I purchased a home in Sedona back in may and finally have it up and running as a short term rental. would any one be able to advise on how to gain some weekday bookings? the weekends are always booked but what do people do to gain week day traffic? I'm super central to Sedona so my location is pretty nice.
but won't this decrease my ability to book weekends??
If you were having trouble filling the weekends then maybe, but you said the weekends are booked, so let your busy weekends help you during the week. People won’t mind staying longer if they see value in it because you are giving them a discount on the weekdays that you make them book. Some will still only stay for the weekend but pay for the extra night if they see value in it.
Could be the season. AirDna shows August as the slowest month for Sedona. Kids are going back to school and most people got their summer vacation fix already. Combine that with being a newer listing with a low review count, which could make it tougher to compete with established listings that are also vacant mid week.
That said I agree with the above about lowering the weekday rate. I wouldn't set a minimum greater than 2 nights right now because you are still early in the game and need to build your review base. Once you get the ball rolling you can set longer minimum stays.
I purchased a home in Sedona back in may and finally have it up and running as a short term rental. would any one be able to advise on how to gain some weekday bookings? the weekends are always booked but what do people do to gain week day traffic? I'm super central to Sedona so my location is pretty nice.
Louis, reach out if I can advise. 95% of what I do as a real estate agent is STR's in the Sedona area. I'm well connected with rental data. It's a shame that whoever your agent was dropped the ball on post-COE performance.
How big is the home, could you break it down into a smaller listing during the week and then the entire home on the weekends?
I've thought about this . .. . Do hosts usually have multiple listings for the same property but with different bedroom counts? I've thought about locking off a bed/bath and having a budget option with a lower ADR and/or cleaning fee, but wasn't sure if it was better to do a separate listing or set different pricing per person in the same listing. I guess the problem with the latter is the guests could feel misled if they don't read the fine print and are expecting access to the whole house.
but won't this decrease my ability to book weekends??
Extending the minimum stay could lead to fewer bookings, and you would need to experiment with that to find out for sure. I think the most important one is that your weekday rates need to be lower than your weekend rates. I’d say that’s very important.
How big is the home, could you break it down into a smaller listing during the week and then the entire home on the weekends?
I've thought about this . .. . Do hosts usually have multiple listings for the same property but with different bedroom counts? I've thought about locking off a bed/bath and having a budget option with a lower ADR and/or cleaning fee, but wasn't sure if it was better to do a separate listing or set different pricing per person in the same listing. I guess the problem with the latter is the guests could feel misled if they don't read the fine print and are expecting access to the whole house.
Yes, there would be multiple listings on one property and then you need to make sure all the calendars are synced. If you research parent/child listing on a STR you should find some info, I know YouTube has a couple videos about it. This system seems to work better than charging different pricing depending on the guest count, but yes you do need to make it clear in the listing and pre-check in instructions that the guest does not have access to the entire house. In the listing you can point them to the full property listing in your profile.
I didn't like the idea of having to explain in the listing which bed/bath is open/locked, have them not read the obvious "fine" print, then complain that it's not what the expected. Having 2 listings makes much more sense because that way they see exactly what they are getting for the discounted price.
I didn't like the idea of having to explain in the listing which bed/bath is open/locked, have them not read the obvious "fine" print, then complain that it's not what the expected. Having 2 listings makes much more sense because that way they see exactly what they are getting for the discounted price.
You would state at the top of the description...and probably the bottom as well... "This listing is for 1/1 (or 2/1, etc.) please understand that yes this property is a [-/-] but you'll only have access to 1/1. If you would like to book the entire property, please see the [such and such] listing in our profile." Check out Thanks for Visiting on YouTube and find their parent/child listing video, they have the wording perfect!