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> It could pretty easily be rolled into the advertised nightly rate. No it can't because the hosts are trying to charge a fixed fee per reservation.

bonestamp2 3y ago
They can still take that fixed fee and do what some hotels do and average the total cost of the stay across the number of nights booked to get a "nightly rate".
- usaar333 3y ago
  I don't think hosts have the ability to set variable nightly fees like that.
- matsemann 3y ago
  You can't do that on airbnb. You can only set a flat fee and a nightly fee. However, in my market customers only see the total, calculated to an avg nightly price. So it all works out and is fair for everyone.
  - bonestamp2 3y ago
    I understand that it can't be done currently, I meant that it is a feature that could be offered by airbnb in the future since it has been done by others in the same industry.
idontpost 3y ago
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micromacrofoot 3y ago
If they need a fixed fee they should set bounds on the duration of stay. They keep shifting the burden to users when it should be on hosts. AirBnb hosts have had their hands on the scale for too long now because the company is terrified of a mass exodus of hosts (many of whom act just as entitled as your average landlord, who will beat every penny out of you). It used to be a much better service for the users.
- hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
  But there aren't bounds on the duration of the stay. Many places will take you for 1 day or 4 weeks, and there is still just a single cleaning fee. FWIW I think pretty much every vacation rental I booked pre-AirBnB (or, for that matter, pre-Internet) charged a cleaning fee in a similar manner.
  - micromacrofoot 3y ago
    Right, I'm suggesting duration bounds as a host-focused solution to a problem that's been frustratingly shifted to users. Better for the user experience to limit the stay to 3 nights (and thus removing it from results for single nights) instead of trying to put a $200 cleaning fee on an overnighter, IMO.

bonestamp2 3y ago

They can still take that fixed fee and do what some hotels do and average the total cost of the stay across the number of nights booked to get a "nightly rate".

usaar333 3y ago
I don't think hosts have the ability to set variable nightly fees like that.
matsemann 3y ago
You can't do that on airbnb. You can only set a flat fee and a nightly fee. However, in my market customers only see the total, calculated to an avg nightly price. So it all works out and is fair for everyone.
- bonestamp2 3y ago
  I understand that it can't be done currently, I meant that it is a feature that could be offered by airbnb in the future since it has been done by others in the same industry.

idontpost 3y ago

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micromacrofoot 3y ago

If they need a fixed fee they should set bounds on the duration of stay. They keep shifting the burden to users when it should be on hosts. AirBnb hosts have had their hands on the scale for too long now because the company is terrified of a mass exodus of hosts (many of whom act just as entitled as your average landlord, who will beat every penny out of you). It used to be a much better service for the users.

hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
But there aren't bounds on the duration of the stay. Many places will take you for 1 day or 4 weeks, and there is still just a single cleaning fee. FWIW I think pretty much every vacation rental I booked pre-AirBnB (or, for that matter, pre-Internet) charged a cleaning fee in a similar manner.
- micromacrofoot 3y ago
  Right, I'm suggesting duration bounds as a host-focused solution to a problem that's been frustratingly shifted to users. Better for the user experience to limit the stay to 3 nights (and thus removing it from results for single nights) instead of trying to put a $200 cleaning fee on an overnighter, IMO.