Lack of reservations this year - wondering if others are experiencing this as well?

[Deb-And-Ben0]

Hello, everyone.  My husband and I have been Air BnB hosts for about eight years and have enjoyed our experience.  This year, we have just concluded a nice visit with folks in lexington for Patriots Day celebrations.  But we have NO other bookings at all, which is unprecedented in our experience.  I am wondering if you are seeing similar behaviors or not, and whether you attribute this to the current political or economic climate or something else?

[Shelley159]

Hi @Deb-And-Ben0 

I can't comment on how busy things are in your region, but I searched for you in private mode using Historic Lexington, 1 to 5 May, 2 guests. You came up in the second half of page 1, so the ranking is not bad! If you want to be higher on the page, you could probably just change to flexible cancellation without having to lower the price (check the result to see if it works). But if you prefer to keep both your cancellation policy and price it's not a problem - you seem to rank well anyway.

As an aside: I'm a bit confused about what you mean by "2 rooms" in the title, but it could be just me! 

Let's see if you get some feedback from hosts near you - as you seem to be quite visible, it's possible that things are a bit slower or more last-minute right now, as you suspect.

[Deb-And-Ben0]

Thanks much @Shelley159.  The "two rooms" is because we are offering a small suite.  A sleeping room, a sitting room with TV, books, etc., and a private bathroom.  We actually have a pretty flexible cancellation policy that I don't think we want to make any more flexible (it's 24 hours) but I'm particularly interested in patterns around bookings for other folks right now. - Deb

[Marie8425]

@Deb-And-Ben0 

Try turning on Airbnb Professional Node

Then under Menu you will have Insights

It looks like you are displaying on Page 1 

Views - How many potential Guests were interested by your title and cover photo to reas your listing?

Conversions- how many views liked the description and rented?

Wishlist how many views saved your listing so maybe a future booking?

[Deb-And-Ben0]

Thanks for this @Marie8425 .  Where do I find the wishlist statistics?

[Marie8425]

@Deb-And-Ben0 

If you have Airbnb Professional Mode turned on

Then under Insights, you have Views and then Wishlist

Sometimes it not just price, when you are deciding to buy something you look at value for price

Airbnb takes the measurements on your ad as a whole are people clicking  if they click am I describing what is motivational to buy for the Guest?

[Marie8425]

@Deb-And-Ben0