Icons in Airbnb calendar - definitions please

[Paul154]

Some days in my calendar have a squiggly arrow. While it may be obvious to the Airbnb engineer who designed it, its meaning escapes me.

Worse then that, there is no defining list in HELP. "calendar icons" "sqiggly arrow" bring no helpful hints.

When I search for my listing, it does come up. It is available. There are no "rule sets"

Anybody know the answer to this riddle?

[Marzena4 · Accepted solution]

Are you using Smart Pricing, @Paul154? To me it seems that the days whose prices are set by SP are marked in that way, those exempt do not have them:

[Bettye6]

Hi Marzena4,

I have always used smart pricing & have never seen those. That makes me wonder now?

Perplexing!

Bettye6

[Kathleen277]

Marzena ..... Thank you for this explanation.  I did read however that it seems that I can exempt certain dates from Smart Pricing (SP).  Do you know how this is done or maybe can direct me to a link that explains this.  Thank you 

[Tobias112]

hilight the dates you want to chance the price on in the calendar (drag the cusor across all days you want to change the price). click the 'x' of the smart pricing field on the right side of the screen. you can now change your price there, click save, and the adjusted price appear on the calendar for th days you specifically chose only

[Randy514]

Hello, Can someone tell me what the marked icon means? I

thanks,

[Jasmine589]

I believe this icon means that you have smart pricing turned on, but for the dates showing the icon you have overridden the 'smart price'. If you select a date with the icon, you can see on the panel that the smart pricing button is greyed out.

[Mike-And-Jane0]

@Randy514 it means smart pricing is active for those nights. If you overwrite the price it will go away.

[Randy514]

If smart pricing is activated, then how come not all the dates show this icon?  Some have it, some don't. 

[Randy514]

Ok, I think I see it now...

[Brandy95]

Good morning,

I too am trying to figure out what this symbol means.  I don't have smart pricing turned on and the icon is on all of my dates.  Any ideas?

[Soraya187]

Hi Mike,

I overwrite the smart price and the icon did not go away....  I am trying to turn this smart price off because I do not understand this concept and I am not able to turn it off.   Any clue?   

thank you

[Joan2709]

Hi @Soraya187 

If you want to turn off Smart Pricing for the whole calendar:

Go to Calendar

Right Side - Pricing

Move the Smart Pricing Slider to the Left

If you overwrite/change a price manually, you'll see a line thru the smart pricing icon indicating Smart Pricing is OFF for those dates with the icon:

[David1690]

It's strange that Airbnb can't do something as simple as create a little guide to these icons on the calendar.  The Airbnb platform is always disappointing in one way or another.  You would think a company as big as Airbnb would be better organized.

[Gillian166]

I think it's more a problem of the culture of the tech teams. They get so embroiled in their own world, (dare I suggest they become somewhat like doctors, thinking they are Gods), they lose sight of the client, customer and users. I see this at a few other creative platforms I use, and they make "upgrades" that baffle us. Often the bold employees will subdue the quiet ones (who have great ideas), ....anyway, it's a hotbed of egos and talent that is challenging to control, or understand.