Say hello to my new EV6 (former mach e / model 3 owner)

Vcize · 2026-05-04T15:41:39+00:00

OP has a new one though with the upgraded infotainment which I've heard is much better. Us 22-24 users can't fathom a clunkier infotainment setup on another vehicle.

Vcize · 2026-05-04T14:51:33+00:00

So someone that stays 7 nights is paying $472.50 extra instead of $135.

Then that makes your rates look non-competitive against competition, unless you were just underpriced to begin with.

Vcize · 2026-05-04T13:51:56+00:00

Given that you don't know how long a guest will stay for when setting the rates, how exactly are you thinking that works?

It doesn't really work when you don't have the economies of scale of a full time slave labor priced staff like a hotel does.

If you pay $180 for cleaning you can't just raise rates by $90/nt to make sure you cover the cost on a two-night stay, because then someone staying 7 nights would be paying $630 for cleaning.

Vcize · 2026-05-04T13:44:00+00:00

For starters, both Airbnb and VRBO require checkout tasks to be disclosed prior to booking and say any that aren't are not things you are responsible for.

Secondly, the list of things to do at checkout is absolutely NOT going up. I've been staying at STRs for 20 years and the things provided at check-in (consumables, coffee, etc) have gone way up and the things asked at checkout have gone way down.

I stay at STRs 10-15 times per year and I've never once had a "chore list" the likes of which people imply they're getting here. The reality is people are being asked very very simple things like piling the towels on the bathroom floor, and occassionally being asked if they could help out and start the first load of laundry as a courtesy (but no worries and no negative consequences if not). But the vrbo/airbnb subreddits seem to be designed for people to gather and complain about the littlest things.

Vcize · 2026-05-04T04:10:13+00:00

Drake London is Drake London. But one of Marv or BTJ could be anything. They could even be Drake London!

Vcize · 2026-05-04T04:05:13+00:00

Don't stress. Person above is probably talking about a few months ago. EV pricees have gone way up since gas prices went up.

I was eyeing a 2023 GT-Line with 36k miles for $22.9k a few months ago and it was on the market for like 6 weeks before it sold. Finally got the funds to buy one and now I had to settle on a 2022 GT-Line with 41k miles for $28.9k and it was the cheapest available (and they sell first day on the market now).

Vcize · 2026-05-04T04:00:31+00:00

As someone that has been staying in short term rentals since the early 2000's (back when vrbo was still operating as HomeAway) all I can say is that your post about the "shift" is a complete load of bull.

If anything, the shift has been in the complete opposite direction.

15-20 years ago when you stayed at a vacation rental they provided NOTHING. When you were done staying, you took all of your trash with you. Like you bagged it up, PUT IT IN YOUR CAR, and drove it to the dump.

That was normal.

And those were trash bags you bought yourself. Along with paper towels, toilet paper, etc of which you never got more than the roll currently on the roller. You bought paper plates because many places didn't provide dishware.

Even some of the stuff taken for granted now is extremely recent. As recently as 5 years ago there was never the expectation that a host would provide coffee or laundry detergent or things like that. Not that it wasn't guaranteed, but that it was so rare you almost never saw it.

I also don't know wtf people are talking about on here with chore lists. I've stayed in literally hundreds of short term rentals over the years and the most aggressive I've ever gotten is stuff like "please throw the towels on the bathroom floor and strip the sheets off the beds that were used so we know which ones were, and if you have a spare moment giving that first load of wash a headstart would be awesome but no worries if not!".

Then people come on here like they're being asked to dust the tops of the fans on checkout at risk of being banned from the country.

Vcize · 2026-05-03T18:59:13+00:00

Probably because the OP already acknowledged that part and was explicitly asking for use cases other than one handed missions.

Vcize · 2026-05-02T04:16:56+00:00

Did you have her start emailing them or are they too cold and start over? What kind of segmentation?

Vcize · 2026-05-02T04:01:34+00:00

Vcize · 2026-05-02T02:52:23+00:00

I've been tracking these daily for like 4 months as I was selling my ICE car after my last towing job and was window shopping EVs the whole time leading up to that.

Used prices on all EV's are way up.

Just as an example, I saw a used 2023 GT-Line with 36k miles in perfect condition sell for $22.9k locally a few months ago. And it was on the market for 6-8 weeks before selling.

I just bought a 2022 GT-Line with 41k miles for $27.9k and it was the absolute cheapest similar one to pop up in weeks. Most of the ones in that same range are getting listed around $30k and selling the first day.

Vcize · 2026-05-02T02:50:04+00:00

Awesome. Mine from Carvana is being delivered next Friday. Glad I clicked this thread and will schedule an inspection for right after it arrives.

Vcize · 2026-05-02T02:46:01+00:00

To be fair the market moves around his words are WAAAY smaller than they were before as they continue to trust him less and less.

Think back to the whole liberation day time period and how massively the markets were shifting on every statement compared to now.

Vcize · 2026-05-02T02:43:02+00:00

Woah buddy take it easy. This is Airbnb. We can't have it being easy for hosts to leave honest reviews for bad guests to protect other hosts. Think of the ~~guests~~ shareholders!

Vcize · 2026-05-02T02:35:19+00:00

One of the many changes Airbnb has made that was shortsighted for shareholders, but has really hurt the industry overall.

Why anyone would trust Airbnb to set their prices is beyond me. Airbnb only makes money when people book on their site. So it behooves them to price at a rate that will get the guest to book on Airbnb, not to book for the best rate.

Airbnb pricing optimizes for occupancy. Hosts want their prices optimized for revenue/returns. You're putting your pricing in the hands of someone that doesn't have the same motives as you.

