Why are some hosts booked, same price, near by but you aren't?
Many hosts might immediately say Price is the critical factor for booking! I don't think this is really what's happening a lot of the time. There has been so much focus and importance on health and safety for the past 3 yrs and families are looking to make sure that where they bring their families are safe. So much news of Fires, deaths from CO poisoning, and falls, slips, poisoning accidents at STR's and many of those at Airbnb's unfortunately. So many / most events can be avoided - like no matches, or candles in your STR. (children will find them in a minute and have such fun playing and accidentally burn the place down.)
So when you think you have to keep lowering your prices - first, make sure you take a look at the Safety in your rental.
It's important that you take Safety seriously for your guests. They expect that you have done that without saying it. And these days I think they are looking, and checking and when safety features are at all in question.....its NEXT Airbnb for them. You have to make it very obvious on your listing that you have given as much thought to Safety as your Boho/Shabby Chic/SteamPunk designs and cool furniture. There's a list of things you need to think about: fire extinguisher and its best location and the safety card with all the critical information for them, Smoke alarms, CO detectors (not combo smoke/CO) and the numbers outside/ 4" and reflective so its easy to find the place, for guests and emergency people.
I know areas are saturated but how you set yourself apart from other hosts with Safety does count.
Once you learn about the safety things that matter you will not ignore them! You don't want your Airbnb and guests to be the next news of disaster that we all read and hear about.
I got my certification as a Short Term Rental Safety Inspector and it changed how I host and think about the safety of my guests. That little rug that you think looks so cute in front of the sink (that's not fully anchored down) could be a terrible slip and fall and injure your guest. You get to decide -- Are guests not booking because of your price or your minimal safety features?
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