Charging a separate price for one night stays.

[Julia1]

I would like to be able to charge a supplement for one night stays to make them worthwhile for hosts - I have mentioned this numerous times to Airbnb at meetings but they have failed to take it on board and their only suggestion has been to make a cleaning fee. 

Is this something others want? At present I give a discount for 2 or more nights to make up for lack of supplement but this means my search price looks higher than it will probably be.

[Mike-And-Jane0]

@Robin4 There is now the option to add a kitchenette - Or at least there is in the UK

@Julia1 There are other one-off fees you could add if you don't want to call out a cleaning fee. look in pricing under 'other standard fees'

[Janja5]

My feeling is that guests who pay extra cleaning fee, feel they can leave the place in a mess, simply because they are paying the cleaning. I would immediately remove extra cleaning fee if I could charge extra 30% for those staying 3 nights or less. Our usual is 7 nights.

[Faruk38]

.."they can leave the place in a mess, simply because they are paying the cleaning. " .. good point

[Julia1]

Thanks Rob, will see how it goes.

[Rachel177]

@Julia1 I used to charge a small cleaning fee of $25 & had done so for 2.5 years. At the beginning of the year I decided to trial removing the cleaning fee to see if it impacted my bookings.

I've increased my base rate for the room (week day and weekends as I have alway had different rates for those)  and then added an increasing discount for 3 day, 5 day and 7 day stays (my max stay is 10 days). I've not had any decrease in bookings & I'm still listed pretty high on search rankings. And I've had ancedotal feedback from guests that they appreciate when they put booking dates into my listing that they don't have the surprise of a cleaning fee added to the total of the booking - it has turned them off other listings in my area that are listed at a lower fee but then whack on a $100+ cleaning fee.

[Ashley1200]

Hi @Rachel177 May I ask how you set different prices for weekdays, weekends and then special discounts for 3, 5, 7 day stays? Maybe I'm missing something - or maybe it's because I have smart pricing on?? I don't see the option.

[Rachel2393]

Your question isn't for me, but I had the same issue. Read what someone posted about switching to pro tools from your account. Then you can add whatever discount you want for whatever days.

[Suzanne176]

With the fees Airbnb charge, they really could do better in consulting with hosts about what is important and necessary in reality at the ground level. To be able to display a single night price rather than hosts messaging to explain what's been noted in the listing and changing prices affects guests' confidence in booking with us. 

[Chris11429]

Yes I’d like to charge a fee for one night stays and not have to pretend that the need doesn’t exist. And I’d still charge a cleaning fee. That way I could be transparent about the costs to my business. At present I’m charging about a fifth of the cost of cleaning. 

[Anna9170]

@Julia1  I read in various topics that hosts are" psychologically " against the cleaning fee and do not understand what is wrong.🤔
You can make this fee minimal, but it is an ideal tool for regulating prices if you rent a house from 1 night...Why aren't you surprised by Amazon or supermarket prices when 1 item isn't proportional to 5 items, it's business and it's normal.

[Clara630]

I charge a cleaning fee if 130 . That is what my cleaner charges me. I want the place to be spotless. 

[Marius187]

We definitely need an ability to change listing price for 1 night. Cleaning fee is not an option as quest leave more mess around and they do not like this phytologically. 

[Mike-And-Jane0]

@Marius187 If you put a nightly price you desire (high for one night stays) and then put in a discount for any length of stay from 2 nights upwards you will achieve your aim.

[Marius187]

Thank you. Somehow it allows me to provide discounts for at least 1 week or more.

[Mike-And-Jane0]

@Marius187 Ah - yes - Sorry. You need to go to your account and switch on Pro Tools. Then you can add a ruleset to your calendar that allows discounts to be set as I suggested.

Good luck (but tag me in your response if you still need help)