Been slow going since the new roll out a few months back. I’m 4 minutes from a national park that gets 2 million visitors a year and the closest hotel is an hour away and my numbers dropped dramatically since the roll out. All summer (which was the highest tourist season to date here) was less than half booked. (I’ve always been fully booked using AIrBnb only)
so no you are not alone and tourists are coming out in mass numbers.
I also dropped my rates down to ridiculously low and still didn’t catch anything so I don’t think it’s the rates. It’s more likely that we are just not coming up in the searches. When they started this new system I think the algorithm was “reset” and all of the momentum I’ve gained over the years was rolled back to zero. For ex: there is a listing right next door to mine. Not a superhost (as I am) and the stars are much lower than my 4.99 rating. The pics are dated, the place is in disrepair and not well maintained, it has negative reviews, and it shows right at the top of searches and my listing is buried if it even shows at all.
Really frustrating after working so hard to get such stellar reviews and maintain my superhost status.
I have also noticed that under the national park listing (where I should show up at the top being 4 minutes away) the listings that populate are all quite far away from the park. A long arduous drive from many but anyone searching won’t know the logísticos of our island. They just see the listing under the national park and assume it’s close.
Those kinds of things make me crazy frustrated and Airbnb has yet to really resolve anything (in my case) even after literally hours of communications.
Very frustrating to say the least.
Shows me they don’t seem to care about the little guys. If you own an island or a potato house I’m sure you might get different results.