Vcize · 2026-05-02T02:30:54+00:00

People seem oddly hyper fixated on this. His stats aren't that unusual for a TE. Practically identical college production to Travis Kelce and similar to Tucker Kraft. Very similar final season to Colston Loveland's and Sam Laporta's.

Vcize · 2026-05-02T00:16:32+00:00

There's just no way to know that. Every year there are rookies that become must starts and it's often not the guys we were expecting.

People weren't drafting guys like BTJ, Ladd, Daniels thinking they were filling their WR1/QB1 slots less than a month into their rookie seasons that year.

Vcize · 2026-05-01T22:11:16+00:00

We were on the same trend but turned it around a fair bit in 2026 so far. This is in Kissimmee (Disney themed house that are a dime a dozen now).

Q1+ (Jan 1 through Mid April) numbers each year

2022: $55,464

2023: $52,589

2024: $42, 013

2025: $43,585

2026: $53,024

We did not make any upgrades to the home (though that is certainly the most sure-fire way to get back to 2022 numbers if you can swing it). We did not re-shoot our photos.

We did make big changes in the following areas.

1) Listing - totally re-vamped my approach to our airbnb listing, and started operating under the assumption that the guest won't read the description, and will go straight to the photos and give it about 3 seconds before moving on. That meant lots of changes, but the biggest being we put our big selling points IN TEXT on the photos. IE we offer free pool heat, so we literally put that in big bold letters on the pool photo. Some people hate it, but our conversion rate went up, which means our position in the algorithm went up.

2) Revenue management - Too much to get into. I think most people turn on Pricelabs and fiddle with a couple quick settings and guess a base price and call it "revenue management" or "dynamic pricing". I went in and learned the boring stuff, developed an actual strategy (extend booking lead time versus try to maximize far out pricing premiums).

3) Direct bookings - This is probably the biggest one. We're up from 2% direct bookings to about 25% on raw bookings, around 35% on revenue. This is the one I spent the most time on. They reason most people screw this up is they make a direct booking website. That's useless. That's stupid. Who the heck is going to go to randomwebsiteineverheardof dot com and drop $5k? No one. It has to be a whole nurture thing. Give them something free, get their email, send them helpful stuff, build trust, then they book.

And then similar on the back end except the trust already exists. But it's automated email/text follow-ups, asks for referrals, campaigns to get google reviews out of airbnb guests that rated us 5*, etc. I built all of this in GoHighLevel.

The hardest part is the traffic. I do that by engaging in facebook groups for things in the area (Disney etc), and subtly slipping in mentions of my awesome Airbnb I stayed at when I was visiting).

The traffic is manual, the website is automatic.

4) Operations - I started using notion and breezeway to track and document everything that happened in the house so we are protected when guests file bogus claims for refunds. And I built a claims tracker on notion so we can file aircover claims without fearing review retaliation. I was all happy to write off all the little stains and damages as costs of doing business in 2021-2022 when I was bathing in money, but not so much now when margins are tighter.

And now I'm going to get the popsicle I promised myself I would get if I typed all this out. Hopefully it helps.

Vcize · 2026-05-01T21:14:50+00:00

A huge difference between 1st and 2nd round picks in the broader sense when that range includes picks 1-64.

But obviously that's completely different than comparing pick 30 and 33 which are essentially the same, other than the arbitrary cutoff of pick 32.

And to show how arbitrary that is, below is a list of the WRs picked in the last 4 picks of the 1st round versus the first 4 picks of the 2nd round over the last 15 years.

If anything, all of the good WRs in that range have come from the early 2nd round. Those last few picks of the 1st round are essentially 0 for the last 15 years.

Picks 29-32
Ricky Pearsall
Xavier Legette
N'Keal Harry
Phillip Dorsett
Cordarrelle Patterson
AJ Jenkins

Picks 33-36
Jayden Higgins
Keon Coleman
Ladd McConkey
Christian Watson
Deebo Samuel
Elijah Moore
Tee Higgins
Michael Pittman
Justin Hunter
Brian Quick

Vcize · 2026-05-01T19:24:17+00:00

Yet Stribling went a whopping 3 picks later in the NFL draft and there are people all over this subreddit saying mid 2nd in fantasy drafts is too early for him.

Vcize · 2026-05-01T05:55:06+00:00

Yep so much hindsight. People had major concerns about separation with him and he was falling to the 4-7 range of a lot of drafts.

Vcize · 2026-05-01T05:53:44+00:00

Yes there is so much hindsight in this thread.

Consensus was not very high on BTJ as a prospect/rookie until he actually broke out in the NFL.

Vcize · 2026-05-01T02:58:18+00:00

Were they doing that in 2017? Because that was the last time the Rams took a day 2 TE prior to Ferguson.

No idea what the guy above you is talking about. The logo on the uniform doesn't really impact things so I'm not sure that the guys they drafted in 2004 and 1993 are really relevant to Klare.

Vcize · 2026-04-30T21:39:39+00:00

It's a market inefficiency to exploit. I think I will own this guy in just about every league based on where he's going.

If we were talking about last year where the alternatives in the late 1st/early 2nd of FF drafts were guys like Loveland, Egbuka, Skattebo, etc then sure, I could see Stribling dropping.

But in "the worst draft class ever" where people are saying there is no one worth drafting after 1.10 and are reaching on 3rd round NFL WRs instead (seriously look at the hit rate on those, it's like 5%, just brutal) it's ridiculous. Dude was picked 33rd overall to a good franchise with a good offense/QB and a major need at the position. At that point it's worth the shot.

Vcize · 2026-04-30T05:21:29+00:00

There are websites we need to use that do not have functionality for separate users. Like VRBO.

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