Drive bookings with these tips
One promising travel trend on Airbnb is that searches for longer stays nearby have more than doubled worldwide. People are turning to us for these types of reservations, which can provide the flexibility they need with the comforts of home.
Welcoming longer stays can be a smart hosting strategy. Listings that are open to bookings of 28 nights or more can outearn those that aren’t.*
If you haven’t made your space available for longer stays or switched to a flexible cancellation policy, now is a great time to consider changing your settings. Click the link below for four ways to get your space ready.
Attract longer stays to help your business
Attract longer stays to help your business
1. Demand for a more flexible cancellation policy
1. Demand for a more flexible cancellation policy
It's smarter to be on a Flexible cancellation policy right now and give guests a peace of mind.
If you have a strict policy in place, you can switch to a flexible or moderate policy. This is how to edit your listings' cancellation policy in bulk:
- Go to your Listings page
- Click on the tick boxes on the left of each listing. You can also select all of your listings by clicking on the top most box.
- Once listings are selected, click on "Edit Selected" on the top right of your window.
- Scroll to find cancellation policy
- Select your preferred cancellation policy and click Save.
If you have a strict policy in place, you can switch to a flexible or moderate policy. This is how to edit your listings' cancellation policy in bulk:
- Go to your Listings page
- Click on the tick boxes on the left of each listing. You can also select all of your listings by clicking on the top most box.
- Once listings are selected, click on "Edit Selected" on the top right of your window.
- Scroll to find cancellation policy
- Select your preferred cancellation policy and click Save.
2. Longer stays discounts
2. Longer stays discounts
If you haven’t made your space available for longer stays, now is a great time to consider changing your settings.
Less than 50% of hosts offer a weekly or monthly discount, and those who do tend to get more bookings for longer stays. For hosts with more than one listing, you can make these adjustments across all of your listings at once from your Listings page.
Plus, if you add a monthly discount, your listings will be searchable by guests looking for listings for more than 28 nights
Less than 50% of hosts offer a weekly or monthly discount, and those who do tend to get more bookings for longer stays. For hosts with more than one listing, you can make these adjustments across all of your listings at once from your Listings page.
Plus, if you add a monthly discount, your listings will be searchable by guests looking for listings for more than 28 nights
3. New Listing Promotion
3. New Listing Promotion
A 20% promotion for your first 3 bookings for your new and unbooked listings.
Our new listing promotion allows hosts to easily apply a 20% discount to any eligible listings for the first three bookings. In order to be eligible, a listing must have fewer than 3 bookings and smart pricing disabled.
This promotion gives you the ability to merchandise discounts to guests, which is a great way to make your listings stand out—especially during shoulder seasons. Plus, there is no commitment, so you can opt-out at any time if you feel like the promotion isn’t working for you.
Our new listing promotion allows hosts to easily apply a 20% discount to any eligible listings for the first three bookings. In order to be eligible, a listing must have fewer than 3 bookings and smart pricing disabled.
This promotion gives you the ability to merchandise discounts to guests, which is a great way to make your listings stand out—especially during shoulder seasons. Plus, there is no commitment, so you can opt-out at any time if you feel like the promotion isn’t working for you.
4. Non-refundable option
4. Non-refundable option
Boost bookings with tiered pricing.
Our tiered pricing option can help you increase revenue by letting guests choose either a listing’s standard rate and cancellation policy, or a 10% lower rate that is immediately locked in and nonrefundable.
This reduced rate shows up in search results, potentially generating more page views, faster bookings, and higher revenue. Guests also feel empowered when they can choose the rate and policy that best suits them.
The feature doesn’t replace your existing settings—it just gives guests an additional option. You can apply it to any of your eligible listings or all of them.* There’s no commitment. You can deactivate the feature anytime and reapply it later if you choose.
Our tiered pricing option can help you increase revenue by letting guests choose either a listing’s standard rate and cancellation policy, or a 10% lower rate that is immediately locked in and nonrefundable.
This reduced rate shows up in search results, potentially generating more page views, faster bookings, and higher revenue. Guests also feel empowered when they can choose the rate and policy that best suits them.
The feature doesn’t replace your existing settings—it just gives guests an additional option. You can apply it to any of your eligible listings or all of them.* There’s no commitment. You can deactivate the feature anytime and reapply it later if you choose.