@Gold-Legend0
You have come here asking for opinions on how you can improve the occupancy rate of your listing. You are going to get some answers that will infuriate you but, none of us are trying to be critical, we are trying to help you from our own experience.
My experience tells me that the greatest magnet in a listing for guests is .....character!
I host in 'no where land'! There is nothing special about my area, I don't have an endless swimmer in the rear yard! There is no beach just down the road, or a golf course through a gate in the back fence. The entertainment centre is 45 Kms away and it's a 15 minute walk to the centre of my town. My listing is just an old garage built in 1952 which I have converted into a studio listing.
My area and my building have nothing to attract guests....but I am fully booked month after month and have been since April 2018!
@Gold-Legend0 If I can be a bit critical, your photos condemn you! There is nothing to attract a guest, there is nothing that a guest will look at and say...."Wow, this looks nice, lets book this"!
You need to have something that will appeal to prospective guests, something that a hotel can't offer, something they can't turn away from.
When guests walk into my listing I apologize for the musty moldy smell, but that smell comes from the books!
Some of those books are 2 centuries old.......
I tell guests I can get rid of the smell if I get rid of the books but every one of them say, they would rather have the books, almost all of them a literary icons.
Every guest gets a cheese plate, crackers and nuts......
They get a beer in the fridge, cereal and eggs and bacon for breakfast. They get something a hotel can not possibly offer and they virtually line up to book.
@Gold-Legend0 you have to have a gimmick, something that will warm the guests heart, something that will make them say, 'well it might not be ideal but I want to stay there'!
Don't expect guests to come to you because you offer 3 bedrooms, 4 beds and a couple of bathrooms......so does hundreds of other listings in Houston! @Gold-Legend0 you have to make yourself stand out.......make them look at your photos and say, "this is where I want to stay"!
You have to give your listing some character, it looks bland and uninteresting. You are not expensive and have a ridiculously cheap cleaning fee but, there is nothing to tug at a prospective guests heart, there is nothing that makes you stand out from your competition!
Instead of being a property investor put yourself in the shoes of your guests! What would you like to walk into if you were spending $600 for a couple of nights?
Cheers.........Rob.