@Brandt3
Did you ever wonder if Airbnb send suggestion to themselves on how to improve the platform, members of this community constantly send Airbnb ideas and suggestion on how to improve the platform which for the most part fall on deaf ears.
I can only think of two ideas, well they were not really ideas, more common sense,
- Having to put in dates in the booking section to establish the correct price for a stay.
- Putting a spell checker on CC posts, even this seem to be an inferior one.
I suggested years ago a “price matrix” which you set your base price and it either increase or decrease based on predetermined criteria, for example
Plus - add extra to the nightly price
Minus – deducts from the nightly price
- A swimming pool “Plus”
- A jacuzzi “Plus”
- No washing machine “Minus”
- No dishwasher “Minus”
- Bedlinen supplied “Plus”
- Sofa Bed “minus”
- Hosts check in Guest “Plus”
- Self check-in “Minus” this is a tricky one based on guests’ expectations
- Large accommodation “Plus”
- Bathtub “Plus”
- Breakfast supplied “Plus”
- Animals allowed “Plus” within reason no horses or pet bears
- Strict cancellation policy “Minus”
- Etcetera
I suspect about one hundred items should cover everything
This would require the Host to do some homework, but if this was in existence for all hosts it would be a far better determination of price per night then I can think of, and it would give the bods at Airbnb something to work with to drive out value for everybody.