Hello Airbnb,
I am a host and today I visited the Airbnb site from a neutral computer that isn't mine.
I did not login but went straight to search for my listing by entering location and time.
The area showed up on the map but my listing did not.
Calendar settings were fine though, the selected dates were available.
Looking closer I found that the "Superhost" filter was activated on default.
I tried several other computers in the office and the same thing happened everywhere.
Now, I am not a superhost (yet) as I only finished my listing some three months ago.
But I have received three bookings for summer already.
Currently though my listing won't show up, because you have set this filter on default.
QUESTION:
Do you really think it's a good idea if new hosts don't show up??? How is one supposed to become a superhost if he cannot be found? And no, I don't think removing the default filter is an obvious thing to do for searching guests.
PLEASE do reply to this, as I think it means major disadvantages to new hosts, like me and many others.
Thanks, Tom