Why I Am QUITTING AIRBNB | How much I made

Why I Am QUITTING AIRBNB | How much I made | Pros and cons

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Keep It Tiny - Business of Glamping and Tiny Homes

10 ай бұрын

Join me in this heartfelt and candid video as I share my personal journey of quitting Airbnb. After years of being a part of the Airbnb community, I decided to take a new path. In this video, I'll walk you through the reasons behind my decision, the challenges I faced, and the lessons I've learned along the way. Whether you're a fellow host, traveler, or simply curious about the Airbnb experience, my story offers insight and perspective on this unique chapter of my life. Subscribe now to be a part of the conversation and stay connected for more personal stories and reflections. Thank you for being a part of this journey with me!
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@KeepItTiny 10 ай бұрын

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@juliek8853 10 ай бұрын

Not sure if everyone will agree with this but I appreciate you walking through your experience as a host. It's so helpful!

@YourRichLifeMedia 10 ай бұрын

I was one of the first hosts on airbnb after it was created. I had my house in Puerto Rico listed for years and made great money being very affordable. I easily saw when it began to shift even before the pandemic. It was because so many people saw it as business. When it first started it was a cool way to make a little extra or even meet people if you leased a room in your home. I left at that point once I saw where it would go in 2-3 years. I have 10 acres in Mississippi and 40 in Texas and I am going to do "experiences" on those properties. Because you're right, at this point, Id rather book a hotel than book a regular airbnb. THey're nicer and I don't have to clean before I leave

@sml0266 7 ай бұрын

Exactly!

@theglampman3785 10 ай бұрын

Holy smokes! When Jamie says something in his thumb nail, he really means it! No click bait here. Love it that he continues to keep it real at Keep it Tiny.

@baka7538 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the honesty. Some people won’t like this video.

@KeepItTiny 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! I wanted to tell the truth and the whole truth so if people don’t like it, I’m okay with that.

@marionwallsten7507 10 ай бұрын

Airbnb will always work in coastal areas. Inland not so much. Thank you for a great presentation. 😊

@KeepItTiny 10 ай бұрын

Coastal areas have that high traffic tourism backed into them. More inland and more “regular” destinations are a much higher sell. Thanks for leaving a comment and supporting the channel.

@juliekim2730 10 ай бұрын

I love how honest you are! Great take on the airbnb apocalypse

@KeepItTiny 10 ай бұрын

I appreciate that! The Airbnb apocalypse is real.

@glampingguy 10 ай бұрын

I netted $45,000 last month on two glamping properties (11 units). Preach it!!!

@AzElenee 10 ай бұрын

Where?

@rhondagrace1960 10 ай бұрын

Finally! This is the information that I was looking for. We are going to covert a 20' x 14' workshop in our back yard into a tiny house. It's private and surrounded by gardens. I have so many plans and you hit the nail on the head regarding a unique space. I've seen listings in my area and oh my gosh they are soooo boring and totally blah. Thank you Jamie

@yo1414 10 ай бұрын

I have a Airbnb in Panama City Beach Florida and could not be happier! Thank you Airbnb!

@KeepItTiny 10 ай бұрын

I'm not a hater, i'm glad things are working out for you!!! Wishing you more success!

@ZaledjeBoke 10 ай бұрын

Great and honest insight as always 🌷 Please continue to deliver this kind of content more regularly, it helps us a lot as we start this journey from scratch in a country where this type of accommodation is still not so prevalent

@garyreneau6166 6 ай бұрын

Bro, your videos are EXCELLENT. Thanks so much

@bobosun9741 10 ай бұрын

Great video, thanks so much for keeping it simple, truthful, and straight to the point!

@KeepItTiny 10 ай бұрын

Happy to help! I always try to make my videos as to the point as possible. I never want to waste your time. Thanks for leaving a comment and supporting the channel.

@AS-pk3su 10 ай бұрын

Great sense. Your "unique selling point" is very important.

@susangasporra1176 10 ай бұрын

Keeping it real. Thank you.

@KeepItTiny 10 ай бұрын

glad you liked the video! I always try to tell the truth no matter how much people don't want to hear it.

@echeroll 10 ай бұрын

i didn’t realize you are back!! woohoo

@KeepItTiny 10 ай бұрын

I'm back 🥳 and this time i'm not going anywhere!

