Airbnb will display a location’s total listing price and add new educational resources for Hosts.
Airbnb will finally begin showing the total price of a rental listing in an effort to be more transparent.
The travel service update comes on the cusp of the holiday travel season as the company aims to make it easier to shop for more budget-friendly deals. Thanksgiving travelers, unfortunately, will be missing out as the update won’t roll out until next month. To better explain the new feature, Company CEO Brian Chesky took to Twitter (opens in new tab) and broke it all down.
Users will soon see the total price of a location in the search results, map, price filters, and listing page. It won’t, however, show the taxes that you’ll have to pay. To see the taxes, the official announcement (opens in new tab) states, customers will have to go to the final step before booking to see “a full price breakdown,” which includes any discounts and service fees. The feature won’t be set by default as you will have to toggle “Display Total Price” (opens in new tab) to see the full price.
When asked why Airbnb didn’t make this a default setting, a company representative told us they want to ease in people who were used to the old way and give them a choice between the two.
