@Emilie, I reread your post, so the criteria for a split stay to occur:
searches of 1 week or more
there has to be less than 300 available listings in the area. (This can be altered by zooming the map)
split stays appear at the bottom of the pg. (or on pg. 10)
So all 3 of my listings are available for a week or more in the above search. They all show up available for an entire week (that's good, sometimes just 1 shows up). Then at the end of the 183 listings they start showing up in the above pictured spit stay combinations. The split stays are between my 3 units!
- They are all at the same location and the guest would have to move next door.
- I would need twice the housekeeping for 2 units, and the guest pays double the cleaning fee.
- Unhappy host who now has to rethink minimum stays of less than 1 week to avoid split stays. Though I suppose a 2 week stay could be spit into 1 week stays between my 2 units too.
- Unhappy host if this can be instant booked? Can I or a guest cancel or change to 1 unit that is available for the entire stay?
- Perhaps a split stay should not be allowed if the entire stay of a week or more is available for that listing?
- 300 is the magical number of available listings when split stays kick-in, perhaps this should be a percentage of the available listings in a town or city?
- Make split stays part of a robust filter search for those people who wish to use it, because they actually want to stay in 2 unique locations.
- Fix AI so it doesn't have people moving next door, less than a mile away, and all around town. There must be data on how many people really enjoy doing this: the title Turn split stays off indicates many guests do not.
Please pass this on to those who listen. The summer '22 rollout still has me cautious 4 months later; I still have no idea how it functions and what hidden programming issues will arise.