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I am trying to edit my listing so that it is obvious that the 5 night min must be between Saturdays, to make clear to guests that they can only check in Saturday, Sunday or Monday.
In the Trip Length part of the listing settings, the drop down list only lets me choose one day to check in. Surely it should let me select Saturday + Sunday + Monday.
(Just created a screenshot to make my question super clear, uploaded it using the tool and was greeted with a message saying I canāt include an imageā¦eh?)
Thank you Chris. I googled how to switch on professional rules and have now done so but it seems to be aimed at hosts with multiple properties - I only have one.
So now I have a new setting in āCheck in and check outā which enables me to set that guests canāt check in Tues/Wed/Thurs/Fri but in the Trip length setting where I have set seasonal dates for the 5 night minimum, I still have to choose one check in day. If I donāt, it defaults to āany day of the weekā which is the whole point of my question.
What am I missing, and what is a rule set? Canāt see anything about those.
Oh, and I canāt see how to edit my post above - meant to say, I canāt see anything about rule sets in my own listing settings, despite now having Pro Tools switched on.
Found it, thank you. Not the most intuitive site Iāve ever usedā¦
Any idea how to chgange the calendar view to show multiple months, at the moment I have one month showing as a thin strip across the top.
Hello and welcome! You can use the pro tools even if you only have one property. We only have one as well but still use pro tools for the extra features and options.
I donāt care for that calendar view of the single strip either, but havenāt found a way to change it unless I go into the property itself. I wish they were the same view.
I suspect the rule sets override the general settings. At least I am hoping they areā¦
By the way, thank you for asking this question! Iāve been struggling with this (we require Sat-Sat in high season but more flexibility otherwise), and you prompted me to try again, and I was able to figure out how to make it work this time.
I think Airbnb tech teams get brownie points for creating one of the most counter-intuitive sites Iāve ever seen or used. My suspicion is that many of the techies are on the autism spectrum (which is rather common in that line of work) and their brains simply donāt work like the average personās does.
So much of their wording is confusing and downright misleading. For instance, almost all new hosts, and also many experienced ones, assume that the availablity setting " Block 1 day before and after a reservation" would result in 2 days being blocked between reservations, therefore they donāt use that setting, even if theyād like to have a day to clean between bookings, and spend time manually blocking one day. But in fact, that setting should read āBlock one day between reservationsā, because that is exactly what it does.
