I've long been intrigued if not confused by the Airbnb search algorithm. Why do so many guests, like @Emilia42's guests, want to stay at my place when they are bent on going to a national park an hour away? There are many, many Airbnbs over there. How do they find my place after they've typed in "Acadia, Maine" in the search bar? How much of the search was influenced by guests who mentioned it in reviews or keywords from my listing?
Turns out Airbnb, unbeknownst to me, assigned a region when I first started hosting. I found out by going to Performance -> Occupancy & Rates or Performance -> Conversion and choosing "Monthly Report" in the upper right corner. The Excel spreadsheet that downloads lists your region between your listing title and your currency.
This isn't all bad, I suppose. But it does cast even more doubt on the "location" star rating. If we can't control the location's search parameters, why should we be marked down on that score?
My region is Acadia National Park. What's yours?