@Cristina-And-Daniel0 I have my calendar open for the upcoming 3 month period- the further away the dates are the higher I set my price.
I do this for 2 reasons: 1- it means I can have my calendar open to bookings but not have my calendar fill up really fast 2- it gives guests who do want to reserve way ahead of time and pay a premium the opportunity to do so!
Once dates are about a month out I will bring them down to my base price- and never any lower until they book.
My aim is for my listing to be the last place booked in my area, so I will get some early bookings 2/3 months out but the bulk will happen the month of, and sometimes the week and day of!
For the holidays- Christmas and NYE here, I put my prices up by at least 50%, and already had a 4 night stay over NYE booked out 2 months ago.
I will provide a small gift and a bottle of prosecco and chocolates for the mother and daughter who have made the NY booking as I want to make sure they have a great time 🙂
Christmas hasn’t booked yet, but probably will closer to the time so I’m not concerned about that at the moment and I won’t lower my pricing strategy.
I have already gone through all the bank holidays and peak periods for 2019 and planned those prices in even though the dates are blocked, so there are no surprises or missed opportunities when they do open- it’s easy to forget about valentines, Easter and so on when your calendar opens dates automatically 3 months ahead of time!