Guides
Fix-it guides
Each guide starts with the answer, then shows the steps. Many include a worked example you can follow with your own listing.
Bookings and visibility
Airbnb views dropped? 7 checks before you cut your price A sudden fall in Airbnb views usually has a specific cause. Work through these seven checks, in order, before lowering your price. Airbnb bookings dropped suddenly: find which step broke When Airbnb bookings fall, the cause sits at one of three steps. Use your own numbers to find which one, then fix that step only. Minimum stay: 1, 2 or 3 nights? How to decide Your minimum stay controls which searches you appear in as well as which bookings you accept. Here is how to choose one for each season and avoid the usual traps. How to choose an Airbnb cover photo that gets clicked The cover photo decides whether a guest opens your listing or the one beside it. Here is how to pick it, test it, and order the photos that follow.
Pricing
Is Airbnb Smart Pricing pricing you too low? Set a floor first Smart Pricing moves your nightly rate up and down for you. Without a minimum price it can fill your calendar at rates that do not cover your costs. Here is how to set the floor. Why your cleaning fee is losing you short stays A cleaning fee that looks fair on a week-long booking can add a third to a weekend. Here is how to see what guests see, and three ways to fix it. Gap nights: how to stop losing single nights between bookings One or two empty nights between bookings add up to weeks of lost income a year. Here is a monthly routine to find them, fill them, and stop creating them.
Airbnb and Vrbo
Vrbo listing not showing in search? Check your minimum stay A Vrbo listing can be live and still missing from most searches. The most common cause is a minimum stay longer than the dates guests search for. Listing on Airbnb and Vrbo without double bookings How to sync Airbnb and Vrbo calendars in both directions, test that it works, and lower the risk that remains. How to add your Airbnb listing to Vrbo, step by step Listing an Airbnb home on Vrbo takes more than copying the text across. These are the steps, the settings that catch people out, and what to expect afterwards.
Co-hosting
Flat fee or percentage: what should a co-host cost? Co-hosts charge either a share of each booking or a fixed monthly fee. The right choice depends on what your listing earns and how much of the work you want handled. What a co-host does, and what stays with you A co-host can run the pricing, calendar, guest messages and listing of a short-term rental for you. Here is exactly what that covers, what stays with you, and how to tell if it suits you. How to write a co-host agreement: 6 points to settle Airbnb's co-host feature covers access and payouts, not who does what. A short written agreement prevents most disputes. These are the six points to put in it.
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