Introducing : Neil Harvey

In 2016, Neil recognised that his traditional business was heading into financial difficulties and so he decided he needed a backup income.

His neighbour suggested he did Airbnb. Within 8 months, he was earning over £3000 a month from hosting, whilst still running his traditional business.

In April 2017, Neil and his business partner had to liquidate their traditional business and were half a million pound in personally guaranteed debt overnight.

Fortunately by then, Neil’s Airbnb hosting business was providing a solid backup income that significantly contributed to clearing that debt within 4 years and subsequently enabled Neil to quit his job and live off the income from hosting just from his own home.

Now, more than 17,000 guest-nights later, having hosted over 2000 guests from over 40 countries, he has turned over well in excess of the purchase price of the home he hosts from.

In his talk, entitled “One Room – One Fortune”, he shares his journey with the aim of encouraging anyone else to take the leap of faith that he did, to start an Airbnb hosting business and share in the many rewards and serendipities that welcoming people from around the world can bring.

Neil has a well-established podcast called “The Airbnb Superhost” with over 70 episodes, more than 60,000 downloads and that reaches over 120 countries around the world.