Creating the property rental listing on the Airbnb site

My strategy for creating the property rental listing on the Airbnb site is to go through the steps and take screenshots along the way.

The good thing that I discovered while testing the features on the site is that I can go through all the motions of creating a property rental listing without having to make it public. The information can remain completely hidden until I decide to activate the listing. And I have to option to delete the listing, which I will do at the end of the course.

The property listing requires photos, so for the exercise and instruction I will use Google Images to find photos of bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen, living and dining areas.  That activity will be fun.

The building that I work in is situated in Killorglin town, county Kerry and  is easy to locate on the map finder that Airbnb uses. It was a bit tricky getting the site to accept the address (Elm House, Iveragh road, Killorglin) which is a bit vague since we don't use postal codes here in rural Ireland yet. I thought it would be best to use a place where I work (a real place) in case something went wrong, so that I could prove my innocence should I have to explain the simulation activity for school work!  The building has an Aldi on the ground floor, commercial office space on the first floor, and 3 floors of apartments above that. I have been inside a few of the apartments, so it makes creating the listing that much easier for me.

The site is very easy to use and fun too.

Also, I think it is a good idea to include a section in the instructions that includes commenting on behalf of the guest and on behalf of the host. This is the crux of the collaboration on the Airbnb site. Guests are invited to leave comments about their experience and hosts (those renting the property) are also recommended to evaluate and guests.