Sharp drop in bookings May 2025 -

[Evan-and-Shelby0]

In the last couple of years - our Airbnb has been pretty good on bookings. We were booked almost every weekend. Going forward though - it looks like we’ve got almost no o

bookings for the summer where we would have before. 

I’d love if someone could look at our listing and maybe let us know if there’s anything we could be doing? 

Here’s the link to this property:

 

 Www. Airbnb. com /l/VOsNrdnR 

(had to put spaces or it wouldn’t let me share ) 

[Qurratul0]

Hello Evan ,

Can you please share the link to your listing with me i will look into it. 

thanks 

Anny 

[Evan-and-Shelby0]

https://www.airbnb.com/l/l3JlWdU7

[Joelle43]

Hello @Evan-and-Shelby0 

One thing juts out for me - I would remove the pictures that have snow showing in your Top 5 pictures (I counted 2 I think) to show pictures of the lovely veranda and patio with no snow in those all important top pictures!  People are looking forward to longer and sunnier days now😊

If you have problems moving the pictures from your computer, go onto the App and move them from there!  

All the best
Joëlle

[Emilie]

Hi @Evan-and-Shelby0, 

Great to hear bookings have been going well for you so far! Have there been specific events the past few weekends that were maybe attracting visitors to the area?

I see Joelle has already shared some advice with you, and I'd love to see if a few of our other hosts have more to suggest - @Jeanna27 @Chippy3 @Ruth290 @Jason2680 @Nicholas439  what do you think?

Thanks 🙂

Emilie

[Nicholas439]

Thanks @Emilie for tagging and Hello to @Evan-and-Shelby0 , I checked out your listing and definitely NOT the problem.  You have awesome reviews and great photos - I'd stay there!  Obviously you have been successful in the past with the property and I doubt it is anything YOU changed - which means the market did.  I did a search for Louisville, Kentucky - and your listing was the first spot, so you are definitely getting exposure and views with the Airbnb algorithm.  I did notice you are in the top tier pricing wise.  Definitely the most expensive for similar number of bedrooms and fairly equal with larger homes but same number of beds.  I've experienced the same phenomena in Austin with significantly increased competition and lowered market prices due to this.  Only way I keep getting bookings is run deals - I have a sliding scale of increased discounts for longer stays and additionally ramp up discounts the closer un-booked nights are.  That way you can still get the better pricing for forward booking but fill in the gaps by discounting vacancies that are coming up in the next week or two.  Hope that helps and good luck with bookings.     

[Jason2680]

Check your competitors calendars. If they’re experiencing a similar lack of bookings, that’s much different than there being a weakness in your listing. 
If your competitors are experiencing similar downturns, you’ve got to find ways to have guests find you first. 
if you’re listing is uniquely being overlooked, then study your best competitors listings to find out what makes them stand out above your listing. Then, do what they do and look for ways to do it better.