Hosting question

[Witti0]

As a host, is there any way I can list my house for monthly rentals only without the possibly of daily rentals?

[Paul1255]

Hi @Witti0  I hope you are well!

You can list to attract monthly rentals only.

You'd need to change your minimum nights stay from whatever it is currently to 28/30 night minumum and then perhaps add a discount to encourage those longer bookings.

You'd be excluding a large section of guests who travel, so might limit your bookings- but I don't know your area so this may work fine for you!

You're new to the platform, so I would say it would be sensible to take much shorter bookings to cut your teeth on, and help iron out any hosting creases- much better to do this with guests who visit for a shorter amount of time than have problems/issues with longer term guests who will always make more use of your home/facilities.

Paul 🙂

[Witti0]

Hi Paul -

Thanks for your reply. I had tried listing on Airbnb with a minimum stay but it seemed customers still requested weekend rentals. The sheer number of requests became overwhelming to keep up with. I want a more prominent way to state that the home is only available for monthly rentals. The problem is the daily rate that’s listed. I wish there was a way to remove that.

We are new to Airbnb but not new to hosting, we use local real estate brokers to find clients, and renting for the month is the norm here in the Hamptons. The rents are standard here for a large home - 20K per month for May, June and July and 25K for August which also includes Labor Day.

Regards

[Jeff158]

@Witti0 

Put in your description "Monthly rentals only" and a minimum stay of 30 nights

I think custom monthly prices overides any nightly price.

Go to "Length of stay discounts" and scoll to the bottom where it should say: 

You can also set a custom price for a specific week or month.

[Cay0]

I am also in The Hamptons and so far it’s been very very different to my other listings in different areas. New York, The Hamptons has a history and reputation and I have had consistently had young groups of guests book for only four and turn up with six or more guests, one arrived with 9 additional people. It’s a mess. And we need an Airbnb representative who knows this area to assist with making our controls a bit different due to this unique environment. I am mulling over how to re list this property. I am thinking as single rooms, not an apartment.