Submitted by Nancy Stevens, Pamela Jeanne and David Boe. All are members of the Host2Host Meet-up Team and H2H Charter Members.
Host2Host kicked off the New Year with a meetup entitled: Hopes and Plans for 2021. Debi Hertert, Host2Host Founder, shared some of the “forecasts” for travel in the future. Among them:
- Pent-up demand will result in far more travel beginning in the second quarter of 2021.
- Trends blurring between short-term rentals, vacation rentals and long-term rentals.
- Business nomads will continue to be common.
Debi also suggested that we reflect on five questions in order to keep hosting in perspective:
- What’s more important to me, results or relationships?
- How does hosting reflect who I am? Or does it?
- What impact does hosting have on the world around me?
- What is something that makes me feel proud about hosting?
- What does my work-life balance look like?
Based on the forecast that we can anticipate more travelers this year, the members chatted with each other in small breakout groups on four popular topics on how best to prepare for a return to hosting. They included:
Technical upgrades: locks, pricing systems, etc
Airbnb platform changes
Property upgrades: interior design, kitchenware, etc
Building your own website
The evening was enjoyed by all – especially the break-out rooms where hosts could talk to and learn from each other. While the meet-up was recorded, the break-out rooms were not. This made for a less interesting viewing of the event and we will not be sharing or posting the recording on the Host2Host website.
