Pricing competitively

Look sideways, not at a hotel

Same region, same type, same guest count. A courtyard in Gabala is not a Baku suite and it is not a mattress in a shared room at the far end of the country. Open nearby Absolute stays and read what guests actually pay for a similar night — rooms, kitchen, parking, a private bathroom.

If you are AZN 80 above everyone and the photographs are older, you will sit. If you are AZN 40 below and always full, you are leaving money. Raise the floor next season, not in the middle of a stay that already paid.

Your floor is the host number

You set a minimum nightly rate in AZN. Absolute may show the guest a higher night when demand is high. We never publish a guest night below your floor. A higher guest price does not automatically raise your payout — you still receive the floor unless we wrote a different host amount.

Change the floor with the season: August inland is not February. A Saturday is not a Tuesday. Changing it every morning makes last week’s guest feel cheated.

Guests see the total

They see nights, the cleaning line if you charge one, extras they tick, and the programme fee — currently 15% of that stay subtotal unless the page says otherwise. A low night plus a huge clean still loses. One honest clean number next to honest amenities is easier to book than a cheap headline and a surprise.

Your payout is the rate you agreed, plus listed cleaning and extras. The 15% is added for the guest. It is not taken from your floor.

Too high and too low

A floor that never sells is not a strategy. A floor that always sells in a week is a signal to move next season. Do not dump this week so far that a guest who booked last month writes a value review that is really about your panic.

Last-minute nights have their own guide. Weekly and monthly lines sit under the nightly floor because you skip turnovers — that is competitive too.

Cleaning and extras

List cleaning once. List extras the guest can tick. Do not invent a second price after they have compared. Deep stains and smoke you did not agree to are an AbsoluteCover file, not a door invoice.

Friends who want a “local price” book the same listing. A cash deal at the gate for a cheaper night cancels the file and removes cover.

Read the reservation

Each booking shows what the guest paid and what you will receive. Competitive pricing is a true floor, a true calendar, and a house that matches the page. How creators are paid is a separate programme — read the Absolute Creators terms.