One Year Anniversary - STAT-urday
This is now officially 1 year in. We started renting out to the public in March of 2024.
VISITORS
So far......Our furthest visitors have been from England & India.
Bath, England
Go Bath Rugby!
and
Vellore Tamil Nadu India
Olympic champions!
We have also had guests from over 13 different states here in the U.S.
We have had the pleasure of hosting 38 separate groups of families, friends, and co-workers at our little hacienda.
With a total of 33 - 5 STAR reviews. Nothing less than 5 stars. Awesome! Now, why those other 5 didn't bother to leave a review, I don't know, I guess people are busy.
Reservations thru airbnb website - 34
Reservations thru vrbo - 4
Reservations thru other websites - none
This is probably because we started first on AIRBNB. Only been on VRBO and others about 2 months.
We have found that AIRBNB guests typically reserve with less advance notice and that VRBO guests typically book much further out from their desired dates.
WEBSITE STATS
On the Chilcottage website - Not too shabby.
19694 views as of 9/28/2024
30721 views as of 03/01/2025
Average views per month in Sept 2024
1,250 views per month.
Average views per month NOW
1,516 views per month on the www.chilcottage.com website
Top Countries with visits to our website per google analytics
Hong Kong 2.7K
Russia 1.72K
Iran 1.54K
Singapore 1.36K
Germany 1.32K
Netherlands 1.29K
France 1.1K
United Kingdom 567
Sweden 497
India 435
South Korea 201
Australia 172
Canada 167
China 147
Cambodia 111
Ireland 109
Czechia 103
Pakistan 103
Other 3.1K
Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/chilcottage
Not quite as great.
29 likes. 30 followers. 2 reviews. 1 mention.
Geez. you guys. help us out here.
Facebook Page overview
Last 28 days
Post engagement 102
New Page likes 2
New Page Followers 2
Reactions 11
Comments 0
Shares 4
Photo views 30
Link clicks 2
like and follow our page.
because its gonna take ALL of us working together to make me RICH.
haha. jokes.
Airbnb website
1 year ago
Average daily views of our house = 11
Highest views in 1 day = 80
Today
Average daily views of our house = 8
Highest views in 1 day - still 80 - August 31st
Average views per month 240
Total views on AIRBNB last year 2922
Our most sought-after day was the day of the eclipse. I think it was March 8th 2024. We had that day booked the week we first launched for rentals to the public. Then we even had 2 other inquiries saying they would pay more if we cancelled on the people that had the reservation. Geez.
Google business page stats
(We listed the Chilcottage on Google Business Pages and maps in December 2024 - so all these statistics are only since that time)
276 Business Profile Interactions
53 Direction Requests
70 Website Clicks
Microsoft business site stats
(We listed the Chilcottage on Microsoft Business Pages in January 2025 - so all these statistics are only since that time)
45 Business Profile Interactions
13 Website Clicks
MERCH SOLD
Total from all of our sales links
T-Shirts - 26 (I bought 5 of them - just being honest)
Stickers - 3
Hats - 2
Towels - 4
I am uploading more designs soon - be on the lookout
Need some SWAG? Wanna support us? Click here
ADVERTISING REVENUE
Google ADSense - $2.67
Thank the lord, I can retire soon on this!
All other Ads - Zero
If you have a website. I will happily cross-promote you for FREE. You just got to do the same on yours. Hit us up.
Just don't be anything political, weird, or gross. Please.
RENTAL REVENUE
I know this one is the one you are most likely curious about.
We know another neighbor on the lake that also does STR (airbnb. remember?) and he said that "We missed the AIRBNB goldmine"
He said that he was booked 75% of the year during COVID. And he was charging A LOT.
If you are looking to get into the STR game, be cautious.
It is A LOT of work. We have invested a lot of time and money into this venture.
Luckily, we were not counting on it as a source of income. We bought this place for our family to enjoy and when we weren't there, to rent it out so others could enjoy it too, and to help out with the additional mortgage.
Booking (Since March 2024)
Booking rate of 24%
Mainly weekends. We have had several rentals from companies doing work in the area. They have rented out the place for extended periods of time including weekdays. We didn't know this was a thing. It's far cheaper for them to get a STR for their crew than get individual hotel rooms for everybody. If you got a crew and need a place. Hey, we are here for you. These guys have been super clean, super nice, followed all the rules, and left the place great. (Probably fearful of their boss getting onto them or getting fired - hehe)
Average night stay per booking = 3.4
First Year Revenue Before Taxes = $20,516.40
Almost enough to cover the mortgage. But we ain't getting rich by any means.
So that's it. You got any other STATS you are interested in, email us or contact us and let us know. We will do another STAT-URDAY update after our second year. In the mean time, book your next stay, buy our swag, mention us, like us, and all that jazz. We are sooooo needy huh?
SEE YA SOON!
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