New Zealand’s most welcoming, artistic and considerate Hosts on Airbnb have been recognised as a part of the platform’s Host Awards.
Celebrating the highest Hosts, listings and Experiences on provide throughout the nation, the Airbnb Host Awards purpose to shine a highlight on Hosts for the unimaginable work they do for visitors and the advantages they create to their wider communities.
With classes similar to Greatest Distinctive Keep, Greatest Designed Keep and Greatest Regional Keep, winners vary from a Space 51 Futuro Home in Ohoka, a heavenly hilltop luxurious getaway in Waikato to a distant backcountry cabin in Twizel, Canterbury.
It has once more been the non-public touches, the sudden inclusions and the nice and cozy and welcoming expertise that has seen the coveted Host of the Yr title awarded, with Susan Taylor awarded the highest prize for her Loft in Bay of Lots. Susan’s Loft in Lake Okareka is a part of Susan’s lakefront property, that Susan refers to as a particular place that may be a little bit of a secret. Susan desires the Loft to really feel like a house away from house and goes above and past to make sure visitors agree.
Becs McCarthy has gained the Greatest New Host Award for her board and batten cottage in Northland whereas Daniel Smith’s Heavenly Escape in Waikato that options 360 diploma ocean views has picked up the Greatest Designed Keep award.
Native Hosts are the spine of the Airbnb group and to have the ability to recognise those that go above and past is an actual honour.
We all know that Hosts put in great effort to make sure their listings are distinctive, curated and filled with considerate touches that permit visitors to immerse themselves in a very distinctive expertise to recollect.
Greater than two years because the begin of the pandemic, the journey revolution continues to unfold and the advantages of tourism are spreading additional afield into regional Australia and New Zealand, and empowering locals to earn a dwelling and make ends meet. We’ve seen basic shifts in the way in which individuals are travelling and dwelling which are creating tangible alternatives for communities that lay off-the-beaten monitor.
It’s extremely thrilling to see travellers so passionate about exploring new locations and Hosts act as passionate advocates for the areas and communities they reside in. These Hosts are additionally serving to to convey precious vacationer {dollars} to native companies and assist jobs.
Being a Host isn’t just about sharing a particular place, it additionally permits individuals to showcase their native areas whereas having a possibility to earn further earnings to fight the rising price of dwelling. Changing into a Host has by no means been simpler with Host listings capable of be arrange in 10 simple steps and Airbnb has additionally launched AirCover, which supplies top-to-bottom cowl each reservation without spending a dime for each Host.
Susan Wheeldon, Airbnb’s Nation Supervisor for Australia and New Zealand
Profitable Hosts had been chosen primarily based on in depth Airbnb information, visitor scores and opinions, with oversight from a panel of judges that included Australia and New Zealand Airbnb Nation Supervisor, Susan Wheeldon and New Zealand-born Host, Felicity Stevens, who can also be a World Host Advisory Board Member.
Being concerned within the Host awards judging has been an actual honour and the dedication and keenness that these Hosts present to their visitors and the experiences on provide is really exceptional.
New Zealanders are identified for his or her hospitality and openness and these Hosts show that that is actually the case. To not point out their creativity and craftsmanship that can also be on show with these stunning Airbnb listings.
New Zealand-born Host and World Host Advisory Board Member, Felicity Stevens
Please discover the complete record of award finalists at airbnb.com/hostawards22nz
2022 Airbnb Host Awards Winners
Host of the Yr – recognising Hosts who’ve gone above and past to make sure visitors have an incredible keep
Winner: Susan Taylor, Lake Okareka, Bay of Lots
In regards to the Host: “We’re thrilled to be appointed as Host of the Yr for Airbnb NZ this yr. What we’ve learnt over our time as hosts is that it’s the small touches that make the largest distinction. We all the time message our visitors to acknowledge their reserving, and ask if they want data on the world to be despatched over. Placing an actual particular person behind the itemizing our visitors have booked makes it really feel extra personable and comforting for them forward of their keep. We all the time give a heat private welcome on arrival, and anticipate their wants with some kitchen provisions, house baking, backup toiletries, recent flowers or seasonable fruit and greens from the backyard.
