Advice on Declined Requests Impacting Visibility

[Yelena Korshak]

Hi Everyone! I have a MTR that I list on both, Airbnb and Furnished Finder. My current tenant moves out at the end of April, I've been getting several Airbnb requests that start in June, & I've been declining them to avoid vacancy in May. Now, I'm seeing a significant drop in requests; Last week, I was getting a few a day &, now, I'm getting none. 

After doing research & learning that declining requests significantly impacts visibility, I'm left with two questions: 

1) How would you go about rejecting people to avoid vacancies without getting penalized?

2) Most importantly, what do I do now? Do you have any recommendations on how to remedy the situation? Should I consider remaking my listing altogether? 

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!