How do you become an Airbnb Superhost? A comprehensive guide to becoming an Airbnb Superhost and taking your listing to the next level By
Juliet Horner
There are so many online travel agents to choose from these days. There's Expedia, Booking.com, Pitch Up, Unique Stays, Cool Stays… to name a few. But one of the major ‘top dogs’ is Airbnb. As of June 2021, Airbnb had more than 5.6 million listings across more than 220 countries and regions worldwide, proving Airbnb is a popular platform for business owners (or as Airbnb calls them, Hosts). If you don’t currently host with Airbnb and want to look into this, head to airbnb.co.uk/host/ homes to find out how to get your business online and ready for bookings. But for those of you who already use Airbnb, how do you get that pesky little Superhost badge and why should you try to gain this accolade? Here at Luxury BnB, we want your business to be the best it can be, so we’ve put together this handy guide on how to become an Airbnb Superhost along with the help of Daisy Park Shepherds Huts, who gained their Superhost status only 4 months after they first started hosting.
What is a Superhost? Airbnb describe their Superhosts as people who ‘go above and beyond in their hosting duties’ and say they are a ‘shining example of how a Host should be’. Superhosts can be identified by a little pink and orange badge that appears on the listing and the Host’s profile.
Each year, Airbnb carries out four assessment periods, at the end of which you could gain your ‘Superhost’ badge. According to Airbnb, each quarterly assessment begins on the following dates: • January 1 • April 1 • July 1 • October 1 Janice Kitto, owner of Daisy
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Park Shepherds Huts, first welcomed guests at the end of June 2021 and the nearest Superhost assessment was July 1. Janice said: “Obviously we wouldn’t have qualified [in July] because we had only just started trading. We had to wait for the October assessment so we had time to fulfill all the requirements.” To become a Superhost, you do not do anything. Janice Kitto,
owner of Daisy Park Shepherds Huts said: “It’s all done automatically so you don’t need to apply or fill in any forms.” After each assessment, Airbnb will notify you of your status, but don't worry if your Superhost badge doesn't appear straight away. It can take up to one week for it to appear on your listing. Remember, Airbnb has a lot of businesses to assess!
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