Airbnb Tricked You! (Change these settings NOW!)

[@JessyCulp]

Thank you. Lots of changes need to be made

[@james.svetec]

Glad it helped!

[@kirstysmith469]

This is great thank you, only two mistakes which I will sort today.

[@james.svetec]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Premier1Host]

Thank you. Changed my booking window to 24 months from 12 months, otherwise good on all others.

[@james.svetec]

Nicely done!!

[@giannapogni]

Yay! I didn’t make any of those mistakes. Got them all right!

[@james.svetec]

Way to go! Shoot me an email and I can hook you up with your free month in Tribe! [e-mail]

[@ginabeebe7060]

The photo mistake is a bit confusing to me. I ha the option right from the start to select the option to NOT let airbnb arrange the photos and do it myself. I am new to Airbnb (listing it myself) and when I clicked on the photo tour option during set-up and then all photos a box popped up that said Lead with your best photos and then two options: Arrange photos or No thanks. If you select no thanks then you can move the photos around however you want. This option is differnt then the manage photos where all the rooms are listed seperately where you put the correct photos for each room in. So now I am a bit confused on what it is you are saying to change. I did have one other mistake which was the location selection, I completely missed that section when setting up my listing, so thank you!!!

[@ryanarcher8119]

I made none of these mistakes. Probably because I have already watched many of your other videos 😂

[@james.svetec]

Yaay!! Congrats! 🎉 send me an email and I’ll hook you up with your free month! :) [e-mail]

[@TsetsiStoyanova]

What about those dynamic price rates?

[@james.svetec]

What about them?

[@TsetsiStoyanova]

@ should they be turned off as well?

[@Test-ro3cj]

I don’t have any of those mistakes! I wish I had watched this video earlier because I had to search for hours on the listing to do all of these.

[@james.svetec]

Well congrats on having fixed all of them! That’s awesome! Feel free to shoot me an email and I can hook you up with a free month in Tribe! :) [e-mail]

[@Test-ro3cj]

So how do I claim my one month free?

[@JessyCulp]

Is "Firm" okay for a cancellation policy or does it need to be "Strict"?

[@james.svetec]

I’d recommend strict!

[@yulianaandrukhiv5410]

i just called Airbnb and was able to disable the photo tour

[@james.svetec]

Nice! 🙌🙌

[@dcindc74]

I'd say I have maybe 1/2 of an error. I was a little unfamiliar with the room settings because I was afraid of re-activating that stupid photo tour! Then again, the rooms were already set correctly. BTW, I had to speak to five different customer service people to get the photo tour turned off!!!! (It is super easy to activate the tour via the phone app, so don't even touch your photos on your phone.) I will say that I (and even other gurus) have a difference of opinion on opening the calendar far in advance. I think in the US we're going to hit some more inflation. I'm okay with 6 months advance bookings, but I just can't do two years ahead at yesterday's prices. My monthly costs have increased accordingly and I had no problem getting booked even during the recent "AirBnBust".

[@james.svetec]

Nice! Super well done! What’re your thoughts on just opening up those farther out dates in the calendar at “tomorrow’s prices”? You could even open them up at 50-100% more than your normal rate. Unlikely to get booked, but if it does you’re in a great spot!

[@CasaBlueHeronCleaner1]

Fair point! 👍​@@james.svetec

[@AhmedNizar-t3w]

Had done all of them except for those I disagree: 1 : cancellation policy, we have very few cancellations and when your competition is all flexible, i do not think its worth the extra friction. 2: Photo tour you can reorder it at room level and get the right photos. Going for a custom photo tour may affect the algo in the long term, if you have bad ass amenities you can put them in the first 5 photos and let guests know to get them to click. So how about you give me a free month and learn something to know if your tribe is worth joining

[@james.svetec]

Nice! What market are you in? Would love to check out your listing if you can drop a link! Cancellation is almost always best set to strict, but there are some markets that are exceptions. For the photo tour, super curious to check out your listing and see what you mean!

[@AhmedNizar-t3w]

@@james.svetec I put a link seems to have got deleted by your moderators

[@warrencrescenzo9569]

Just 1 mistake.

[@victoredwards3959]

2 mistakes

[@james.svetec]

Dang! Time to fix ‘em!

[@btmorris380]

Airbnb support just informed me that they can not disable the photo tour setting. This is the way to do it correctly: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4bdgXysnpt-hLc

[@james.svetec]

If you do it that way, you’ll still be making the last mistake in the video as you won’t have any photos in the “Where you’ll sleep” section. The Airbnb support rep you’re speaking to is wrong. They can disable it, and reaching out to support is the only way to do it properly.