No bookings for December??!!

Laura2319
Level 1
Staunton, VA

No bookings for December??!!

I have had a pretty successful Airbnb in Staunton Virginia since June. But we are already through mid-November and nobody has booked for December. This is never happened before. November was a pretty decent month so for this change to happen is very drastic. Is there something wrong with my account? Are people not finding me all of a sudden? Insight please? 

 

Laura

The Simple Charmer

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Paul1255
Level 10
London, United Kingdom

Hey @Laura2319 I can't say anything about seasonality where you are as I don't know your area, but people do tend to travel less during the Christmas period.

 

I don't know if guests would do different things in your area in winter than summer and if so, maybe you could adjust your listing discription/photos to show that to potential guests.

 

I have about 7 days of December booked out at the moment which is less than would be usual for me in a normal month, but then comparing the months as they go isn't a fair comparison- comparing year-on-year is the best way, but neither of us have the data for that....yet  🙂

 

Your listing looks very charming! I did have a quick scout around, it doesn't look like you have updated your calendar for 3 months- it's worth doing this daily if you can- blocking a date, then opening it again, adjusting a price and then adjusting it back.

 

This shows you being an 'active' host on the platform, and this can help with your search rankings and so on- active hosts make safer bets for bookings and should show higher in search results.

 

I log on daily and make a change, make a simple change to the text in my listing etc.

My december is super quiet this year, good time to take a break.