Hosting 2 room rentals in a slightly booming oil and gas area. Definitely not a vacation destination as I see many of your bnb’s are....check out Fred’s bird island!
The majority of my booking are 1-2 days in advance to nearly immediately (less than an hour notice). Workers get the call and book enroute to the job ASAP.
They usually get paid living out allowance. Airbnb works because if they get a hotel their living out allowance barely or doesn’t quite cover it and no kitchen usually to save on food prep expenses.
Via Airbnb though...they have enough to cover accommodations, food (even if they don’t cook), gas money for return home trips and still have a little left in their pockets afterwards. I get a little, their living out expenses are covered and they get a little in the end.
I don’t really like the advanced bookings as they throw off my bookings for the longer jobs lasting more than 3 weeks etc. I am considering increasing my minimum days booking from 4 days to 7 but when there is a gap the little 4 day bookings are really helpful so I haven’t acted on that yet.
My rooms are on average empty maybe 4 days a month at max.
I keep my prices the same as other similar listings but after reading some of the comments here....inexpensive housing is in shortage here...I will book up anyways regardless as long as I am not competing with hotel prices. Hmmmm
Thanks for posting this food for thought!