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Post by 66bobcat on Jan 29, 2016 18:59:36 GMT
Hi Everyone! My son is away at college and rarely comes home. I have been thinking about cleaning up his room and listing it. My only concern is the room has a loft bed. I obviously don't want someone to "fall" and have it become an issue for me. What do you all recommend? Does anyone have a room on Airbnb with a loft bed? I am attaching a pic of the room. Please ignore the toys, ladder and boxes. That will all be gone if I decide to list the room.  TIA for your advice.  |
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Post by High Priestess on Jan 29, 2016 19:18:07 GMT
Hi Bobcat
I think it's fine to list a room with a loft bed or a bunkbed, but you do need to be VERY clear with guests that this is the setup. I have seen some Airbnb listings with loft beds.
One of the biggest problems hosts have with guests, which you will see if you read much on the forums, is that a great many guests just do not read the listing information. So then guests arrive at the place, and are upset to find something that was fully disclosed in advance. So I suggest you describe very clearly that you have a loft bed, show photos of it, and then also whenever a guest inquires, ask them in the process of initial communication, if they clearly understand that it is a loft bed/bunkbed. (What I see in the photo looks more like a bunkbed or a raised bed -- which is somewhat different than a built-in loft, which is usually built into the house).
I would also most definitely not accept any elderly guests to stay in such an arrangment. Ideal would be young, fit guests who have no trouble with balance or climbing ladders.
If you are considering renting this room out for a significant period of time, I would invest in a standard bed for it.
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Post by High Priestess on Jan 29, 2016 20:35:30 GMT
Also....Bobcat....I dont' know if you (or others ) realize it, but there is something you can do, when you have a curiosity about doing something like a loft bed on your listing, which may be a lot of help. And that is to use Google to search for other listings on Airbnb that have the features you are interested in putting in yours, so that you can see how other hosts do it. Not only can you read how hosts describe their loft beds but you can perhaps see reviews they got for that listing.
For instance when I searched on Google for "Airbnb, loft bed" I got these listings: (and many more.....)
www.airbnb.com/rooms/867270
www.airbnb.com/rooms/445810
www.airbnb.com/rooms/2315738
www.airbnb.com/rooms/8441918
www.airbnb.com/rooms/865571
www.airbnb.com/rooms/235651
And you can see that most of these loft beds have ladders going up to them.
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Post by 66bobcat on Jan 29, 2016 21:14:33 GMT
Thank you for the quick response! I have two other rooms that have queen beds in them that are currently listed on Airbnb so it is not a guests only room choice if they stay with us. I will definitely make it clear in the description as well as through communication. Thank you so much for the advice.
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Post by 66bobcat on Jan 29, 2016 21:15:43 GMT
Your second post is also very helpful! I'm off to research! |
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Post by apricotnelli on Jan 30, 2016 14:32:57 GMT
Just be careful your insurance will cover you if you have an accident. I saw a case here where someone had a loft bed/sleeping platform.It was up the road from me. The guest fell off it in the middle of the night. I showed pix to my residents association who said it was an illegal letting as the platform had steps up to it with no guard rail. The host was subletting their studio. The host's landlord could have been sued by their airbnb guest and his insurance probably wouldnt have covered the accident
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TIA for your advice.
