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I used it by accident. I tinkered around and somehow applied it. Very soon after, I received 2 booking requests. I wondered why crazy low rates were applying.
FINALLY I looked at discounts & there it was—the discount I didn’t intend to save.
I did learn the auto-early booking discount works and people will book at the discounted rate.
I can’t seem to find the early bird and last minute bookings options.
Feedback regarding my setting changes.
The guest that booked yesterday after I had lowered my minimum stay to 1 day turned out to be hosting a party at my listing. My night was eventful. Let’s just say that I adjusted my minimum day to 2 days. 1 day does not work for me.
Will give it another try.
Thank you!
That’s exactly why I don’t accept last minute one night bookings 
@epadat … as I said quality over quantity .
You may need to turn on “Professional Tools”.
What is your off-Air contract like? I’m thinking just doing a variation on my lease. Or sending them a special offer and just do it through Air. Ugh.
I don’t do a contract. I’d explain why but I don’t want to encourage others to follow my irresponsible example.
The last thing you are is irresponsible! The guests stayed with me and were lovely. I’m going to send them a 1 page contract for the stay and see how it goes.
I’ve lost the thread here. Is the discussion about using/not using a contract for Airbnb short term stays?
I could well be wrong, but I vaguely remember reading somewhere that Airbnb prohibits the use of contracts for Airbnb short term stays. Am I wrong about that?
I said I do direct bookings for trusted repeat guests, and casailinglady asked about my contract. I replied that I don’t have one. They are bookings off Airbnb.
I don’t know if they prohibit them or not but seems irrelevant in my case.
But ugh, why is Airbnb encouraging guests to “discuss it with the host” if they don’t like the (fully disclosed) contract, as the first option before “find another place to stay.”?
I really dislike when Airbnb actively suggests that guests try to get concessions out of hosts.
Sometimes/Occasionally I don’t either…you are not alone. I’ve been lucky & it hasn’t backfired yet.
I usually don’t do a contract; in fact, I can only think of once when I did, and that’s because we went off platform with a guest who needed to stay an extra six weeks.
The main thing I wanted to specify was that there was an agreed-on end date. There is a special form in our province that attaches to a lease, and it states that both parties agree to the move-out date. It’s designed to prevent landlords from forcing tenants out to get around rent increase limits.
I think in the future when I accept longer bookings I’ll include this document as a requirement.
For my >28 night rentals I almost always get a separate lease. A few times when they booked on Airbnb I didn’t.
I never get a separate agreement if they book STR on Airbnb.
If they are a repeat private booking, depending on their relationship with me, I may not get anything in writing.