Hi Lizzie,
This might be great for long-term hosts, but the new calendar AWFUL on a day to day basis!!! So, I only host when it suits me (no more than 3 months in advance), and I often change my nightly price because my city has many festivals/students/tourism cycles. SO I need a calendar I can update quickly and on-the-spot.
I just tried to unblock some dates and set a new lower price for them in autumn. Before I could easily do this on the right side of my calendar. I could even manage the minimum stay! But now I have to write down all my dates (which are many, and change regularly), then go back into a separate window (which I still haven't managed to find) to update them there? Are you kidding me? I'm so frustrated that I gave up immediately and found this forum so I could convey my absolutely DISLIKE for this new platform.
This new calendar will cause HUGE errors on my end because it's not user-friendly anymore. I know Airbnb wants hosts to try out the "smart pricing" feature but to be honest, it's not what I want as a host. I want full control of my property and my prices, and this new system does not reflect that level of autonomy. Moreover, I imagine new hosts will find the calendar to be confusing and finicky. This will be a massive nightmare for me, a host who changes her calendar frequently and without reference to an Airbnb smart pricing algorithm.
The older format was excellent for managing short-term lets quickly and efficiently without errors, because all changes could be made in the same windows. Being forced to duplicate information will only cause errors.
BRING BACK THE PREVIOUS CALENDAR!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!