As a Host

Early on in the short term home rental days, I made it a point to identify all varieties of spaces I could list on AirBNB and VRBO/HomeAway. I listed everything from vacant warehouses to giant malls to entire skyscraper floors to secret penthouse suites to a haunted mansion, etc. My AirBNB experience is quite unique, as I rarely owned or occupied the spaces I would host and rent…instead, my role in operations was to monetize unused space, communicate with guests, and facilitate the rentals. Most of my guests would host an event such as: weddings, graduations, fundraisers, speaking engagements, and perhaps most of all and most obnoxiously bachelor and even worse…bachelorette parties. Anyone who works in hotels or bars will understand how incredibly insightful it is to witness people when they either book a place or check in to a place as compared to when they leave a place. It’s a total ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ situation in so many cases ..especially the bachelorette parties. If I have to find one more random penis confetti stuck to my shoe again I’m going to cry.