I had hoped a more granular approach would change the existing length of stay discounts. For 3-bedroom apartments like my two AirBnBs, in my town the most common length of stay is two nights for one or two bedrooms needed, then stays around 3-5 nights - we are a popular town for staying en-route, taking a break from travel, but not especially for a week's stay. I am missing one-night stay bookings entirely (I've just switched this back on), getting too many two-night bookings which then block out a day each end (I can not do same day turnround with a 1100sq ft wing to clean between each stay). Also, after lowering my rate dramatically for a short period near the end of this month, all it did was get a booking for 2 midweek nights for a team of two workers needing two bedrooms, a huge amount of work for almost nothing and effectively blocking out other stays.
Though each wing of the house can sleep six, with one king, one double and one sofabed/bunks option I was charging for four guests and then £25 extra per guest - have changed that to making the basic booking cover one guest only, then £10 for each further up the maximum 6. This will still not prevent guests from asking to have three rooms made up for three guests. What I really need from AirBnB is the ability to charge per room per night, with each room having a capacity (always 2 for mine). But this isn't offered or possible - just like being able to set a high price for a single night, but reduce it for 2 and 3 and thereafter a base rate.
Has anyone worked out a way to achieve this?
David