Tightening maximum guests

[Matt Ayoub]

I have a maximum guest count of 10 and it seems like I’m getting a lot of exactly 10 guest bookings via Airbnb.

I charge one nightly rate regardless of guest count. This has some wear and tear and cost implications and I would generally prefer smaller groups. I am wondering if tightening my max guest size to 8 would significantly reduce potential bookings or if the algorithm would simply provide more exposure to groups of 8. Any insight into how this works? 

[John Underwood]

You can certainly change your max occupancy. You can also charge extra beyond a set number of people.

Mine is set on Vrbo and airbnb to charge $25/person per day beyond 7 up to max of 10. No one has ever complained about this.