@dmitril.1935 10 ай бұрын

It’s not always peaches and rainbows. It’s a tough business. Your reasoning sounds legit though.

@KeepItTiny 10 ай бұрын

It’s a tough and ever changing business! I think people need to be more fluid and adapt with the changes

@SeattleCoorain 10 ай бұрын

Honest and straight up - a new Walter Cronkite or Malcolm-X for our confusing times.... thank you. Liked the insights you provided in your "I Hate A-frames" informative rant, and this from a fellow who is risking my own capital and time designing a non-stick-built A-frame kit home to provide lowcost housing. I see many of the issues you raised regarding A-frames and have addressed them reasonably well, but it requires some design effort.

@Phoenix-J81 9 ай бұрын

I watched this out of curiosity. Personally, I would never rent one, and I'm a primitive camper. Sleeping in a tent for free is much cheaper. 😂 Its easy for us though, we live in Idaho and its a quick drive to a free camping spot.

@sml0266 7 ай бұрын

You hit the nail on the head - it quit being worth it to me to use AirBnB when I could get a hotel room cheaper and it's just so much easier, not to mention less risk. Experiences are definitely the way to go as they appeal to a different clientele and if I were the renter, it would be for the experience, not just to find a place to sleep.

@SmokyMountainBlessed 10 ай бұрын

good point

@KeepItTiny 10 ай бұрын

Glad you agree with it! I checked out your channel and you guys obviously know a thing or two. So it means even more coming from people like yourselves.

@SmokyMountainBlessed 10 ай бұрын

@@KeepItTiny yeah we have been checking out tiny houses, modular homes, and stayed in some cabins, plus we live in a popular tourist area, we have used Airbnb and VRBO and PatriotGetaways

@7thWonder06 10 ай бұрын

Crazy I was thinking the same thing

@sheilakilby5162 10 ай бұрын

I agree.

@KeepItTiny 10 ай бұрын

👍

@newworldlord643 10 ай бұрын

capitalism is a never ending cycle, everything works until saturation and saturation is always an inevitable. it just feels exhausting to run a business i guess thats why u better be passionate about whatever youre doing so youre nataurally motivated to constantly be changeing

@desertmoonlightcottage3387 7 ай бұрын

Hi, thank you for being forward with your information. A few years back I started my journey of having my off grid glamping or desert cabin, and I have made great progress, considering I'm almost all the work myself on weekends. I, however, have experience my very first vandalism. Some one has been using my water tanks a target's. Im a little up set because i recently took great pain to install and have ready for water delivery and now im forced to repair or replace tge water tanks. I suspect it was my naighbor because the bullet holes are shaped in the direction of his property and this person is the only other person in the erea and its a private road to my property. My property is isolated and only has one road that is kept gated and locked. This person and I share the road and both have keys to the locks. My question to you is, have you ever experienced this and how did u deal with it? I'm strongly considering getting the police involved.

@1blackone 10 ай бұрын

That's crazy that arbitrage was ever even a thing...who would be so dense as to pay 100% mark up on a rental going through Airbnb than if they went directly to the source. Market was doomed to fail. I can only imagine a few fringe use-cases for it: specialized profession (Doctor/professor/lawyer) who's only in town for a short while and needs it immediately or students with uber-rich parents (think kid of a Saudi Prince money) who don't care/know the difference between 1k or 2k a month

@sdott313 8 ай бұрын

stumbled on your video

@jayskezee598 8 ай бұрын

Would love to book a one-on-one call, but would like to see your call availability before having to pay. Not sure if our schedules will align...would like to know that before paying.

@mtairyherbs 8 ай бұрын

Airbnb messed us up big time this summer. They weren’t showing our listing so I called them and they told me I had to update my listing. What? No notification, no idea it was taken off. We lost a lot. Lesson learned, don’t put all my eggs in one basket.

@dbencic 10 ай бұрын

My place is unique (I’m a brand designer) it visually stands out from the listings in the neighborhood- for this reason so far it’s been fully booked in 2023. 🤷‍♀️ Just got some land in Croatia and will be applying the “uniqueness” principle to my glamp ! So excited!

