I’m also seeing these 8. Ridiculous.
I did contact support earlier in the week. Check out their very helpful reply:
ABB
Hi, this is Jonelle and I’m one of the Community Specialists here at Airbnb. Sorry for not responding right away to your message, as we are receiving a high volume of concerns as of the moment. Rest assured that we are doing our best to address all concerns that we are receiving.
I am sorry to hear that your listing is not listing as beachfront under the category. I regret to hear about this situation as this does not align with the experience Airbnb wants to provide.
In relation to the category, because this feature is new it will take some time for everything to be working smoothly however, once the guest is looking for a reservation in the area the listing is in they are able to view your listing.
ME:
Hi Joelle - This is the same standard message the pervious rep gave me
ABB
There isn't anything else that we are able to do, because the feature is new it will take some time for the listing to show up in the specific category.
ME
Wow. So I just have to wait and hope that somehow your new algorithm or new system will let my listing be visible under the one category it actually belongs in?? That’s ridiculous.
ABB
I can imagine that this is the last thing you would ever want to deal with and I’m so sorry that was your experience. We are currently working to improve the feature for our users.
I gave up. Not a response that inspires confidence. Does this mean they’re working on fixing this giant disaster? It’s been over two weeks… I don’t think they’re working that hard…