@Huma0 There seems to have been a real ‘scramble’ during the pandemic as people realised that due to not being able to travel abroad they had to ‘staycation’ and the costs of this as availability fell and prices went up were absolutely’eye watering’ in some cases. This gave many ideas, and new listings were created, particularly in tourist areas as people rented out their own homes and moved in temporarily with relatives in order to make some money. And I suspect that those listings remain on the off chance that they will be booked.
I have avoided putting my prices up us well because I suspect it will put people off, particularly given all the grumbling about low bookings. Fortunately, our electricity bill (no gas) has never been too high as we have led lights, energy efficient appliances etc and our heating is log fire with back boiler.
We are fortunately booked through to the end of Sept, with one reservation in October (surprisingly, not half term week). However, the majority of those bookings are for repeat visitors, people attending local events, people visiting family but not new guests just wanting to do sightseeing.
I hope your booking rates pick up soon as from what I am hearing and seeing on social media this new category system that Airbnb have rolled out does seem to be hitting the ‘Home share’ host the hardest.