Stop Guessing Your Airbnb Price | Do This Instead

Host Planet: Airbnb, Holiday Let, and Vacation Rental Insights · Mar 23, 2026 · 24m · transcript

Most Airbnb hosts are guessing their pricing.

And it’s costing them bookings…or leaving money on the table.

In this episode of STR Pricing Pulse, powered by Beyond, James Varley is joined by Zak Ali to break down exactly how to set your base price – the foundation of any successful short-term rental pricing strategy.

You’ll learn:

✔️ What a base price actually is (and why it matters)

✔️ A simple 3-step method to set the right base price

✔️ What to do when the data says your property is worth less than you expected

✔️ The biggest mistakes hosts make when pricing too low (or too high)

✔️ How…