When I scroll through my message history, I see a status next to each message.
In that view, all messages (Inquiries and Requests) are shown.
I have 15 Accepted, 12 Declined, 6 Not Possible.
When I filter by Reservations, I have 15 Accepted, 3 Declined, 1 Not Possible.
If acceptance rate is a real thing on Airbnb (it's not documented anywhere), then what is used to calculate it?
My three "reservation declines" were"
1) A guest wanted to start on a night that I was out of town. I wouldn't have been able to get home to clean up after the previous guest before his arrival.
2) An underage guest wanted to book (which I rejected).
3) A guest wanted to extend their stay, but instead I modified their existing booking, to save them the additional fees.
My other 'inquiry declines' were based on host preferences, mismatched booking dates, scheduling conflicts, or people trying to book on behalf of acquaintances.
So... I assume that the Reservation Decines are the ones that matter. But even so... that number is not a good measure of my acceptance rate, since most of those declines are for REALLY Good reasons.
@Raffaele-and-Astrid0 said:
"You decline more than 50% of the request, so this mean that you miss half of your potential revenue..."
That isn't really an accurate statement at all.
I don't think I've ever lost revenue from declining a reservation. Why? Because there's usually another guest that books the same date, or simply a mixup in the original booking that is resolved with a second request (or special offer). Thus, the so-called 'Acceptance Rate', if it does exist, should be taken with a grain of salt. I don't see why it should matter at all.