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I've been thinking of putting my foot out on Air but here's my problem with them, they really do seem like a market looking for the bottom dollar and what I offer isn't the bottom dollar. So I have been wondering what to do...
First of all, I have to pay taxes and most of them are illegally not, so just there is almost a 20% difference. Do you think that I should collect it at the door and therefore my prices appear to be lower on Air (and they don't have to pay commission on it, too.)
Do you think I should just put up my normal prices and offer my full services or do you think that I should make it more of a discount product... no breakfast (or maybe just coffee and tea?), no housekeeping? light housekeeping? Full housekeeping? Should I charge a cleaning fee? Should I allow shorter stays, longer stays or should I use it only as a way of selling off last minute rooms?
Just to give you an idea, I put in some random dates about a week into the future and it's telling me that for a private room the "average is $49 a night". My standard is $130 a night (including taxes).
Or do I just list, with my standard amenities, standard offerings, normal price (with or without taxes) and then put a few cheap days available when I have empties and just let it be?
First of all, I have to pay taxes and most of them are illegally not, so just there is almost a 20% difference. Do you think that I should collect it at the door and therefore my prices appear to be lower on Air (and they don't have to pay commission on it, too.)
Do you think I should just put up my normal prices and offer my full services or do you think that I should make it more of a discount product... no breakfast (or maybe just coffee and tea?), no housekeeping? light housekeeping? Full housekeeping? Should I charge a cleaning fee? Should I allow shorter stays, longer stays or should I use it only as a way of selling off last minute rooms?
Just to give you an idea, I put in some random dates about a week into the future and it's telling me that for a private room the "average is $49 a night". My standard is $130 a night (including taxes).
Or do I just list, with my standard amenities, standard offerings, normal price (with or without taxes) and then put a few cheap days available when I have empties and just let it be?