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How to Remotely Hire a Cleaning Company for Your Airbnb
This morning, my Airbnb co-host gave notice that she’ll be moving on at the end of the month. She was great, really, and was a HUGE help in getting our Airbnb started. She’s a natural at hospitality. If you’re reading this, Alissa, thank you and we miss you! As co-host, Alissa handled all the guest communication AND all the cleanings between bookings. It was a good setup at first, but now that the listing has several 5 star reviews and is on track to achieve Superhost by the end of this month (fingers crossed!) I feel that I can handle the guest communications. That part is a remote-friendly job, anyways.…
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Manatees! But really, don’t pet them.
We weren’t supposed to swim with manatees that day. On a whim, based on the recommendation from a fellow traveler, we made the hour’s journey to Crystal River, Florida, to catch a glimpse of the majestic sea cows, the largest gathering of them in the world. The Three Sisters Spring, located in the town of Crystal River, Florida, contains the largest gathering of manatees on the planet every winter when the frigid Gulf waters coaxes the manatees into the warm, year-round 72 degree spring water. The gathering can be in the hundreds on a cold day in the gulf, and on these days the spring is completely closed to visitors…
