Here is the deal. Christmas time is one of the best opportunities to maximize your profits by renting your apartment but we also gather with family and it is inconvenient for hosts who celebrate this holiday to receive or say goodbye to their hosts on this day or on Christmas Eve. I would like to rent my apartment but making sure no one checks in or out on 24 or 25th December.
I cannot block those days otherwise potential guests couldn't book from 22 to 27, for example. I found out a way to prevent guests from checking in on those days by limiting the minimum stay to 3 days and making sure that guests would have to arrive on day 23 for stays contemplating day 24 or 25, then I checked the calendar and it became impossible for potential guests to check in on those days, perfect!
But what about the check out? I don't think there is a way to avoid guests from checking out those days. Sure I can set restrictions and select that guests who arrive on day 22 have to stay a minimum of 4 nights, on day 21 have to stay a minimum of 5 nights, on day 20 have to stay a minimum of 6 nights, etc but that's not practical and I would be limiting more than I wished.
Airbnb should have a feature to block specific days in calendar for checking in or out. With the current system we are too limited. Let's set an example. Guess I cannot receive or say goodbye to hosts on day 23th February because I am going somewhere, I have to block this day. But what if a potential guest would like to rent from 17th to 30th February? It would be impossible because the day 23 would be blocked. Why would I be limited because it is physically impossible for me to be there on day 23? I think a pratical feature would be really useful.