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Changes to Airbnb algorithm
Good Morning Garrett, love your podcast and watch all the time. I had a question for you about the Airbnb views on the algorithm. I listen to a lot of pod casts while I am doing other things so not always paying attention to which podcast it is. However I think I heard that there was a change the if your not doing insta book with easy cancelations that Airbnb recommends the algorithm will keep your property lower in the views than somebody else that does have the recommended settings. When I looked at my views I am down by about half what my normal is. Now there have been other times when this has happened so not sure if this is a real thing or some BS for a fear style pod cast. This year my occupancy is at 80% so doing pretty decent being as the average for the area is closer to 65%. However I have noticed a little higher percentage of the booking coming from VRBO.
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I do very well with Airbnb placement. One of my properties is consistently on the front page (knock on wood that I am not jinxing my superstitious self). My other properties also do well but not consistently front page. All are set to instant book but I do not have super flexible cancellation policies (I think I am Firm). I do have 5 stars, guest favorite with one in top 1%. I believe my listings are also in very good shape which helps. All to say, not sure how much cancellation policy plays into the algorithm. But I do use instant book.