Pricing & Profit
Before You Lower Your Airbnb Price Again, Read This
Price cuts feel like action. Sometimes they're just panic wearing a math costume.
MRMarco ReyesSTR Profit Contributor
June 28, 2026
7 min
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Marco Reyes
STR Profit Contributor
Built and eventually sold a small short-term rental portfolio across two states, and got the margin math wrong more than once before he got it right. Writes about pricing pressure, real costs, cleaning fees, and the arithmetic behind a booked calendar.
Pricing & Profit
The Cleaning Fee War Is Exhausting Hosts
The guest saw one number added at checkout. The host saw a cleaner's invoice that keeps climbing every quarter.
MRMarco ReyesSTR Profit Contributor
May 3, 2026
6 min
Pricing & Profit
The Airbnb Fee Problem: Hosts Get Blamed for Prices Guests See
The guest's screen showed $312. The host's payout, for the same reservation, was $247.
MRMarco ReyesSTR Profit Contributor
April 17, 2026
6 min
Pricing & Profit
The Cost Stack Nobody Told New Airbnb Hosts About
Gross revenue is the number hosts screenshot and send to their brother-in-law. Net profit is the number that actually decides whether hosting was worth it.
MRMarco ReyesSTR Profit Contributor
April 13, 2026
6 min
Reviews & Guests
Guests Expect More for Less
The message was polite: no coffee maker at an $89-a-night studio felt, to this guest, like a four-star omission. Costs went up. Expectations didn't move.
MRMarco ReyesSTR Profit Contributor
March 19, 2026
6 min