Getting your experience listing ready to book

Congratulations on getting your Airbnb Experience approved! After you publish your listing, here are two things you can do to attract your first guests.

You’ll need to set up your calendar so guests can book the experience. Decide how often you’ll offer the activity based on its duration, your availability and your business goals.

To get started, select a day you want to host and tap Schedule an experience. Choose the time, booking type, price, group size and other details. Offering an activity 10 times or more per month, including at least one weekend day per week, can help guests find a date and time that meets their needs.

Many hosts add up to two months of availability to increase their chances of getting booked. You can schedule an experience you offer daily up to 60 days in advance and an experience you offer weekly up to 52 weeks in advance.

Remember to block any dates you can’t host to avoid cancellations. You can also block time around an activity for prep work or cleaning up.

Many guests consider price when booking Airbnb Experiences. Setting a competitive price can help your listing stand out.

Start by figuring out how much you need to cover your expenses. Next, you may find that offering a lower price per person can attract more guests and lead to higher revenue. For example:

• 4 guests booked at £60 each = £240
• 8 guests booked at £50 each = £400

You can also create a new experience promotion to help attract your first guests and early reviews. The promotion is an opportunity to offer 5% to 50% off your price for 30 days.

If you choose at least 20% off, your discounted price will be displayed in Airbnb search results next to your original one, which is crossed out. The experience will go back to your original price when the offer ends.

To create a promotion:

1. Go to your listing and tap Edit
2. Go to Price settings and tap Discounts
3. Under Special offers, go to New experience promotion and tap Create offer

You control your pricing and other settings at all times. Your results may vary.

Information contained in this article may have changed since publication.