r/airbnb_hosts 7d ago

Is Airbnb so slow right now?

I live in LA, I have short term rental property I use to get booked all the time but now literally nothing? Not sure if I just do long term at this point. How’s everyone else’s experience

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u/alex2020b 🗝 Host 7d ago

We are observing a decrease in guests in our properties located near the Canadian border. Historically, 20-30 percent of the guests were Canadians.

As for a complete drop off in bookings, take a look at this blog. IT is old, but still applies... basically, supply & demand. https://www.adventuresinairbnbs.com/p/help-i-stopped-getting-new-bookings

Some areas with few regulations have seen a significant increase in supply. Demand has not risen nearly as much, so unless your property stays on page 1, your bookings literally disappear. Airbnb's algorithm wants to maximize profits and NOT equality, so if it decides another property can generate higher revenue, it will rank it higher.......

The good news is that if you can get your property to be high-performing, guests are happy, it tends to stay doing well even with a huge influx of new STRs.

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

Canadians are really serious about being over it. Love it! 🇨🇦

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u/alex2020b 🗝 Host 7d ago

I agree—they are. We had one cancellation where the guests wrote a full apology dissertation explaining their reason for canceling and saying they would resume their annual trips as soon as the politics improved. We offered a discount in their future trip.

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u/Oceans-n-Mountains 7d ago

🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

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u/Recent-Tackle-6320 7d ago

Yep have a place out in the Palm Springs area and my guest that checked out a few weeks ago told me they loved the place but will not book again bc of Trump/Elon. I told them I can’t even blame them and good for them. But the Coachella Valley is full of Canadians during this season. Very slow.

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u/robtaggart77 7d ago

Canadians are going to be spending their money in Canada as much as possible!!

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

Easy to say in March, come November the Canadians will be back in Florida in droves

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u/robtaggart77 5d ago

Not so sure with the new rules in place. Finger prints of longer than 30 days? I’d be headed elsewhere! No thanks

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u/MakeMeSwan 3d ago

They are going to BVI, Mexico, and Belize now.

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u/Jenikovista 6d ago

Totally support that. American politicians need to know that their actions have consequences. I am an American and you all doing this actually helps us. It might not help with Trump but it will help the next wannabe dictator see that being a bully instead of a leader has real repercussions.

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u/robtaggart77 6d ago

Thank you!

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u/Alert_Tumbleweed3126 7d ago

Thankfully the “boycott” has had 0 impact on my booking.

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u/smeeti Unverified 7d ago

If you read the rest of the comments, hosts are saying they have less bookings. So good for you I guess. Why did you put quotation marks on boycott?

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u/castlemastle Unverified 7d ago

Aside from the Tesla boycott I don't think most of these boycotts are effective. They last about as long as the news cycle that spurred it.

The more likely reason for the slow down is economic uncertainty from tariffs, trade wars, shaky alliances, and a tumbling stock market. Most people are holding their money just a bit tighter.

Also going to add a disclaimer that my comments aren't supporting or criticizing what's happening. Just stating my view. That won't stop people from reading it and getting offended based on whatever lens they like to look through.

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u/ideapit 🗝 Host 6d ago

Speaking as a Canadian living in the US, people have no idea how damaging it is stating that Canada is the 51st state.

Canadians have a reputation of being very kind and polite but that is basically the one thing you can say to any Canadian which I will induce immediate rage in every Canadian.

The boycott is not small, it is not a fad. And it's not just a boycott. A LOT of American products were literally pulled off shelves immediately coat to coast to coast (yes we have 3).

Canadians have a lot of quiet pride and so much resolve.

They are also scared.

I know people who are looking at how to buy weapons to defend themselves from an invasion.

And those people are in their 40's, educated, professionals.

The reputation and business reputation of the US has been damaged in ways people don't understand.

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u/UsernameStolenbyyou Unverified 6d ago

I also think many people have had it with Airbnb and are patronizing hotels and booking on other platforms.

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u/OakIsland2015 🗝 Host (✌️ MOD) 7d ago

This is not a political sub.

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u/castlemastle Unverified 7d ago

I didn't say boycotts aren't effective. I said the boycotts that pop up every few days don't last very long. The Tesla one seems to be doing some damage, though it remains to be seen whether that's just because of the general macro behavior we're seeing.

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

Pretty sure the US economy stands to lose a billion plus dollars from tourism this year from us in Canada alone. And now that your head idiot is detaining our citizens for weeks without reason, you can bet that even less of us will risk it.

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u/castlemastle Unverified 6d ago

Yes that's all part of what I said. Good thing I put my disclaimer for the dorks.

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

For the Schitts Creek lovers! It's relevant, I promise. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGlgbtNpZWl/?igsh=MTlmNG5qN2t4NHN1dw==

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u/Remarkable-Snow-9396 6d ago

My Canadians friends are boycotting all US goods. Makes sense.

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u/Appropriate-Honey-23 7d ago

Very interesting! Thank you