I'll try to keep this short (but it probably won't happen): We host two properties in an area that has an extreme tourist season (June-September) with little interest outside of that window. For a variety of reasons would very much like to have wildly-different availability and booking criteria - for example we would like to attract long-term renters Jan - May at both properties - a window which matches almost exactly with Winter Semester at any of the colleges & universities in the area. Because we have real winters here, even the description of one property should probably change (it sits on a fully-wooded lot and Spring/Summer/Fall feels extremely secluded even though it is really in a typical suburb - it feels like a getaway in the woods), but once the leaves are gone and the plants are dormant, it feels much less secluded, and we don't want to mislead guests. But we can't really change the listing as it would seem less attractive to potential guests during non-winter seasons. I would also like to make any short-term stays have a relatively long minimum number of nights during the Winter, since it is otherwise not worth our time digging properties out that are otherwise unused during the winter (i.e. last winter it took me an entire day to remove the snow and ice from a property to make it safe for a 2-night stay - absolutely not worth it!) but as far as I can tell the "minimum number of nights" applies to an entire listing, not a set range of dates?
Anyway, looking for suggestions. My initial thought would be to list both properties twice, once for "Winter" (more or less) and once for the rest of the year, but I'm fairly sure that's against policy? Anyone come up with a good solution to such problems?
