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Shelby Coffman operates an AirBnB in Palm Springs and supports Too Good To Go, a social impact firms that fights food waste. Shelby realized that she could increase her profits by offering her AirBnB at special lower rates using FastAlert.Now during periods of low occupancy. This lets her make money by renting her AirBnB when it would otherwise have been vacant by alerting subscribers about special deals. She gives a portion of her extra profit to support Too Good To Go.
In addition to rentals, other businesses that can benefit from last minute deals include restaurants, golf courses, appointments...
"Airbnb's slow season survival depends largely on pricing. Generally, guests travel for leisure trips so there is an increased demand for weekend stays. Opt to promote weekday stays with special offers and discounts which will boost your Airbnb revenue.
Assume your weekday rate is $100 and your weekend rate is $200, you offer 50% only on weekends, and the weekday rate remains the same. With a clause to stay for 5 days, you are incentivizing your guests to book your Airbnb 5/7 days of the week - increasing your occupancy rate and making a tidy profit. The amount of money you make will remain more or less the same. In the end, it's all in the way you market your strategy. You can use the Airbnb rule sets to work through whichever promotion you want to activate." - Hostaway
Too Good To Go is a certified B Corp social impact company, on a mission to inspire and empower everyone to fight food waste together. Too Good To Go was founded in 2016 in Copenhagen to fight food waste. In 9 years, the company has grown to over 100 million registered users and 175,000 active business partners across 19 countries in Europe and North America. Too Good To Go has helped to save over 400 million meals from being wasted, the equivalent of 1.1M tons of Carbon Dioxide avoided.
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