Air Bnb
Air Bnb
I've only taken one booking through Airbnb before. I have been emailing and replying to a guy who has now, after 10 emails, says he wants to pay cash on arrival! I emailed back and said you can't do that through air bnb. He has now said he's not interested. I thought airbnb was supposed to stop all this crap??!! what a waste of time!
People who have never used Airbnb before aren't aware of how it works regarding payment. I had an enquiry from a French woman who said it was her first time using the site and she wanted to pay just the deposit and the balance nearer the time. I explained it wasn't possible with Airbnb and how it worked...I never heard back from her again!
We have had ABB bookings (for bed and breakfast) and when the guests leave they say "oh, we must settle up with you - how much do we owe you?". Needless to say they are always delighted when we tell them that they have already paid
Regards
Anne
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Re: Air Bnb
Could it be because you haven't signed up for Instant Bookings?roxytoo wrote:I've only taken one booking through Airbnb before. I have been emailing and replying to a guy who has now, after 10 emails, says he wants to pay cash on arrival! I emailed back and said you can't do that through air bnb. He has now said he's not interested. I thought airbnb was supposed to stop all this crap??!! what a waste of time!
I had originally, then retracted because the whole idea makes me very nervous. You'd have to be 100% sure all your calendars are synced.
But when I stopped this facility AirBnB warned me that I would take far fewer bookings this way. And so far ..... none!
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Yes, AirBnB now give priority to instant bookings. I'm thinking of going over to them - they sync with ical so availability updates are less of a problem, but nevertheless it is risky.Quiterio wrote: But when I stopped this facility AirBnB warned me that I would take far fewer bookings this way. And so far ..... none!
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If you use more than one listing site the instant booking option can be a dangerous thing to do, even with all sites updating via iCal. Unless, Airbnb updates your primary iCal source or it is your primary iCal source then there are inevitable time delays - could be up to 24 hours for updates to be pulled in by some sites.la vache! wrote:Yes, AirBnB now give priority to instant bookings. I'm thinking of going over to them - they sync with ical so availability updates are less of a problem, but nevertheless it is risky.Quiterio wrote: But when I stopped this facility AirBnB warned me that I would take far fewer bookings this way. And so far ..... none!
I use FreeToBook as my primary iCal source for all listing sites because the only instant booking site I tolerate is BC. FTB have a channel manager option for BC which allows instant 2-way communication for bookings, changes to bookings and the setting of rates and conditions. If I receive a BC reservation then FTB is intstantly up to date and any other listing site pulling in the iCal availability calendar will get the latest position.
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Re: Air Bnb
That delay sounds excessive to me. Steve, do you have any records of the pull intervals and/or timings for various sites ?Essar wrote:[with ical] there are inevitable time delays - could be up to 24 hours for updates to be pulled in by some sites.
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We have only taken 2 bookings via ABNB, both were perfect guests and actually paid a little more than I would get via other sites. They gave us great reviews.
I did not like it as I thought I could not set different minimum stays at different times of year but I was corrected on that misunderstanding from people here. Instant bookings are not for me as I also have calendar anxiety, perhaps I just need to spend an evening making sure all of my iCal syncs are working.....
I did not like it as I thought I could not set different minimum stays at different times of year but I was corrected on that misunderstanding from people here. Instant bookings are not for me as I also have calendar anxiety, perhaps I just need to spend an evening making sure all of my iCal syncs are working.....
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One of my listing sites only pulls data across once every 24 hours I *think* it's Independent Cottages but I could be wrong.e-richard wrote:That delay sounds excessive to me. Steve, do you have any records of the pull intervals and/or timings for various sites ?Essar wrote:[with ical] there are inevitable time delays - could be up to 24 hours for updates to be pulled in by some sites.
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The major sites are quite efficient, although, none quote a start time:-e-richard wrote:That delay sounds excessive to me. Steve, do you have any records of the pull intervals and/or timings for various sites ?Essar wrote:[with ical] there are inevitable time delays - could be up to 24 hours for updates to be pulled in by some sites.
HA et al = every 4 hours
TA et al = every 4 hours
AB = every 2 hours
RO = every 24 hours
VHR = twice a day (?)
BC = manually or instantly via a channel manager (not iCal)
TM = every 24 hours
AO = every 6 hours
HE = every 8 hours
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Real name: Steve
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"There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise"
"As for my amnesia, I've had it as long as I can remember"
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We have a schedule of the airbnb fees they charge renters
Here are the fees that we figured out on on our own for Airbnb- the guest fees. Hope they help someone out.
Airbnb's guest charges
cost airbnb charge percentage
$65 $8 .123
$340 $41 .121
$396 $48 .121
$941 $107 .114
$1254 $134 .110
$1348 $141 .105
$1680 $158 .094
$1798 $163 .091
$2010 $169 .084
$2247 $174 .077
$2696 $185 .069
$3146 $201 .064
$3820 $233 .061
$7062 $439 .062
$11880 $713 .060
Airbnb's guest charges
cost airbnb charge percentage
$65 $8 .123
$340 $41 .121
$396 $48 .121
$941 $107 .114
$1254 $134 .110
$1348 $141 .105
$1680 $158 .094
$1798 $163 .091
$2010 $169 .084
$2247 $174 .077
$2696 $185 .069
$3146 $201 .064
$3820 $233 .061
$7062 $439 .062
$11880 $713 .060
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I am fed up with Air B and B contacting me to tell me I have just missed out on a booking, as the booking has gone to someone whose prices are lower than mine by £30, £15 , £20 per night etc. So in January I lowered my prices!!!! and guess what I still didn't get a booking. Air B and B are very disappointing
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