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The Felt Spacearrivalfeature
The first ten minutes: how a guest decides to rest
A guest decides in ten minutes whether they can rest. Read your rental the way a tired body does, one sense at a time.
Free to read, alwaysEdited by Svetlana Hanover
The STR Nexus Review
The craft and the business of the short stay
Volume 1No. 1Thursday, 22 October 2026
A free dispatch for short-term-rental hosts, property managers and boutique hotels: practical, sourced articles, each with a free tool to keep.
The Felt Spacesensory designfeature
One warm bulb: the cheapest change a guest will feel
The Business of Morepricingfield guide
Why your Airbnb payout dropped, and the price that protects it
Perspectivesopinion
Every host on your street can match your price by tomorrow morning.
Airbnb commoditized everything but the feeling of a room
Svetlana Hanover, editor4 min read
Free with this volume
Every article comes with a free tool.
Fondue for Two
The easiest evening in the collection, free to run. Its lesson ends with a night as your own guest.
The Charcuterie Board
The local market, plated on one board, free to run. Every step, message and cost included.
The Payout Rescuer for Airbnb hosts
Enter your rate and fees. It shows the price that keeps your payout whole.
From Why your Airbnb payout dropped, and the price that protects it
The message vault
Every message a stay needs, filled in for your property, ready to copy.
Your house guide
Built from your property's details, with its own QR and a page that opens on any phone.
By section
The Way In
coming
Models, markets, money and the law: getting in, and setting up right.
The Felt Space
Guest experience and sensory design: how a stay is remembered.
Quiet Systems
Messages, guides, operations and getting found, run calmly.
The Business of More
Add-ons, rituals, pricing and groups: more from the same rooms.
The Graceful Exit
coming
Valuing, selling or handing on a rental, for its full worth.
The Ground Beneath
coming
Real estate: buying well, holding wisely, knowing the options.
From the editor
Edited by Svetlana Hanover, founder of Kulachka Studio, Sensory Design expert and Certified Ayurvedic Educator.
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