Pricing

[Michael614]

I now know how to apply a fixed price for a fixed period like one of the congresses in Cannes.  Can you help me on another two aspects of pricing.

Nightly Price

Like most listers on AirBnB I price by the night but with a minimum of nights but also by the week. 

I don’t charge for the nights and then add the cost of cleaning/linen on top.

So for example the price between 8th April and 17th May the nightly price is €311.00 per night with a minimum stay of 5 nights.  However the price for 5, 6 or 7 nights is the same: €1,555.00. This is 5 x the nightly price.

However if on AirBnB I put a price of €311 per night my listing will appear to expensive but if I put €222 (€1,555.00 divided by 7) then the price will be two low to somebody booking only for 5 nights.

Is there any way to correct for this or am I trying to do something that is just not possible? 

Weekly Pricing

For the summer holiday weeks from 1st July to 31st August approx. Guests must book by the week.  They can not book say 10 days or if they do they have to pay for 2 weeks and it must be from Saturday to Saturday. How do I enforce this?

So if the nightly price is €458 the weekly price is €2,290.  So someone staying for 3 nights would still pay €2,290.00 and somebody wanting to stay for 10 nights would still pay €4,580.

How do I enforce this?

Thank you for all your help.

[Alice-and-Jeff0]

What you are asking is possible on Airbnb but not in an 100% automated way.  

First, you can set pricing for 7 days with a discount (but not 6).  So if you only want to charge for 5 nights, add a discount for guests booking for a full 7.  If a guest requests for 6, you can always provide them with a refund of one night via the resolution center if you only want to charge for 5 nights.  You can also send them a "Special Offer" when they request your flat for the amount you want to charge.  This is easiest when you have Instant Book turned off. 

https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/1233/how-do-i-set-custom-weekly-or-monthly-pricing

Second, for weekly only bookings in the summer months, you can turn on a customized weekly pricing and then right in your listing description say that you only accept full week bookings or partial weeks billed at the full-week price.  https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/503/how-do-i-set-custom-or-seasonal-pricing

BTW, while you are trying to sort all of this out, you may want to snooze your listing.  You have already cancelled a reservation and Airbnb penalizes you.  

https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/990/i-m-a-host--what-penalties-apply-if-i-need-to-cancel-a-reser...

Good luck.