I’ve changed the pricing so that Air’s service fee doesn’t show up in the booking box and we just display an all-in price which I think might be quite a good selling point. But then I thought that it’s probably only a good selling point if we sell it in the first 32 characters of the listing’s title so that’s what I’ve done - anyone else tried this?
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Why is it a good selling point. Presumably you’ve increased your rate to cover you paying the guest fee, so the guest pays the same overall @jujuba
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Airbnb already puts wording on your listing that guests pay no service fee if you use “host pays all service fees” option, so putting it in your title isn’t necessary. And it isn’t “no extra charges” anyway, because guests are still charged taxes, which aren’t calculated until they fill out a booking form. So you are misleading by putting that in your title.
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Thanks Muddy, whereabouts on the listing does Air put that?
Personally, I dislike clicking on one price and then finding there’s additional costs like cleaning fees and service charge but I was just wondering whether it’s good to put it in the title of the listing or no.
I’ve never done it but I suspect that it will attract guests whose most important criteria is price - and that might not be what you want.
By the way, you have a gorgeous property in one of the most attractive areas of the UK. 
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At one point I remember seeing it on the listings in search, maybe back when they first introduced the host pays all service fees option, but I guess Airbnb changed that.
But as I mentioned, that will still happen if Airbnb collects taxes in your area. It would be more advantageous to say “no cleaning fee” than misleadingly claiming “no extra charges”.
And I don’t know what “Rare Find” is supposed to mean, anyway, nor have I ever read any definitive explanation.
I recall reading someone saying it has to do with the place having few empty dates, but then someone else said they have lots of empty dates and have Rare Find on theirs. And they were upset because it replaced their Superhost badge, which indeed makes zero sense.
That is what happens every time in the US - you click on a price and there is sales tax.
Why do you ‘dislike’ this?
There’s always sales tax - and if you’re buying a car, dealer service fees. If you’re booking a hotel there might well be costly resort fees, there are closing costs when you buy a house, shipping costs with just about anything you buy online…
When I left the UK, VAT (value added tax) was. where applicable,included in the total sticker price for everything that was subject to the tax. So @jujuba isn’t as accustomed as we are to extra added fees.
Here in the US, it’s different. When I was first here I didn’t understand why I couldn’t buy something marked as $9.99 with a ten-dollar bill - the sales tax needed to be added.
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Same in Mexico. There’s 16% VAT on all goods and services, but it’s included in the sticker price.
Because some people live in areas of the world where they are accustomed to seeing the total price including sales tax. I like it much better myself. When I go to Canada in the summers, I have to calculate what the total price of an item will be after the sale tax is added, and don’t have to do that in Mexico.
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I think that’s true all over Europe, isn’t it? I was under the impression it’s a law that prices have to be shown in full.
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Well, didn’t this host propose something else (I can’t recall what at the moment) not long ago, based upon a false assumption and lack of research?
That’s my point you don’t Airbnb shows the total fee to the guest when searching, then when they open the listing there’s a breakdown of how the total is made up @jujuba
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Yes thanks JJD, I’m unsure of whether this was a good title for the listing and inclined to agree with all of you that don’t like it either. I’ll change it back to what it was - “Log burner goes like a train”
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For summer? I guess I need to look at your listing.
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@jujuba Your place looks super cute and cozy and I would certainly book it if I were coming to your area. Your photos are lovely. But since you posted a link, I have a few comments.
You mention the “distracting” view. To me, the word distracting has negative connotations. I might change that to “enchanting”, “peaceful” or something that sounds more attractive.
Also, I don’t think calling it a one bedroom is accurate. A bedroom indicates a separate room with a door, whereas your place is one room- a studio we would call it in North America.
Also, you say there are room-darkening curtains, but the photo of the window with the shelf where the toaster is appears to have no curtain at all, unless it has a pull-down shade I can’t see. If it doesn’t, while the curtains you do have would darken the room, a window with no covering means light would still shine in. So for someone like me, who is immediately woken up by light, the “room darkening” wouldn’t be accurate.
And the title seems odd, as KKC pointed out, as no one would care about the wood stove in the summer. Although it is a catchy title, so might draw attention anyway.
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It’s fine for now, we’re taking bookings for the summer but we also get quite a few short lead-in bookings, around 5-16 days. Still cold up here, we had hail today and minus 1C tonight - the log burner’ll be going for a few more weeks yet.
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Hmmm, not quite sure whether you’re getting the full frame of my pictures on your screen but on my laptop the blinds show up really clearly…or maybe you’re distracted by the view?
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I can see a dark strip across the top of the window, but wasn’t sure if it was part of the window frame, just a valance, or a pull-down shade.