Boost bookings with special offers

Special offers are a powerful way to attract guests and fill your calendar quickly. By customising pricing or suggesting alternative trip details, you can turn interested guests into confirmed bookings.

How special offers work

When someone sends you a message before they book or submit a trip request, you can reply with a special offer that includes a custom price. You can also suggest different dates or another one of your places instead. If the guest accepts your special offer (they have 24 hours to do so), their reservation is automatically confirmed.

If they’ve already booked or requested your place, you can’t send a special offer—but you can still give them a discount by changing the reservation details.

First, make sure your calendar is open and that you don’t have any pending requests for the dates in your offer—if you do, you’ll have to decline them. Also, be certain you want to host the guest, because their trip will be automatically confirmed if they accept.

Send a special offer

Important details to consider

• Include all nights and fees: Your special offer price should cover all nights and include any additional charges, like cleaning fees.
• Don’t include taxes, service fees or security deposits: If you’re using our offline fees feature, taxes and service fees are added automatically, and security deposits are handled separately.
• Long-term stays: For special offers over 28 days, you can choose to offer a total price or set a monthly rate.
• Keep your account information up to date: Missing details in your Airbnb profile can prevent your calendar from being available for special offers.

When your offer is sent, the guest will see all costs clearly broken down—including taxes and service fees as separate items.

Sending multiple offers

When you send special offers to multiple guests for the same dates, whoever accepts first wins out. That’s why we recommend being transparent in your messages that other guests may be interested in booking the same dates.