Host travellers in a spare room, flatlet or cottage through Airbnb, with cleaning and check-ins handled by you.
- Who it suits
People with a clean, safe space in an area visitors want to stay, who enjoy hosting.
- Who pays
Tourists, business travellers, people visiting family.
- What they get
A comfortable place to stay.
- Is there demand?
Airbnb has moved most hosts to a single host-paid service fee, typically 15.5% of the booking (the older split fee was 3% for hosts). Nightly rates and occupancy vary hugely by area; we found no reliable SA averages.
- Real examples
- Airbnb
- Booking.com
- Direct bookings from returning guests
A good sign: 5 five-star reviews.