noone can book a reservation

Maurice219
Level 2
Toronto, Canada

noone can book a reservation

my listing has specific paramters - 7 days only bookings starting on saturdays, but noone can book using those parameters - we just set up the airbnb listing - what am I doing wrong?

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Branka-and-Silvia0
Level 10
Zagreb, Croatia

@Maurice219  it takes about 24 hours for a new listing to become visible and active.

Also, don't forget to set up your payout bank account to receive future payouts and don't forget to open your calendar, I think new listing's calendars are blocked by default.

Sarah977
Level 10
Sayulita, Mexico

@Maurice219  Make sure you use rule sets to set up your Saturday to Saturday only booking parameters. It's not enough to just say it in your listing ad. That won't prevent people from booking outside of those restrictions.

 

Proofread your listing- it says bonfires twice in a row.

And your photo gallery is incomplete.

 

There are 3 bedrooms, yet you only have photos of 2 of them, and they are taken from really weird angles. I would redo the bedroom photos. You want to give an impression of a really comfy bed and a couple photos of each bedroom, from different angles might be good, to show the whole room. As is, I can't see any closet or chest of drawers, i.e. where will guests put their clothes and belongings? There are no photos of the bathrooms. You don't really need detail photos of decorative wall art.

 

And that photo of the woodstove with the firewood piled up right against the stove is really frightening- do you want guests to burn your cottage down? You need to be aware that city people who have never used a woodstove or built a fire in their lives are going to book. Guests and fire are a really bad combo. Please take extra safe precautions if you are going to let guests make fires. Piling wood next to the stove is a terrible idea.

Pat271
Level 10
Greenville, SC

It appears that there are no free days on your calendar until June.  If you meant to have earlier dates available, check all of your rules and availability settings.

 

I tried selecting a Saturday in June, and your parameters seem to be working for the date I chose.