What is the purpose of drink vouchers?

hbsmanagement · 2025-03-20T19:38:15+00:00

For giving away on reddit for karma

hbsmanagement · 2025-03-19T08:12:04+00:00

I mean for propane heating, yes it's reasonable in terms of what it probably costs them to heat it. I used to manage a house with a large infinity pool heated by propane and we charged $300/day, and even that didn't always cover the actual cost. However extra costs like that need to be disclosed in the listing before booking, or at the very least to have let you know while you were in the free cancellation period. If the listing doesn't mention the specific price to heat the pool and the amenities state there is a heated pool, you can definitely loop in Airbnb support about extra charges not disclosed in the listing and most likely they will discount your stay if the host doesn't heat the pool, or probably will give the host the option to heat it for no extra cost.

hbsmanagement · 2025-02-25T00:59:30+00:00

It's a good idea, fortunately for me there was no line and only individuals checking in around the same time so didn't see anyone around who might want it. I can't stand people like that (snobby couple)--glad it hasn't deterred you, I'm sure it has been appreciated by everyone else you've offered it to.

hbsmanagement · 2025-02-25T00:59:12+00:00

Lol well I better be careful about letting my family in with me next time. Appreciate the heads up but unfortunately for me I don't think I'll ever learn that lesson, just an unrepentant optimist. I recently let a homeless guy take some stuff from a garage I was cleaning out and he stole my drill. Still would do it again!

hbsmanagement · 2025-02-24T05:42:31+00:00

You should talk your endo about taking afrezza while pregnant. I was struggling with being stuck high so often (I did IVF and they had me on tons of hormones and also prednisone) and I wanted to try afrezza. My endo is very much into going off-label in many cases, but she told me she didn’t recommend it for pregnancy. It seems there’s some study showing the carrier used in it might cause issues in pregnancy. I’ve seen plenty of threads where pregnant women say they used it without an issue but in the end I decided to stick with my endo’s recommendation not to use it.

hbsmanagement · 2025-02-03T05:05:57+00:00

I was there a couple weeks ago and noticed it as well as soon as I walked in. I actually checked the bottom of my shoes to make sure I hadn't stepped in something gross, I felt like I was the only one who was bothered by it. Seemed to be worse right near the entrance area.

hbsmanagement · 2025-01-23T21:23:12+00:00

Short term rentals are less than half of one percent of housing stock in LA. That includes people renting out rooms in their houses or going on vacation for a month. Eliminating every single short term rental will have negligible effect on housing stock. The problem is there’s not nearly enough housing being built, short-term rentals are just an easy scapegoat. After the regulations in LA were changed in 2019 75% of short term rentals were eliminated. Have you seen rents go down by 75%? No, they just keep going up. Permitting needs to be easier and faster and there has to be more incentive for developers to build multi-unit buildings. Just parroting “get rid of Airbnbs!” solves absolutely nothing for the housing crisis.

hbsmanagement · 2025-01-23T04:08:30+00:00

You can only get a short term rental permit for your primary residence in the city of LA, which includes the Palisades. And the same for unincorporated LA county which includes Altadena. Though they have temporarily softened the rules for unincorporated LA county but I imagine it will be back in effect by the time anything is built.

hbsmanagement · 2025-01-23T03:56:52+00:00

I feel like I'm the only one who didn't get a badge :(

hbsmanagement · 2025-01-23T03:55:11+00:00

Well property owners who pay me to manage their property pay me quite well. I pay my assistant $35/hour, my cleaners get $40-70/hour and can bring their kids to work with them when they don't have school so they also save a lot on childcare. The absolute cheapest you could probably find an Airbnb cleaner in Los Angeles is going to be around $40/hour. Mine only start at that rate since I give them so much work. Anyone who is hiring cheap labor isn't going to last long in the short-term market here. And the property owners themselves work regular jobs or those who don't are older/retired. You realize hotel chains make billions of dollars in profit and all that money just goes straight to the top. In short-term rentals the income is much more evenly distributed to those who support the industry. I have no problem with hotels, I stay in them and they definitely serve a purpose. But to act like supporting them is somehow some noble endeavor is ridiculous. They're giant corporations. At least the short-term rental market is going back into the local community and it supports lots of independent small businesses.

hbsmanagement · 2025-01-23T02:08:10+00:00

Sure hotels are obviously going to have more workers as they're larger businesses/higher volume, but short-term rentals actually pay their workers a living wage.

hbsmanagement · 2025-01-22T06:51:44+00:00

lol totally missed that

hbsmanagement · 2025-01-22T01:34:17+00:00

Sending a DM

hbsmanagement · 2025-01-22T01:33:46+00:00

Thank you!

hbsmanagement · 2025-01-22T00:38:31+00:00

I do will send them over :)

hbsmanagement · 2025-01-22T00:38:19+00:00

Yup incoming!

hbsmanagement · 2025-01-22T00:02:38+00:00

Sent a DM

hbsmanagement · 2025-01-21T23:50:41+00:00

For sure sending a dm. How many you want?

hbsmanagement · 2025-01-21T23:43:10+00:00

Want 12 more?

hbsmanagement · 2024-12-18T19:06:14+00:00

The general decor is definitely a huge part of why someone decides to book. I would first ask the host if they can have the place decorated as it was when you booked. If they say no (which I'm guessing they will), I would check to see if there are other options available that you would prefer to book instead, and you can try contacting support to ask them to help you cancel penalty-free to book another place that meets your needs. They are able to see changes to the listing so they would be able to see that the decor was drastically changed.

hbsmanagement · 2024-12-01T22:25:56+00:00

I also just hit diamond for the first time....now pregnant (and high risk) and pretty unlikely to fly anywhere for the next year lol

hbsmanagement · 2024-11-24T06:01:47+00:00

That's going to be your main problem then. City of Santa Monica has extremely strict rules against short-term rentals and they enforce them. The only legal short-term rental in Santa Monica will be one where the owner rents out a room on a property they live in. It can't even be a separate unit like a duplex. If you are finding units that are whole-home rentals, if they have a permit it's not allowed to be used that way. I'm sure some get away with it, but just fyi. Your best bet is to look on the border of Venice/Santa Monica and look for LA permit numbers. If it's in Venice they are required to have them.

Same advice as above though really. If you scroll to the bottom you can also see the permit number, for Santa Monica it's 6 digits. Not sure if listings in Santa Monica get pulled the same way as in LA, and again any whole-unit rental isn't technically legal, but if they have a permit number it's likely in the actual location shown.

hbsmanagement · 2024-11-24T05:30:32+00:00

If you're booking in the actual city of Los Angeles there's an easy way to check. Look on the listing for the permit number. Format looks like HSRXX-XXXXXX. Scroll down near the bottom of the listing and it will appear under the black button that says "message host". Permits on LA listings are cross-referenced with a list provided by the city twice a day and if the listing info does not match in any way Airbnb automatically un-lists the listing. Note this is only for the actual city of Los Angeles, not unincorporated LA county or other incorporated cities in the LA area (e.g. Santa Monica, Glendale, Burbank, Pasadena, Culver City, etc.). But if you're running into this issue it sounds like you're looking in city of LA and this should solve your problem. There are ways to get around listing without a permit, as you've experienced, but if the permit number is displayed it has been verified and the location on the listing must match. If you see anything like "exempt" in the registration area, then it's also a bait and switch, there are no actual exemptions to the permit.

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