Once your calendar starts to fill, rates/min. night stays might need to be adjusted. (It's common for owners to lift minimum night restrictions, as to minimize 1-2 night calendar gaps). To do this, you can:
1. Edit each season's beginning/end dates and/or rates.
OR
2. Override the seasonal rates with calendar pricing.
When editing one season's start/end dates, often the preceding/subsequent seasons will need to be adjusted as well. This can be time-consuming if you don't use a channel manager or dynamic pricing software.
A general (not literal) view when comparing seasonal and calendar pricing is:
- Seasonal rates = set it and forget it
- Calendar rates = manual dynamic pricing
But most hosts use a combination of the two, as they tend to overlap.
For example, in the Outer Banks, Jersey Shore, and Cape Cod it's common to require weekly reservations only, with a weekly designated changeover date. If each week was created as a separate season, then the host just edits the rate of each season as supply/demand fluctuates.
But in markets where the minimum night stay varies: reservations may range from 1 to 14 nights, calendar pricing is probably more convenient.
How do I add calendar pricing?
- Go to the calendar view in your dashboard: Manage listings > Calendar
- Highligh the calendar dates that need to be edited
- Adjust rates and minimum night stay in the left pop-up window.
You can also choose to display or hide the seasonal rates table on your listing's homepage.
