I've been a Superhost for 7 years, now the booking rates of my 3 listings went down dramatically?

[Gabriel6371]

My partner Robert and I have been superhosts for the last 7 years. The booking of our 3 properties has gone down dramatically over the last 3 months. I need help finding what the reasons are. Here are the 3 listings:

airbnb.com/h/0002memorial

airbnb.com/h/1parkview

airbnb.com/h/000memorial

I appreciate your help!

Bob and Gabriel

[Joan2709]

@Gabriel6371 

Took a quick look and seems like all your properties have a 30day min and have limited availability. 

Are you listed on other platforms that specialize in 30day stays like Furnished Finder?

[Gabriel6371]

Thank you for your reply. The HOA in our complex requires a minimum 30-day stay. I will check out Furnished Finder. Their fee of 15% seems high. Do you have success with it?

Thank you

[Joan2709]

@Gabriel6371 

Furnished Find does not have a fee like Airbnb or other platforms do. They only have an annual subscription fee to list the property - that is one of the benefits of listing there. Last I checked it was $179 to list the property. They also offer security deposits, rental agreements and background checks - Airbnb doesn't. 

Yes, we have had success using FF. That said, you MUST put the work in to set up the listing correctly. Good quality photos and a complete listing. 

[Emiel1]

@Gabriel6371 

I see you own 4 listings for long term stay.

1 listing ("tree-top") has no availability until augusts.

I did a test on the search system with direct link:

2 listings show up in when asking for a month in time period jan-jul

(see picture)

The 3rd listing only shows up for a month starting in december

[Gabriel6371]

Thank you for your help!

[Mikael135]

@Gabriel6371 

Different context, but our bookings suddenly dried up two months ago and we think we found the reason: a grumpy four-star review was promoted by Airbnb to stay at the first spot of those prospective guests would see, and another one at third. Odd, since we'd had only five four-star reviews of 130+ over three years (4.93 avg). Suggests a serious problem with their "relevance" algorithm. Ironically, it can bite their highest-rated hosts in the ass, which surely isn't what they intended!

[Gabriel6371]

Thank you for your reply.