Helpful Airbnb hacks to save more on your next Airbnb is to take advantage of the weekly and monthly discounts that are many times available. We’re talking hundreds and even THOUSANDS of dollars right back into your pocket for just a few minutes’ time.

Discounts for Longer Stays

It’s no secret that your Airbnb host would prefer to check in fewer people for longer stays.

This is why they are typically happy to offer you significant discounts for staying longer.

If you changed that 5 or 6-day stay to one week, you’d be surprised to see that your nightly rate might drop below what it would be for the shorter stay.

And often, there are different tax rates depending on the duration of the stay. This will vary from city to city, but short-term rentals are often taxed differently than longer-term stays. So if you stay a month, you might even save on ALL the taxes.

A Compelling Example

Check out this example where I looked up a home available in Austin, Texas that gets stellar reviews. (Be sure to review our article on how to know the truth about Airbnb reviews and see through all the overrated propaganda).

When I checked the dates for 18 nights, a discount was given. Check out the bottom line price and note it included tax, right?

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In Austin, for stays less than 30 days, the hotel or airbnb is obliged to collect 6% state tax and 11% local hotel occupancy tax.

Now, look what happens when I change this to a monthly rental – not only do we get a bigger discount for a longer stay, but the actual nightly rate used in the calculation drops dramatically. In fact, the full-month stay is way under the 18-night stay – by thousands of dollars! $7,000+!

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What else changes? Since it is no longer subject to the Short Term Rental Tax in Austin, defined as less than 30 days, the tax goes away completely – another huge savings!

Airbnb Hacks: Save Money and Leave Early If You Need To

You’ll have to experiment some in order to get the best deal, but always be thinking about adding on a few days. There’s nothing stopping you from leaving early, right? You can just notify the host that you need to leave a day or two early, but you’ll still capture all this potential savings.

For the tax savings, it will depend on the tax jurisdiction of that property. You might have to experiment with 28 days, 30 days, 31 days. Many times, you’ll see the tax drop off. Even if you can’t stay all 31 days, booking it for that duration might yield the best price.

Of course, not every example will be as dramatic, but we’ve easily saved thousands of dollars each year by following this simple strategy. It’s a win for your Airbnb host and a definite win for you!


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