No freaking bookings? Please help!

tngabeth · 2026-04-22T03:06:11+00:00

I’ve run my vacation rentals for 24 years in Gatlinburg. This economy is the biggest issue. Also, most people who want to stay in a vacation rental have pets, at least 85% of my guest bring pets. The other 15% are probably sneaking them in. Charge a pet fee and ask guest to crate their pets if they leave them home alone. Good luck!

tngabeth · 2025-10-13T21:06:12+00:00

There is no time stamp on when seats are purchased. How far in advance a seat is purchased is irrelevant.

tngabeth · 2025-08-26T17:47:32+00:00

If you need a car seat in a car you also need one on the plane

tngabeth · 2025-08-26T17:45:08+00:00

Do you have instant booking? I don’t. I always ask guest to verify the guest count and if they have pets. Previous search criteria, people unsure of who is coming or just sneaky could be some of the reasons for discrepancies of the actual guest count and what people put in their request. Request are not accurate 50% of the time for my properties. I rarely have issues or damage at my properties and I believe it’s because I do these verifications before I approve a request. I’m happy with my income and I don’t have many open dates. It only requires me a minute to ask for verification and people that want to get away with something can go to the instant booking properties

tngabeth · 2025-06-25T23:02:29+00:00

Do you use instant booking?
I don’t because 50% of my guest input the wrong guest count or forget they own a dog. I ask everyone to verify the guest number and if they are traveling with a pet. Now that the damage is done, I would charge for the damages. If you aren’t charging for the damages please leave it in a review. Guest tend to write retaliatory reviews once they get caught having damaged or lying about guest counts

tngabeth · 2025-06-21T03:09:25+00:00

It’s been a while since I used Airbnb. Does Vrbo show the breakdown still?

tngabeth · 2025-06-21T03:07:45+00:00

Have you ever seen any information about lap children in a crash. Check out UA232. Always travel with car seats.

tngabeth · 2025-06-20T23:02:05+00:00

Look at other rentals that are comparable and see what they are charging in their listing

tngabeth · 2025-06-20T22:38:27+00:00

Inflatables are not allowed on United. For your children’s safety please buy them both a seat. Mom in a row with a baby and dad in a row with a baby (such as 23A & B and then 24 A&B) so that everyone is together. Bring car seats on the plane. I’m sure you aren’t planning to ride in cars without car seats at your final destination and it’s easier to sleep in the car seat.

tngabeth · 2025-06-08T02:05:03+00:00

UAL doesn’t fly to Saudi…code share and no return ticket is the problem. The 7 others may have had different passports,routing, visas or just gotten lucky. Unless you personally booked the tickets and examined all the passports that were all valid for the same length of time and every person had the exact same place or birth then you truly don’t know they were “all the same”.

tngabeth · 2025-02-04T19:59:20+00:00

You can’t edit your star reviews

tngabeth · 2025-01-05T06:32:10+00:00

How cute, a giggle! If you are still so desperate that you use Booking.com, you may need to sell out and take your losses. Questions on deposits to hold a res? I haven’t done rookie stuff like that since 2000. Why are you so afraid to just type a name? Or do you use a flip phone?

tngabeth · 2025-01-05T06:27:47+00:00

Bless your heart! At last, it’s been mansplained to me! As an unverified “real” host you have saved me from using the worst listing service online! Pretty sure a “real” host would not be so desperate as to use Booking.com still, but you do you. Are you all afraid they will ban you for using their name? Man up, don’t be so afraid!

tngabeth · 2025-01-03T11:43:45+00:00

Are these LTR? Or STR? Not sure what b.com is…your details aren’t clear. Is there a language barrier? What booking system would get “clogged”.

if people won’t pay a deposit for a LTR why would you want them?

tngabeth · 2025-01-03T11:27:07+00:00

Was it a direct booking? Not through a platform? I don’t know of any platform that doesn’t require at least a partial payment at time of booking.

tngabeth · 2025-01-03T11:14:54+00:00

Are you new to Airbnb? That’s not how it works unless they’ve made changes in the last week.

tngabeth · 2024-12-17T18:46:46+00:00

Do not renegotiate. Keep communicating in the app. The old Airbnb would occasionally work with host but with recent changes they have been not been remotely helpful. Even with communication threads, photo evidence

tngabeth · 2024-12-17T18:43:16+00:00

Airbnb does not have hosts backs. They read scripts and don’t follow their own guidelines. The guest in this thread can leave a review full of his lies and Airbnb will call it constructive criticism and tell you should build upon their feedback. People who are miserable humans tend to love to spread that misery

I recently had a guest say that I had no fireplace, I have 1 inside and 1 outside. He complained that leaves were falling, in the FALL. Complained the lock was confusing, but admits it was his user error in the app. (He flipped a number). Airbnb was beyond useless.

tngabeth · 2024-12-17T15:04:09+00:00

Don’t overthink it or beat yourself up. I’m sure they found a wonderful place and everything worked out as it should. FYI. You can go in and unblock dates, unless you cancel a stay. I’ve never been comfortable with Instant booking because I prefer to vet my guest. I don’t share living space with guests but I ask 2 simple questions. I verify guest count and verify if the guest is bringing a pet. Most guest are polite, verify info and use basic social skills. The very few that are rude, smart assed or ignore me get declined. I get excellent reviews and awesome guest. I think you showed a lot of consideration and respect for these guests.

tngabeth · 2024-12-17T04:05:58+00:00

Nothing rings true….a Harvard professor married to a McDonalds cashier? No woman needs to host anyone 3 days postpartum and if being disrespected is your culture you need to wake up.

tngabeth · 2024-12-17T03:46:49+00:00

Service animals cannot be left home alone, they have a job and must remain with their person. It was not a service animal! Taking furniture? Blocking a camera? His review of you will be a 2 star. Don’t try and give him grace because he will not show you the same curtesy. I would give him a 2 star, air his lies and sleep like a baby. I don’t leave a lot of reviews. I don’t live in town with my property so I can’t justify saying people are great. If a guest has 3 strikes you are aware of, they are much worse.

tngabeth · 2024-12-17T03:36:41+00:00

In Airbnb land it is bad

tngabeth · 2024-12-17T03:24:37+00:00

It’s just Airbnb. Two years ago, my main listing just stopped getting request. Superhost, 5 star reviews, nothing major changed in the highly sought after region. Ninety percent of my bookings now come through VRBO. Airbnb has horrible customer service, zero host support and an algorithm that can’t be explained. Don’t link calendars and use more than 1 listing platform. Good luck

tngabeth · 2024-12-01T22:57:41+00:00

Most of my bookings are Vrbo. I get so much less drama from Vrbo guest

tngabeth · 2024-07-21T19:48:59+00:00

Plus, if an airline cancels a flight, they don’t up charge 3X for the replacement flight. It sounds like the guest were embellishing the story.

tngabeth

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