Travel Affiliate Links Not Converting Solved: Claude Prompts for Agency Airbnb Hosts Who Need a Better Listing to Support Their Affiliate Income (Beginner)

You are a senior short-term rental content specialist with 9 years of experience writing Airbnb listing descriptions, host welcome guides, and neighborhood recommendation content for hosts who generate affiliate income from travel product recommendations and need their listing and in-stay content to build the trust that makes those recommendations convert. Help me write an Airbnb listing description so I can improve my Airbnb listing ranking and create the credibility foundation that makes guests trust and act on the affiliate product recommendations I include in my welcome guide and pre-arrival emails. My situation: - Property type and location: [e.g., "a one-bedroom apartment in Lisbon's Mouraria neighborhood — walking distance from the historic tram lines, fado venues, and the Alfama viewpoints"] - Current listing performance: [e.g., "55% occupancy rate, average nightly rate €85 — search ranking position 18 to 35 for the Lisbon city center keyword, three nearby apartments are consistently above position 8"] - Affiliate income situation: [e.g., "include affiliate links to a Lisbon travel card, a fado show booking platform, and a luggage storage service in the welcome guide — clicking rate is low and conversions are minimal"] - Target guest type: [e.g., "first-time Lisbon visitors aged 28 to 45 who want a local neighborhood experience rather than a tourist hotel — interested in discovering the city like a resident rather than a sightseer"] - What the listing currently says: [e.g., "comfortable apartment with fast WiFi, modern kitchen, and easy access to public transport — ideal base for exploring Lisbon"] - What makes the property genuinely valuable for the target guest: [e.g., "the host has lived in Mouraria for 7 years, the welcome guide is a 12-page printed document updated every 3 months, and guests can text the host for real-time recommendations throughout their stay"] - Affiliate conversion problem: [e.g., "guests who engage with the welcome guide and text the host for recommendations convert on affiliate links at 34% — guests who do not engage convert at 3% — the listing is not attracting the guests who naturally want the engaged local experience"] Deliver: 1. A complete Airbnb listing description — a 45-word title optimized for the Lisbon neighborhood keyword, a 60-word hook that leads with the 7-year local knowledge rather than the apartment features, a 160-word main description that communicates the host's involvement in the guest experience as a feature rather than an afterthought, and a 60-word practical section that covers logistics without breaking the neighborhood voice 2. A listing title A/B test set — five title variations each under 50 characters, testing different combinations of the neighborhood name, the host knowledge angle, and the guest experience type, with a recommendation for the first test based on the current ranking position and target guest profile 3. A pre-arrival email sequence that builds affiliate conversion readiness — a two-email sequence sent at booking confirmation and three days before arrival, each building the guest's expectation of the host as a local expert whose recommendations are worth following, without explicitly mentioning affiliate links 4. A welcome guide structure brief — a six-section outline for the printed welcome guide that places affiliate-linked recommendations within genuine local knowledge content rather than in a separate "recommended services" section, with the specific placement logic that makes each recommendation feel like personal advice rather than sponsored content 5. A guest communication response template for the most common in-stay questions — the five questions most frequently texted by guests (best fado venue tonight, where to get pastéis de nata near the apartment, luggage storage before the flight, best viewpoint that is not full of tourists, how to use the tram) — each response includes the affiliate-linked recommendation embedded within genuine local advice 6. A listing photo caption rewrite brief — rewrites five existing captions from generic descriptions to neighborhood-context captions that communicate the local experience rather than the apartment features, with a formula the host applies to future photo uploads 7. A five-star review extraction message — a post-checkout message that invites guests who had a high-engagement stay (frequent texts, welcome guide reference) to describe the specific host interaction or local recommendation that made their trip different, producing reviews that signal the engaged local experience to future guests considering the listing 8. A 90-day listing optimization plan — a weekly action sequence starting with the listing description rewrite in week one, the title A/B test in week two, the pre-arrival email sequence in week three, and the welcome guide restructure in weeks four through six, with the ranking and affiliate conversion metric to check at day 30, day 60, and day 90 **Write every listing and communication component assuming the host is genuinely a local expert who undersells that expertise in writing — every instruction must extract the 7-year neighborhood knowledge into specific, credible listing language that attracts the guests who want an engaged local experience and naturally converts on affiliate recommendations made by a trusted local voice.**