“Our secret is to suppose like a visitor. Pondering forward about what could be useful to counterpoint your visitors’ keep, a spare toothbrush, pretty house baking to snack on, letting them know that it’s OK to contact you in the event that they want help – simply being actually personable and accessible. I really like partaking with abroad visitors and displaying them a little bit of New Zealand/kiwi life. Some visitors need extra interplay than others and that’s completely okay! It’s all about catering to every visitor’s particular wants.”
Choose Susan Wheeldon: “Susan goes above and past for her visitors and has considered each single element, anticipating what visitors might want to really feel at house and even bakes do-it-yourself treats, prepared for visitors’ arrival. Susan can also be very keen about her native space and goes to nice lengths to make sure visitors have an intensive information to discover the whole lot her stunning area has to supply.”
Greatest New Host – recognising new Hosts who’ve gone above and past to make sure visitors have an incredible keep
Winner: Becs McCarthy, North West Auckland
In regards to the Host: The Stables Cottage pleasure themselves on being a “house away from house” with a eager eye on the smaller particulars that depart their visitors feeling effectively taken care of and cared for.
“We welcome our visitors with recent reduce flowers in all rooms from our choosing backyard, a number of do-it-yourself baking, a stupendous breakfast basket with domestically sourced breads, do-it-yourself cereals, free vary eggs, yoghurt, native milk, and naturally recent seasonal fruits. These are only a few of the small touches that we imagine actually elevate our itemizing to a considerate, homely expertise for our visitors.
“The important thing components that went into our Airbnb to create a memorable expertise for visitors embrace a peaceable rural outlook in a beautiful rustic board & batten cottage, that’s mild and ethereal and naturally stunning, stuffed with actually considerate particulars. We’ve actually tried to think about the whole lot we are able to to make our keep homely and heat, with particulars similar to robes, stunning mattress linen, snug beds, a tasteful open dwelling plan, pretty out of doors furnishings to intensify the out of doors dwelling house… These are only a handful of the small print that present a real nation expertise to make an exquisite escape.”
Choose Susan Wheeldon: “Becs is a Host who is aware of how necessary the additional effort is in making a visitor really feel welcome and particular. The personalised expertise sees visitors remembering their keep lengthy after they’ve left.”
Greatest Designed Keep – recognising Hosts who design their houses in a manner that displays their inside personalities and passions
Winner: Heavenly Escape, Wyuna Bay, Waikato
In regards to the itemizing: Nestled inside the fantastic thing about New Zealand’s native bush, each factor of Heavenly Escape has been designed to embrace each luxurious and nature.
“The satan is certainly within the particulars. Whether or not it’s the design components or when internet hosting visitors, now we have made positive that each element has a wow issue. We labored with award profitable Queenstown architects Kerr Richie and our personal inside design firm, IP interiors, to realize that aim”
“With 360 diploma views, ‘Wow! The View!’ is generally the primary response we get from our visitors. The three.3m ground to ceiling front room home windows embrace the gorgeous shoreline and visitors can even benefit from the altering tides outdoors from the open-view grasp lavatory.
“We welcome our visitors by offering recent flowers in all rooms, replenish the bar with wine and drinks, slippers and mats by the beds, bedside Italian mineral water, seasonal fruits and extra.”
“We strongly imagine in the fantastic thing about dwelling sustainably, subsequently have designed Heavenly Escape with that mantra in thoughts. The home produces sufficient solar energy for its every day utilization, charging an EV and now we have additionally put in a Tesla energy wall for energy outages. The home can also be absolutely insulated and positioned to seize a lot of the daylight throughout winter months and fewer daylight through the summer time months to scale back vitality utilization to heat up or settle down the home.”
Choose Felicity Stevens: “The hosts have designed a stupendous house that takes full benefit of its location and the wants of a household or group on vacation. They’ve additionally gone to nice lengths to arrange a considerable photo voltaic system to energy the house and visitors electrical automobiles if wanted. Unbelievable to see this included into the design. They’re additionally unimaginable, useful and beneficiant hosts who present their visitors with nice data on actions within the native space and arrange a effectively designed house to make sure their visitors depart having created unimaginable reminiscences and eager to return.”
Greatest Distinctive Keep – recognising Hosts who’ve a novel and amazingly distinctive house
WINNER: Space 51 Futuro Home, Ohoka, Canterbury
In regards to the itemizing: “Our Space 51 Futuro Home is an unique Futuro home from 1974. It’s one in all solely 60 on the planet, and the one one restored to the unique design that you could keep in. The eye to element makes our visitors really feel like they’re actually in a Nineteen Sixties house age world.
