How to haggle on Airbnb in any country and bring down the price by 2.5 times
Purchases / / December 19, 2019
Matthew Zagaynov
Consultant for the optimization of business processes from London. It is preparing to blow up the stage of abstract hip-hop and run a startup century.
Why Airbnb better than agencies and private owners
On the website of the agency are many of these ads for the surrender of apartments, which, unfortunately, refused to hand over the entire month, even with a premium of the starting price. The fact is that in Europe the agents for the most part working according to the law, that is, contracts, taxes and insurance. Therefore, to tinker with the short-term they will not surrender or it will very expensive.
On Web sites for material removal from private owners often come across fakes and agents (just like at home "cyano"), so Airbnb became my salvation. There's enough offers a variety of apartments, which are rented for a short time and, unfortunately, for a month, too, are very expensive. But it's not a problem. I'll tell you what to do skromnyagi like me, who want to bring down the price on Airbnb.
How to haggle on Airbnb
Write owners of apartments 30-40 favorite, regardless of the price and availability of housing (owners may cancel future reservations of other applicants for vending apartment): "Hello, dear friend. Really liked your apartment, I want to live in it a month, but that's very expensive. What a special price per month give? ".
Responds a lot and those who do, can reduce the price by up to 50%. These landlords can say, "My friend, a great price, but I have already made several proposals to (you can use the average monthly price for the relevant class apartments for any local site aggregator agencies such www.immoweb.be) XXX Euro. I will only select from the comparable prices. What can you offer in this range? ".
To my surprise, and then many immediately lowered the price to the requested XXX euros. With such masters can be assigned to view the apartment (as without viewing when you shoot for a month). Airbnb erasure of all messages emails, phone numbers and addresses that users have entered into the transaction in bypass service. But if you write letters, phone number is not in English, and any other local language, such as French, then everything will go.
On viewing the landlord can offer to conduct all bypassing Airbnb. Then he will not have to pay taxes and service fee at the rate of 9-15%. Agree with it or even the offer to pay "under the counter" almost all the owners.
It is important to remember that Airbnb plays the role of mediator and savior in the case of the landlord-Grifters, for example is an alternative hotel or return the money. Therefore, to exclude services from the game you need at your own risk.
After that, the owners of an apartment you like, you can write that there are several, all liked, choose difficult. Who will offer the best price (already considering the first two discounts and bypass Airbnb), and the fellow.
I was in Ghent, Belgium, following the advice from this article, removed chic studio apartment with floor-to-ceiling windows, a central location and views of the canals in 2.5 times cheaper than the original price.
bonus life hacking
On Airbnb, you can see a calendar with busy dates, for example, a month in advance for any apartment. On it you can appreciate how popular apartment and whether the owner is ready to throw off the price for the months of continuous rental.
Airbnb for their calculations using the exchange rates that differ from the rate your bank or card system, plus takes an additional 3% for currency exchange. Source Airbnb courses varies depending on the region, but often it www.oanda.com, which often contain irrelevant information. If you Rublev Card, and pay, for instance, need the euro, compare rates Airbnb and his bank and choose the best.