In order to help pay for our big summer adventure, we decided to rent out our house on Airbnb. I was skeptical about there being a demand for it, but excited to have an excuse to do some fixing up and upgrades that have been on our wish list for a while.

Surprisingly, we quickly booked almost the entire 6 weeks, and were soon faced with the big tasks of getting it ready for renters, moving most of our personal belongings out, finishing up school, and planning this trip at the same time.

The house projects became an all-consuming nightmare and we were busy right up until the moment we left. We have been on pins and needles waiting to see what kind of feedback we would get from our first guest and were so happy to get this today:

Hooray for validation! I’m hoping the rest of the stays go just as well and am excited for when we get home and can enjoy our newly fixed-up home for ourselves!