@Jason843 @Rowena29 @Danielle476
Now I am peak busy season with empty calendars. I am hoping for last-minute bookings, so I take a look at what's available on Airbnb for tonight and tomorrow. About 75% of the listings in my area for last minute are hotels (I'm assuming from the partnership with hotel tonight).
Allowing Hotel Tonight to come in has buried host listings, thus diluting their platform, which was something unique. Instead they could have adjusted how they handle last minute bookings to make it easier for hosts to accept them (no pending payments, no 24-hour holds, no split payments, cut the response time from 24 hours to 6 hours) etc.. Instead they sold out what they stand for, and what made them stand apart to begin with.
Since I haven't seen any improvement since first posting this (outside of major holidays), after much debate, I'm selling all my listings in April.
Time for something new....
Airbnb had a good run, but they ruined it.