More about categories

[Ann72]

Last year I noticed that not all categories appear in every search.  That makes sense, right?  Why search for a casa particulare in Peoria, Illinois?

But one category doesn't show up at all for the state of Maine, and that is Design.  Maybe my eyes are deceiving me, so let me know if you see it here:  https://www.airbnb.com/s/Maine--United-States/homes?adults=2

My cottage can't be the only place in Maine in the design category.  Why remove this category from searches?

My signature:  Airbnb giveth, and Airbnb taketh away

[Ruth413 · Accepted solution]

@Ann72   I did a search for you, not through the link but incognito. 

What I have found is that if you put in an area, i.e. Maine or Dorset (where I am based).  There isn't the design category in either.  I then entered USA and UK and the Design category popped up.  I then had to zoom in to Maine and Dorset and there were listings under the design category.  Your cottage was amongst those.

Not ideal I know but it is still listed under design.

[Ann72]

That's great intel @Ruth413 - thank you!  Still unsure why, if someone is searching in Maine (or Dorset), they would not be offered that category.  Most of my guests at the cottage are highly interested in design and that's why they stay there.