The Airbnb Superhost

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#136. Does anything ever get broken?

2026-10-1316:36

Episode 136 – Does Anything Ever Get Broken?What happens when your Airbnb guests break something? And what if the thing they break is actually your way of thinking? After eleven years of hosting and around 19,000 guest-nights, I've come to accept that things occasionally get broken. It's part of welcoming strangers into a working home. But when a mysterious broken fridge door turns up with a vital piece missing, I'm left wondering whether someone has been covering their tracks! That little in...

#135 Get rid of what you don't want to make room for what you do want

2026-10-0716:51

Get rid of what you don’t want to make room for what you do want. What does throwing away a 60-year-old armchair have to do with making more than £300 from Airbnb the very next day? Quite a lot, as it turns out. In this episode, I explore something I first learned many years ago called the Principle of Vacuum: Get rid of what you don't want to make room for what you do want. It's a principle that has followed me throughout my Airbnb journey — sometimes without me even realising it. I share ho...

#134. Airbnb: The Entrepreneur's Training Ground

2026-09-2915:48

Episode 134 — Airbnb: The Entrepreneur’s Training Ground What if the best place to learn how to run a business isn't in a classroom, on a course, or by risking tens of thousands of pounds? What if it's your spare room? In this episode, I explore why I describe Airbnb as a “business in a box”—and why becoming a live-in host can teach you many of the skills every entrepreneur eventually needs. I share the story of one of the students who helped me run my Airbnb before taking what he'd learned b...

#133. Romance in the Dome

2026-09-2318:03

Episode 133 Show Notes The Dome at the bottom of my garden has witnessed rather a lot of romance over the years. Marriage proposals. Newlyweds. Candlelit pathways. Engagement rings hidden inside fruit. And then... there was the Viagra. In this episode, I share five very different stories from my years of hosting guests in the Dome — some genuinely touching, some wonderfully unexpected, and one that required a particularly good pair of rubber gloves. You'll hear about an encounter with a film ...

#132. My Airbnb makes money for my neighbours.

2026-09-1515:58

What happens when your Airbnb is full — but one of your regular guests still needs somewhere to stay? You send them next door! In this episode, I explore something I rarely hear mentioned when people talk about running an Airbnb: the importance of having great relationships with your neighbours. It starts with a young Malaysian student arriving in the UK for the first time. I'd promised to collect her from the bus stop after dark — before realising I wasn't actually going to be there. One pho...

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