How far in the future do you open your calendar?

[Laura2592]

Curious.

Last year we opened a year in advance. With COVID cancellations it was a terrible idea because dates were booked and people waffled back and forth on whether they could come/cancelled at the last minute/wanted to rebook at an old rate etc. We are also steadily increasing our nightly rate so this year we are doing 6 months out with the hope of getting to a financial goal at year's end. 

What do you see as a best practice? I have had a few people request dates that are not yet available (and will ultimately cost more per night...)

[Ema15]

Every December we open our calendar for 12 months, we did the same in 2020 and 2021. We change our cancelation policy and raise the price in the future and looks like that it works for us. We are based in Europe 🙂