing more occupancy. You’re getting more from the reservations you already have.

Early check-in, late checkout, local experiences, extras. What are you leaving on the table? 👇

🎧 Build For Growth, a Host Planet x Hostfully series. Catch it on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts.

29/10/2026

How to get a perfect turnover, every time 🧹✨

Brooks Sparks from Turno shares his approach:

🤝 Start with an interview, walk-through or practice clean to set the tone
📋 Put every task on a checklist so nothing gets forgotten
📸 Add photo examples so cleaners know exactly how things should look
✅ Require photos throughout the clean, so you can see it’s done right

Got a very specific vision for your throw pillows? Now your cleaner can recreate it 😉

Save this for your next cleaner onboarding 📌

🎧 Turnover Tactics, a Host Planet x Turno series. Catch it on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts.

28/10/2026

Is your AI chatbot helping guests, or frustrating them? 🤖

Jannik Abraham from Smoobu shares where AI guest messaging goes wrong:

❌ It isn’t properly trained
❌ Your info is scattered in different places
❌ It gives wrong answers or promises things you can’t offer
❌ It loops forever with no way to reach a real person

The fix? Train it properly, keep your info in one place, and always let guests reach a human when they need one 🙋

Save this before you switch on AI messaging 📌

🎧 Built to Book, a Host Planet x Smoobu series. Catch it on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts.

28/10/2026

The best property doesn’t always win in AI search 🤖

Owen Burt from Sykes Holiday Cottages explains how tools like ChatGPT choose which holiday lets to recommend.

It’s not just about quality. It’s about how easily AI can find and understand your information.

His tips:

✅ Keep your listing details accurate
✅ Write clear, descriptive copy
✅ Make key information easy to find

Get it right and you’re far more likely to show up when guests ask AI for recommendations 🏡

Save this for your next listing refresh 📌

🎧 Holiday Let Insider, a Host Planet x Sykes Holiday Cottages series. Catch the full episode on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts.

27/10/2026

$200 a night → $600 a night 🎤💸

Mark Krikke spotted a booking six months out at triple his usual rate.

The cause? A Taylor Swift concert coming to town. Not something he’d ever have picked up on (he’s not a Swiftie 😅).

His pricing software caught it, and he got paid for it.

That’s why dynamic pricing matters:

📈 It spots events you’d miss
💰 It raises rates when demand spikes
⏰ It works while you’re busy elsewhere

📖 Get the free STR Growth Curve e-book, covering all 12 stages of short-term rental growth. Link in bio.

27/10/2026

All your eggs in the Airbnb basket? 🥚🧺

Brise Carpenter from Hostfully has seen it happen: one poor review, bookings dry up, and hosts scramble to get listed elsewhere.

His advice:

📈 Don’t rely on one source of bookings
🔗 Use a channel manager or PMS to list across platforms
⏰ Diversify before you’re forced to

Smart businesses spread the risk. Yours should too.

How many channels are you on? 👇

🎧 Build For Growth, a Host Planet x Hostfully series. Catch it on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts.

26/10/2026

26/10/2026

Would your guests care if a reply came from AI? 🤖

Jannik Abraham from Smoobu doesn’t think so, as long as:

✅ Their question gets answered
✅ The reply feels personal
✅ It sounds like you

Guests care about the help, not who typed it. So train your AI to speak in your voice 🎙️

Would you mind an AI reply from a host? 👇

🎧 Built to Book, a Host Planet x Smoobu series. Catch the full episode on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts.

21/10/2026

All your bookings coming from Airbnb? 🥚🧺

Brise Carpenter from Hostfully explains why relying on one channel is a risk, however many properties you have.

👉 Algorithm changes
👉 Account suspensions
👉 Policy updates

All out of your control if you’re mono-channel.

Airbnb is a great place to start. But the moment you realise all your eggs are in one basket, it’s time to mix up where your bookings come from. 💡

🎧 Full episode of Build for Growth, from Host Planet x Hostfully, available now on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts.