Blog.
The latest updates, stories, ideas and guides from the Minut team
Igloohome and Minut partner to better guest comfort, host convenience, and neighborhood safety
Igloohome smart locks and the Minut home sensor were designed to help you host happy.
Minut can now call your guests (and other Guest Connect upgrades)
We’re making noise monitoring even easier and more efficient by launching Autocall, editable messages and noise timeline.
Party-free hosting in Ibiza
A short term rental host tells us how he managed to keep his Ibiza properties safe and party-free all summer, despite the island’s party reputation.
Monitor occupancy with our new feature
Crowd detect is the latest in our continued efforts to make short term rental work for guests, hosts and neighbors alike.
How Minut works to protect guest privacy
Nils Mattisson, Minut CEO and Co-founder, explains what measures we take to ensure that guest privacy is at the heart of everything we do at Minut.
Women Leaders in STR
This Women’s Day, we are celebrating the women that lead the way towards a more sustainable, more inclusive and continuously thriving industry: the female CEOs, CMOs and founders that make STR run.
Kasa and Minut partner to protect properties all over the U.S.
The partnership shows our joint commitment to creating a stronger and more sustainable STR landscape.
Airbnb Design Tips to Make Your Listing Stand Out
Planning an Airbnb makeover and don’t know where to start? We list 5 essential steps you can take to attract the right kind of guest.
Staying close to home while thousands of miles away
In this Minut Story, Enrique tells us how Minut helps him feel closer to home even when his work takes him thousands of miles away.
Must Have Amenities for Your Vacation Rental in 2021
Sean Rakidzich from Airbnb Automated shares the checklist he uses to set up his properties for success in 2021. Find out which amenities are must-haves, whether you’re just starting out or managing over a hundred homes, like Sean does.
Minut Story: The Guest Who Threw a Party and Left Balenciaga Shoes Behind
We’re launching Minut Stories with a piece from Margaret, a Liverpool-based STR host. Find out how she deals with illegal parties in her rental, and what role Balenciaga shoes play in it.
Five Ways Property Management Companies Can Use Tech To Achieve Organizational Efficiency
This is a guest post by Alon Eitan, Director of Strategy and Business Development at short-term property management platform Guesty.
A Global Perspective on STR Regulations
We explore how different cities around the world approach STR regulations, and share a few tips on what you can do to avoid stringent measures in your area.
Accept Bookings with Confidence
We present 5 tips on party prevention - all coming from experienced professional property managers and hosts.
6 Reasons Hosts Love Minut
With customers in more than 120 countries, Minut has become the preferred monitoring solution among STR hosts worldwide.
3 Ways to Grow Your Property Management Business
James Svetec, the founder of BNB Mastery Program and co-author of Airbnb for Dummies, shares his expert advice on scaling an Airbnb business.
10 Instagram Accounts Every Airbnb Host Should Follow
We're trying something new this time with a guide that’s less techy, but hopefully just as inspirational 💡 Let us know what you think and if you’d like to see more posts like this. #HostHappy
Guest Connect and PMS Integrations are here
We’re launching the three features you most requested: Guest Connect, an automated monitoring solution that contacts the guest on your behalf, and integrations with property management systems and Zapier.
How Minut works with GDPR
Minut Co-founder Marcus Ljungblad clarifies some of the most pressing questions on GDPR and protecting consumers’ right to privacy, a cause Minut has championed since day one.
The Future of Travel
Nils Mattisson, Minut CEO & Co-founder, shares his thoughts on the changing face of the travel industry and its road to recovery.
Scandinavian Design in Your Home
We have collected the five main principles of Scandinavian design that inspired the Minut design team - and can be easily implemented in any home.
The Home That We All Share
Celebrating Earth Day and the power of sharing economy as a way towards a more sustainable future.
How to protect your vacant rental property
There’s a good chance that at some point during the year your rental properties are vacant, so here’s 6 tips on how to protect them.
Celebrating the Minut women's achievements
Minut has grown its female workforce by 400% for the past year and would like to celebrate the Minut women's achievements for #IWD2020.
The Renters Guide to Home Security
As of 2018, the total amount of rent paid to private landlords was double the amount of mortgage payments paid by homeowners.
Not Your Parent’s Security System
From dorm rooms to student homes, Minut gives students the peace of mind that everything is safe and sound back home.
If Banksy Has a Security System it’s Probably Minut
If surveillance makes us so uncomfortable, why do we continue to accept it?
Cameras Aren’t the Future of Home Security, Our Communities Are
Today, we have cameras in our doorbells and living rooms, but neglect one of the most effective security measures at our disposal.
Growing Up in the Age of Surveillance
Cameras capture large portions of our day-to-day lives, but as surveillance moves beyond public spaces and into the home, the effects of constant watching on kids may extend well beyond childhood.
Giorgia Lupi’s Quest for the Humanity Behind Data
Equal parts art and science, Giorgia Lupi’s transformational vision for redefining our relationship with big data.
The Sophistication of Simplicity
Instantly recognisable for their understated elegance, and warm approach to minimalism.
The Importance of Home
What is it about the place where we lay our head at night that makes it so indispensable to our identity, our sense of self, and our feeling of security and groundedness?
Fishing Village that Took Over the Tech World
The remarkable success of Shenzhen, and the story of the Minut device’s journey from prototype to product.
3.5 Offices and a Series A later
The story of Minut in London: Where we’ve been, where we are now, and everywhere we still want to go