• Airbnb smart pricing ? NO

  1. They are incentivizing more bookings at cheaper rates so they can earn a

     platform fee

  2. Here is math on that if they get 3 bookings at $100 a night vs 5 bookings

     at $75 a night. Makes more sense to them to earn their percentage on the

     5 bookings at $75 a night...

• ○ Third Party Dynamic Pricing

i. Can be a smart idea, I am old fashioned and like more control and do things manually, however the newest tools are pretty great at forecasting supply, demand, events, and so on

1. They are affordable, many charge a setup fee, then 1% or so on revenues - but they can net you ~5% more revenue because of their demand-based pricing algorithms

2. Low demand nights can be filled with responsive revenue management so you  ...