“I’ve used Airbnb for a few years. I all the time knew I wished to host visitors at this property, due to the wonderful expertise I’ve personally had utilizing Airbnb. Folks like to expertise one thing actually distinctive and that’s precisely what we provide. Our keep is so totally different to something most visitors have skilled earlier than which is what makes us stand out.”
Choose Susan Wheeldon: “OMG! is a class on Airbnb that showcases some extremely distinctive and modern properties and that is actually up there with top-of-the-line we’ve seen. The eye to element and consideration of the whole visitor expertise is so evident and actually makes for a memorable keep.”
Greatest Nature Keep – recognising Hosts who showcase the perfect of Australia’s beautiful pure panorama
Winner: Skylark Cabin, Twizel, Canterbury
In regards to the itemizing: Skylark Cabin’s hosts imagine that the visitor’s expertise is paramount of their Ben Ohau keep, surrounded by hovering mountain ranges and the rugged, ethereal fantastic thing about the expansive valley.
“Skylark Cabin is an architecturally impressed and thoughtfully designed cabin that we named after the birds that nest on our property. We outfitted it with all of the facilities wanted for an expensive getaway, nevertheless it additionally comes with that sense of simplicity that offers visitors the house to really feel blissfully linked with nature, away from the quick tempo of every day life.”
“Whether or not its star gazing by means of the skylight above the mattress, soaking within the out of doors tub or going out for a day of nature-fuelled actions simply accessible from our base, each facet of Skylark cabin has been thought of to offer our visitors an unforgettable expertise.”
“We additionally positioned nature and sustainability efforts on the design forefront. We offer pure linen, all home equipment and lighting are vitality environment friendly, present recycled merchandise all through the house, repurpose gray water from the bathtub to water the backyard, draw water from a close-by effectively, use firewood from renewable plantations, promote native merchandise and encourage the usage of native strolling and biking tracks”
Choose Felicity Stevens: “This cabin has all of it. Set in a panoramic expansive valley and designed to benefit from the setting. The cabin has been thoughtfully set as much as provide visitors an unimaginable luxurious expertise the place no element has been ignored. From a well provisioned kitchen to considerate inclusions similar to e bikes, studying nooks, star gazing alternatives and useful and thoughtful hosts. A really particular place to go to.”
Most Magical Expertise – recognising Expertise Hosts who, by means of their experience and keenness, have the flexibility to immerse visitors in an entire new world
WINNER: New Zealand Nature Highlights, Palmerston North
In regards to the Expertise: This Magical Expertise in Palmerston North was sparked by an thought throughout lockdown in 2020. Arthur was speaking to a buddy who labored in Dubai, who discovered it tough to journey house to California. As an alternative she linked with family and friends by signing as much as a variety of on-line experiences. Arthur then signed as much as a variety of on-line experiences himself and totally loved them, connecting with a bunch reside who was greater than 4,000 miles away.
The expertise triggered an thought, the place Arthur mentioned to his spouse that it will be cool to curate a farm tour expertise and share it with individuals around the globe who had been in lockdown as a result of pandemic. Arthur pursued this concept as a ‘aspect gig’, which finally led him to turn into an Airbnb Expertise Host.
“The live-streaming expertise is each entertaining and academic. Totally different content material is curated to make sure totally different demographics get essentially the most out of the farm tour. For instance, I share how I take care of the livestock, the impression of local weather change on farming practices, and my life as an immigrant on a life-style farm in Nation New Zealand. The farm excursions are hosted in English or Mandarin, enabling me to succeed in out to a wider viewers base in Asia.
Moreover, the farm excursions are hosted when the climate is nice, when it’s raining, and even when it’s pitch black! It may be difficult, nevertheless it’s about providing a novel expertise to visitors, and to showcase the perfect of New Zealand to the world!”
Choose Felicity Stevens: “Whereas this expertise is about farm life in New Zealand the visitors are left feeling like they’ve met an extremely form, passionate, affected person farmer who reveals unimaginable take care of his animals, and the surroundings. Arthur feels like the right ambassador for New Zealand farming life. Friends heat to him and love his tales about his life on the farm. Friends additionally depart feeling like they’ve learnt extra about farming and animals and the surroundings.”