@devanii 9 ай бұрын

My 1 bedroom does well :) but it is in cartagena colombia

@mikeflair6800 9 ай бұрын

You may be right about that consumer shift back to hotels and only 'an experience, uniqueness' will sell. That should wipe out about 80 to 90% of the base listings, it looks like Airbnb in real business trouble this time. To get competitive, I suggest owners drop the cleaning fees and clean the place themselves, where they can undercut the competition from hotels with a price war.

@Mr_T817 2 ай бұрын

It’s not dead everywhere. Depends on the location

@honey.badger 9 ай бұрын

Stop being cheap is the most valuable advice here. My last airbnb didn't have towels or a mirror. Like c'com, how annoying is that? No traveller brings towels, especially an international business one. And i needed the mirror to get ready quick each day. The room was a bait n switch too. He mixed in photos of bigger rooms to rep the room i got. How deceiving. I was pissed and told him i was gonna complain to airbnb. He then bought towels + mirror and rushed over to deliver them. I know it was more costly for him to damage control then to just include it to begin with. He's what you call penny wise, pounds foolish.

@YesItsMeGuys68 9 ай бұрын

oddly .... this has been my best year yet with income from Airbnb . My 5th year of hosting . I have only the one property and I am looking at 120k income by midnight of the Dec 31st . It does depend on location of your properties and what your niche is . Mine is Mexican Beach Resort town and I host large groups ( up to 16 people at one time ) I DO have nightly minimum stays depending on the season and I am VERY nightly fee focused ... always checking my competitors

@kaokong7226 10 ай бұрын

i guess its more like the culture of airbnb is changing.

@KeepItTiny 10 ай бұрын

Traditional Airbnbs are dead. Hosts need to be more fluid and keep up to stay alive.

@loveyourzzgg697 10 ай бұрын

Thank god that Shid is dying these rental prices and homes we’re getting out of hand

@melaniewantsabeer243 6 ай бұрын

Cleaning fees are killing us Not to mention VRBO We get VRBO without all the BS of Airbnb The fees are extreme NO thank you!

@KeepItTiny 6 ай бұрын

I know its easier said than done - but look into starting your own website and marketing your place on your own. I feel like airbnb and vrbo have a strangle hold on the market and its hurting us all.

@li-nickels 10 ай бұрын

I’m building a unique glamping site but with life and the weather it’s taking forever, so by the time it’s actually finished it probably won’t be unique anymore, lol

@KeepItTiny 10 ай бұрын

No don't worry and don't rush! You have plenty of time, Glamping is still very much in its infancy.

@li-nickels 10 ай бұрын

@@KeepItTiny fingers crossed 🤞 thanks for the encouragement ❤

@Joeslowcostlifestyle-py9ww 9 ай бұрын

What markets were you in and how can you make such a blanket statement "Airbnb for 1 bed and 2 bed apartments is dead". That's totally misleading. I have a unit making 3k a month in profit right now, it's thriving. Pick an unsaturated market, make your unit different, run it like you care, and you make money.

@sportsbettingstar 10 ай бұрын

Airbnb arbitrage doesn’t mean you have to rent apartments. Apartments are dead. Nobody wants to rent an apartment. I have 4 arbitrage single family homes 3 bed 2 bath that are over 80%+ occupancy.

@isbsjxbxns 10 ай бұрын

yeah it’s more the airbnb market in your area than anything in 2023

@BoJangDangler 9 ай бұрын

How many times is he gonna say the same 30 seconds of information

@achange999 10 ай бұрын

Lmao it's so "cute" how u think u know everything.

@KeepItTiny 10 ай бұрын

if you disagree with my ✨opinion✨ in the video, thats fine, but at least we both agree that i'm cute. XOXO

@PazLeBon 10 ай бұрын

Glad arbirtage is dead, makes its just being a landlord and landlords are emenies of the public, not friends :)

@KeepItTiny 10 ай бұрын

This comment is a tough one for me - i agree with you and disagree at the same time lol. I am no fan of corporate greed, but understand we live in a capitalist society and have no choice but to play the game. I am very much a hippy and have the views of one, but the landlord hate is just hard for me to swallow. That being said, you are right though. The numbers are there, probably like 90% of landlords are scum. hmmmm

@keikairin2038 8 ай бұрын

So wait. You are openly coming out as a person who was AirBNB illegal subletting? And THIS is how you became wealthy...by practicing a crime using a public online service? Yeah that's highly offensive that a non-owner is allowed to make money on someone else's property. I'm kinda glad its dead.