If most of your bookings come through Airbnb or Booking.com, you’ve probably wondered what really happens when multiple discounts overlap. Maybe you’ve seen a “was/now” or struck-through price on your listings and thought, did Beyond cause that?
Good news: it didn’t. Beyond doesn’t apply discounts in the traditional sense. Instead, we use Time-Based Adjustments: small, smart changes driven by real-time market data that help you stay competitive without ever signalling a public sale.
What’s Really Happening Behind the Scenes
Beyond always pushes a single final nightly rate to Airbnb. There’s no “original price” tag attached, so Beyond’s adjustments never trigger a struck-through display.
Those “was/now” visuals appear only when Airbnb or Booking.com applies their own visible discounts like weekly or monthly deals, special offers, coupons, or non-refundable rates.
That means if you’re also running promotions inside your property management system (PMS) or booking channel (like Airbnb), they’ll stack on top of Beyond’s prices, which can look like a double discount to guests.
What are Time-Based Adjustments? And Why We Use Them
Traditional discounts are blunt tools. They cut prices whether the market demands it or not.
Time-Based Adjustments are different: they respond dynamically to booking behaviour, lead time, and demand patterns in your market.
If a date is booking slower than expected, Beyond may nudge the price down slightly. If demand rises sharply, it adjusts up. The result: consistent competitiveness without looking like you’re perpetually “on sale.”
This approach keeps your pricing smart, your listing performance high, and your brand value intact.
How to Keep Promotions in Sync
To avoid unintentional double-discounts:
- Keep your booking channel and PMS promotions minimal if Beyond manages your pricing.
- If you must run a channel promotion, increase your Beyond base price by the same percentage. For example: If Airbnb runs a 10% discount, set your base price about 10% higher.
- Use Seasonal Minimum Prices in Beyond to ensure discounts never push you below your minimum rate.
- Turn off other pricing tools (like Airbnb Smart Pricing) to keep Beyond’s rates consistent.
Before launching a promotion, always check your listing on Airbnb: if you see a struck-through price, that’s the OTA showing its own discount, not Beyond.
Why This Strategy Works
Time-Based Adjustments give you the best of both worlds:
- Smarter demand alignment: adjusting to real data, not static discount rules.
- Cleaner visibility: no unwanted “sale” tags or price confusion.
- Revenue protection: no stacking or double-discounting.
- Full compatibility with promotions: as long as they’re planned strategically.
In short, Beyond helps you price like a pro with flexibility for campaigns when you need them, and protection for your margins when you don’t.
Learn More
- What do discount strategies look like with Beyond?
- Airbnb and Beyond: Integration Tips
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