Why do I suddenly have no bookings?

[Marie70]

Hi! 

When we first put up our listing on Airbnb, there were a number of enquiries coming in everyday. But since the last 3-4 days, there's a sudden halt in enquiries.

I wonder if anyone encountered the same issue recently? Is it something wrong with my listing? 

Some enlightenment from other Hosts/Airbnb would be of great help!

Thank you  😊 

[Romano6]

@Patricia-and-Daniela0, if I remember correctly, I believe the guest can give you 5 stars and also write a private note if there was an issue which the public won't see. Check the help section on the site for what is visible to the public.

I would encourage your guests to write a review, hopefully with 5-stars. This will look favorable to future guests.

[Alarico1]

To be honest I have the same issue.

It's been 2 weeks I'm not getting any booking. I have to admit I'm fully booked until the end of the month and 50% in April, but it would be nice to get some new inquiries.

I really do not know what to do! I lowered the price and I offer discounts too.

I check the statistic and my listing has a really low number of views.

Last month all the sudden I got all the booking in a period of 5 days and in Feb it was the same.

Any suggestion to improve the number of reservations?

[Rebecca181]

@Patricia-and-Daniela0 You have already gotten some great advice here from other hosts. Let me just add that I have stayed nearly 100% booked with mostly Airbnb guests since opening last May by accepting one night stays during the 'off' season (I live in a beach vacation area on the Oregon Coast). I only raise it to a 2 or 3 night minimum in June through August - the peak of the high season. Getting the place clean and ready for the next guest takes much less time than when I first started because I have systems in place. It is something to consider.

As others have already mentioned, a 5 night minimum stay is not reflective of the typical Airbnb guest. A typical Airbnb guest stay is 1 - 3 nights. Longer stays happen, but not as often. To me, a 4 night stay is a 'long' stay. The only one week stays I have had have not been through ABB. However, I prefer hosting ABB guests, and it is worth the extra work to clean more often (I do also charge a modest cleaning fee - this also will add to your earnings and helps pay for cleaning supplies, etc). Also, the typical ABB guest reserves 1 - 4 weeks in advance. I have had quite a few guests book months in advance, but most book just a few weeks ahead of time. 

Hopefully this information will also help you to succeed. Best of luck!

[Patricia-and-Daniela0]

@Rebecca181 Yes, I appreciate it,  your information will definitely help me as well!

Good to know, I had no idea most airbnb guests are short term guests as I have only gotten inquiries for 2 weeks so far and the ones I ended up renting to stayed for 39 days.

I changed the settings to min 1 night /max 15 nights.

Actually I don't mind the cleaning as the apartment is upstairs from where I live and I guess the less time they stay the less dirty they can leave my place anyways, hopefully lol.

Thank you!

[Romano6]

@Patricia-and-Daniela0, I agree @Patricia-and-Daniela0 regarding minimum nights. We have a 2-night min. We opened last year and 90% of our reservations were for 2 nights. We also discovered that the AirBnB guest was reserving only 1 week out or sometimes even less. On the other hand the Booking guest reserves much further out but they tend to cancel much more. 

[Ben353]

Hi Folks, Could you kindly check my profile? 

To be honest I have the same issue.

It's been 2 weeks I'm not getting any booking. 

I really do not know what to do! I lowered the price and I offer discounts too.

I check the statistic and my listing has a really low number of views.

Last month all the sudden I got all the booking for a period of 5 days and in Feb it was the same.

Any suggestion to improve the number of reservations?

I would extremely appreciate it! 

[Kristiina5]

Ben- your place has a 90 day minimum stay? Its almost impossible to get anyone suitable via airbnb as most people are looking for a short stay place

[Anna421]

Hi can someone please have a look at my apartment? My bookings have suddenly dropped off too and I need to get some ASAP! I went from being booked 6 months ahead of time and now I only have one more booking, it isn't even booked for Easter.... tanks

[Maii1]

HI , I'm quite new on Airbnb . 
I have the same problem that somehow I dont get any booking for almost 2 months . I wonder if anything wrong with my listing ? any advice would be much appreciated . 

Maii

[Pam165]

Help! Slowing down when I was expecting to speed up. 

[Allyson20]

Hello,

i posted my Airbnb last Friday and immediately received 5 bookings. I have not received any bookings since. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated 

[Louise318]

Hello. I’m really new to this and you all seem like such experts, I was wondering if you could spare 5 minutes for some advice please? 

I have had my house listed for 5 weeks, and had over 200 views, but only one booking. We are only available for the 6 weeks summer kids holidays. But  2 other identical houses in our row are renting for £1000 a week more! 

If anyone could critique my listing I’d really appreciate it. Thankyou in advance 🙂 

[Short-Stay-Homes-Jamaica0]

I have been having the same problem. I have two properties listed and over 85% booking for both but suddenly less than 30% for the last 2 months. Bookings have come to a screeching halt. Please take a look at my listings and advise any thing that you think may be contributing. Thanks!

[Karen1027]

Hi Bev and Janice exactly the same for us. Did you manage to find out?

[Marija26]

Hello!

Lately I've had no new bookings or inquiries, searching for an answer I found this thread.
Also, I've tried looking for one of my listings on dates I know are available and couldn't find it!
If someone could take a look at my listings, that would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
Marija