@Ann72
Hey, 'tongue in cheek' possum!
I absolutely do get it, we all need to use the bits of the platform that work for us, as individual hosts. Our circumstances are different, so we will each have varying challenges.
Where I do see our similarities Ann, we each host in an area where there is not a lot of competition and the rules we use are not directed/dictated by the number and quality of hosts around us or government regulations.
I have stumbled across a winning formula here for me....it would never make me rich, but it is not supposed to, It's just designed to improve my quality of life.....
And it does that really well.
I do totally understand that some pricing aspects that Airbnb have put into the platform are of benefit to you, actually float your nightly rate to give you a better return and I think that is great.
But my circumstance here is a little bit different, and I do tend push a different barrow because each few weeks I get an email telling me that 'guests looked at my property, but decided to go elsewhere because it was $6-$9-$15 per night cheaper for those 2-4 nights that I still have available over the next couple of months.......
really!! Now this one was a couple of days ago and it wasn't too bad Ann, it simply suggested I should bypass my regular base price reservation for one that I will make less money on....maybe there is a logic there, but it escapes me!
Where it gets completely ridiculous....(for me) Ann, is when I am, once again, fully booked and it suggests I should open up nights which I have blocked because they have been booked by guests other than Airbnb, who will pay me more money than I get from Airbnb. I should, not just open them up to Airbnb 'lookers' but, should take a cut 30% off my regular rate and actually lose money for the priviledge of loosing money.......SShhhhhhe
I would, just once, love to go to my calendar page and see those pricing suggestions on the right side of the screen suggest that I could actually get a higher amount.....but the reality is, that will never happen.
I understand your situation Ann, but for me, this is the reality I am faced with
I value those few nights off that I might actually get, I think I will leave it that way!
Cheers.....Rob