How to Respond to a Guest Requesting a Long-Term Booking with a Deposit

[Billy40]

My question is how do I respond to a guest who wants to secure a long term future booking by paying a deposit and paying the balance closer to the time of the booking?

[Bhumika]

Hi @Billy40 ,

I saw your comment on an older post, hence thought of creating a new topic for you. I hope other Hosts notice this and help you with your query.

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[Lorna170]

@Billy40  AirBnB does not facilitate this type of process.  The only way that you might be able to do this is to have the guest book a short stay, paying in full for those dates and then booking them for the additional dates off the platform (which is frowned upon, but then they are repeat guests and can book however they want to).  You could also block the remaining dates and then have the guest request them closer to the dates.  You then send a special offer that they pay for when they accept it.  The only issue with this is that if they do not book, you will have had those dates blocked for a considerable length of time and may miss out on a booking from another guest.

[Helen3]

sorry that's not true @Lorna170  Airbnb only collects the first month for longer term bookings and the guest then pays monthly.

One of the many reason's I would never accept a long term booking from Airbnb. 

[Lorna170]

@Helen3  I guess I misunderstood that it was a long term stay.  I was just concentrating on the guest's request to put down a deposit for a future stay, and AirBnB does not facilitate deposits.  I used to take a deposit for a booking that was way in the future (think next year) and the guest would pay the remainder at 60 days prior to arrival.  Now that AirBnB and other OTAs handle all money, I cannot do this for a guest through the platform.