How Beyond Users Avoid Double Discounts and Keep Prices Optimized
Summary
This article from Beyond Pricing explains how their Time-Based Adjustments work to optimize pricing without using traditional discounts. Hosts should be aware of this strategy to avoid double-discounting and manage promotions effectively with their PMS or booking channels, ensuring consistent pricing and maximizing revenue.
Key Insights
- •Airbnb and Booking.com apply their own visible discounts like weekly or monthly deals, special offers, coupons, or non-refundable rates, which can stack with Beyond's pricing.
- •Beyond Pricing uses Time-Based Adjustments, small changes driven by real-time market data, rather than traditional discounts.
Action Items
- ✓Turn off other pricing tools (like Airbnb Smart Pricing) to keep Beyond’s rates consistent.Effort: lowImpact: medium
- ✓Use Seasonal Minimum Prices in Beyond to ensure discounts never push you below your floor.Effort: lowImpact: medium
- ✓Keep your booking channel and PMS promotions minimal if Beyond manages your pricing.Effort: lowImpact: medium
- ✓If you must run a channel promotion, increase your Beyond base price by the same percentage.Effort: lowImpact: medium
Tools & Resources
- →Beyond Pricing: Learn More - Airbnb and Beyond: Integration Tips
- →Beyond Pricing: Learn More - What do discount strategies look like with Beyond?
Common Mistakes
- ⚠Running promotions in your PMS or booking channel in addition to Beyond's pricing without adjusting your base price can lead to double discounts, reducing revenue.
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