Hi,
I have campsites on my Ranch near Saguaro National Park that are listed on AirBNB. The sites did great in my first year and I quickly became a superhost.
My second year/season, after Airbnb changed algorithms and added categories I went from superhost to superdud, with only 1 reservation booked through Airbnb. Customer Service manually added two categories for me. I updated pictures and descriptions.
Year/season 3 has been the same result, only 1 reservation through Airbnb.
I have the campsite listed on a competitive camping app and get a lot of bookings. That apps calendar is tied to Airbnb calendar so that it blocks off days reserved to prevent double bookings.
When I search, using the maps with no filters or dates, sometimes my place appears as a smaller bubble, but usually I have to zoom in so that I am the only option for it to appear.
I am wondering if my site could be blacklisted because I use a competitive reservation app? Why doesn't the AI assign appropriate categories? I can thing of at least a dozen categories I would fit into. How can I get back to an equal amount of reservations like I had in year 1?
Comments are appreciated.