All Forum Posts by: Sunil Ghosal

I used to have about 20 of them. The month subscription fees made the product not viable. I would only recommend if there is noise regulation in the areas and you need evidence to show. It tracks all previous data and allows you to export to CSV. Outside of the that the monthly cost was more then the value provided.

I bought 20 minuts for my properties. I did not find it very useful and the monthly fee makes little to no sense. The only situation which I would use Minut is if there was an HOA/city noise regulation and I could dispute fines with Minut Data. My case is not that so I removed all 20 devices.

This is a cheap rebrand of Google Hotel Ads. It will become a paid service. Right now only about 1-2% of my revenue comes from GVR.

Most of the Boostly websites I see are very slow to give quotes and have higher downtime. What ROAS are they projecting?

Considering the cost of materials is decreasing. Cost Plus Might not be a bad option compared to fixed price. Chalet Village does extremely well. 

Quote from @Collin Hays:

This one sold for $432K in 2021. It's now at $399K. No way it will bring that, of course.

3871 Holders Grove Rd, Cosby, TN 37722 | realtor.com®

 Wow if they can get out above 250k I would be surprised.

I'm AB testing cancellation policies between Strict and Super Strict 60 and I have not noticed any difference in bookings. Given the current market for last minute pricing being much lower, I have my doubts that having a more lenient cancellation and would prefer the strictest possible. What are you guys using?

Quote from @Matt Mertz:

Quote from @John Carbone:

A few days ago it was looking pretty decent, but then we had a guest cancel a 7 night stay in June due to a medical emergency.

2024: June 26%, July 58%.

2023: June 70%, July 51%

We donated a 3 night weekend to Isaiah House for a fund raising raffle so I didn't include them in the June 2024 numbers.  And we gave a few nights to a friend in July 2023.

We're in this weird place where we were doing better this year than last until May rolled around.  We're not panicking or anything.  It's just "will we be able to retire early or not?"

For 3 Gatlinburg Pool Cabins w/ View:
Next 30 Days: 55.91%
Next 60 Days: 55.74%
Next 90 Days: 45.65%

Last Year Weeks 3 and 4 of April were my best booking weeks. This year week 3 and 4 are down roughly 50% on overall reservation. Largest booking week for me was Jan week #2.

My previous booking data showed that rates are a race to the bottom during the slow season and a race to the top during the high season. (About 30 day lead time on sub 8 BRs.) Customers in the shoulder season appear to be much much more price sensitive and highly prefer payment plans. Had one lady that asked for a payment plan with 1/2 down booking direct. Asked for upfront payment via Direct Booking Website and she booked via Airbnb at a 20% markup.

The only different for this year is that the shoulder season weekdays is also a race to the bottom as well.

GVR has been underwhelming for us. I have been running Google Ads and Facebook Ads. Currently my Google Ad is 5.53 ROAS and my Facebook ad is about 10.8 ROAS (Very Surprising to me)