Hello everyone,
I just submitted feedback to Airbnb that I would like to be able to create a rule that prevents guests from checking out on certain days. The check in rules are helpful, but don't always work as intended. For example, I created a two day minimum rule for December 31st and January 1st, saying that guests must check in on December 31st. I was trying to avoid any check outs on January 1 out of respect for my cleaning crew. However, a guest booked from December 30th - January 1, getting around this rule. I have had this happen before as well on holiday weekends; I have a three day minimum set, but the guest starts the reservation before the holiday weekend (and therefore the rule), and ends up checking out half way through.
If we were able to create rules that prevented check out on certain days instead of just night minimums, I think this would solve my problems. I encourage other hosts to submit this feedback as well. (I tweeted, spoke to customer service, and then was also given the feedback link.)
Has anyone found any other solution to this type of problem? I still have my "rule" created for Christmas but also added wording to my listing to please not check in or check out on Christmas. Any other ideas?