Hey everyone,
So lately I've had the issue that I have had to deny a lot of guests (pushing my listing way down in search results I presume) because I do not allow males traveling alone to stay with me as it is a shared apartment and I am female, and I also don't allow people to book more than three months in advance because I cannot ensure that I will be home on any given day or week 6 months (or even a year) in advance. This is written in my description but what I'm sure will be a shock to all of you, not a lot of guests read descriptions. I've gotten almost threatening emails from airbnb telling me that they will pull my listing if I don't start accepting more reservation requests.
Of course, it adds insult to injury when airbnb tries to convince the general public that everyone who is hosting is just "normal people looking for some extra money" but then turn around and heckle their hosts into functioning like a hotel, which is just not feasible.
Does anyone have any solution to this? I can't realistically change my calendar every day to reflect the three month in advance booking period, and also cannot really do anything about the male traveling alone thing. Just looking for any solutions so I don't have to pull my listing from airbnb entirely.
Thanks,
Agatha