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What are Airbnb opportunities, and how do I apply them?

How to find and implement opportunities from Airbnb within Host Tools

Written by Tom Krones

Summary

Opportunities are recommendations Airbnb surfaces to help your listings get more bookings — things like enabling instant book, lowering minimum stays, offering weekly or monthly discounts, or running a new-listing promotion. The Airbnb Quality Dashboard in Host Tools shows every opportunity Airbnb has offered for your account, and lets you apply them in one click without leaving Host Tools.

Finding the Opportunities tab

  1. Click your profile picture in the upper right-hand corner and choose Settings.

  2. Go to Settings > Accounts and pick the Airbnb account you want to inspect.

  3. Click Quality Dashboard.

  4. Switch to the Opportunities tab.

You'll see an Available Opportunities section with a card for each one Airbnb is currently offering. Each card includes the title, a description, the listings it applies to, and how it compares to the average host's completion rate.

Examples of opportunities you might see

Airbnb decides which opportunities are available for your listings based on their performance, amenities, and competitive set. Common examples include:

  • New listing promotion — a temporary 20% discount on your first few bookings to help a new listing get its first reviews.

  • Instant book promotion — encourages enabling instant book for higher search ranking.

  • Weekly or monthly discount — applies a length-of-stay discount of a recommended amount.

  • Lower advance notice — reduces the booking lead time so guests can book sooner.

  • Reduce minimum stay — lowers the minimum nights so more searches match your listing.

  • Self check-in, flexible cancellation, last-minute discount, early-bird promotion, allow longer stays — all encouraged when Airbnb sees similar listings benefit from them.

  • Amenity opportunities — Airbnb may also suggest adding specific amenities (Wi-Fi, heating, pet-friendly, etc.) that increase booking likelihood.

The exact set of opportunities you see is dynamic — Airbnb updates them based on your performance. If a listing is already enrolled in an opportunity or isn't eligible for it, it won't appear in your available list.

Applying an opportunity

  1. Find the opportunity card you want to act on. Each card shows Your Completion, Airbnb Host Average, and Similar Hosts Average so you can see how widely it's been adopted.

  2. Some opportunities require an input value (for example, a discount percentage). If so, fill in the field on the card.

  3. Click Apply. The button will change to Applying... while Host Tools sends the change to Airbnb.

  4. You'll see a success toast (Opportunity applied successfully) once Airbnb confirms.

The opportunity will move out of the available list, and the underlying setting (discount, instant book, minimum stay, etc.) will update on Airbnb and on Host Tools at the same time.

What if I don't see any opportunities?

If you see "No available opportunities found. You're all caught up!", Airbnb isn't surfacing any actionable suggestions for your listings right now. Check back later — the list refreshes as Airbnb evaluates your performance and as your listings change.

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