So I just searched for my property on Airbnb. I am a superhost in a non-tourist focused market. We are a relatively small market area. You'd think that I would be relatively easy to find, right? I also searched for my sisters property. She won the award last year for highest ratings in our province and was named as Top 13 Most Hospitable Hosts in Canada. She definitely should show up in a search of our area, right?
Neither of us showed up in the search. There were over 100 non-superhost properties on the list. I scrolled all the way through the search results and nothing. My search criteria was simply my province. According to the promo to hosts, attaining superhost status should be the key to getting better position on the search results, right? What is up with this, Airbnb?
Also, I have only received bookings from people who already knew about my space since the new update. Their search results haven't gained me any new bookings. Before the "update" I was booked solid at least 6 weeks ahead and constantly getting new bookings because I have a unique property in my area. Now I am half booked for August and only 30% booked for Sept.
After having worked hard to meet all the criteria that Airbnb put forward as a way to have a successful business on their platform, this is incredibly disappointing.