Pricing
You're always in control of your prices. Set them once in Rove, and they sync everywhere.
How Pricing Works
Your listing's price comes from four components:
- Base Rate — Your standard nightly price
- Seasonality — Adjustments for peak and off-peak periods
- Custom Rates — Specific prices for specific dates
- Discounts — Reductions for longer stays or last-minute bookings
Rove calculates your final price and syncs it to Airbnb, VRBO, and your other channels automatically.
Base Rate
Your base rate is your default nightly price excluding platform/service fees and any other guest-paid fees. All other pricing builds on top of it.
- A $100 base rate on RoveTravel.com implies:
- $100 of earnings
- $117 guest-paid rate on Airbnb
- $112 guest-paid rate on RoveTravel.com
To set your base rate:
- Go to Pricing in your Host Portal
- Click Base Rate in the sidebar
- Enter your nightly price
- Click Save
Your base rate applies to all future dates unless you override it with seasonality or a custom rate.
Seasonality
Adjust your prices automatically based on the time of year.
- +20% during peak summer? A $100 base rate becomes $120.
- -15% during slow season? That same rate becomes $85.
To set seasonality:
- Go to Pricing in your Host Portal
- Click Seasonality in the sidebar
- Select the month you want to adjust
- Enter a percentage (positive to increase, negative to decrease)
- Click Save
Custom Rates
Override any date with a specific price. Use this for holidays, local events, or anytime you want precise control.
To set a custom rate:
- Go to Pricing in your Host Portal
- Click a date, drag to select a range, or click a month name to select all dates
- Enter your custom nightly price
- Click Save
Custom rates take priority over base rate and seasonality. If you set $300 for New Year's Eve, that's the price regardless of your other settings.
Can I change prices on reserved dates?
Yes. Updating the price on a reserved or blocked date won't affect the existing reservation total. But if that reservation cancels, the date will already have the right price.
Discounts
Fill your calendar faster by rewarding longer stays and last-minute bookings.
Length-of-Stay Discounts
Discount applies to the length of stay(s) you select:
- Weekly: 7+ nights
- Monthly: 30+ nights
- 2 month: 60+ nights
- 3 month: 90+ nights
- 6 month: 180+ nights
- 1 year: 365+ nights
Last-Minute Discounts
Set rules to automatically drop rates as vacancy approaches.
To set discounts:
- Go to Pricing in your Host Portal
- Click Discounts in the sidebar
- Enter your percentages
- Click Save
How discounts apply: Only one discount applies per reservation. If multiple qualify, the guest gets the highest value discount.
Why Guests Pay Less on RoveTravel.com
Rove charges a lower service fee than Airbnb and VRBO. This results in the same earnings for you, but a better price for the guest.
Example: $200/night listing
- On RoveTravel.com: Guest pays $224 (12% service fee). You earn $200.
- On Airbnb: Guest pays $234 (15.5% service fee). You earn $200.
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How Syncing Works
Rove is your single source of truth. When you update pricing here, it automatically syncs to all your connected channels.
What syncs:
- Base rates
- Seasonal adjustments
- Custom rates
- Weekly and monthly discounts (Airbnb and VRBO)
- Last-minute discounts (Airbnb only)
What doesn't sync:
- Discounts to Booking.com (manage promotions directly in that platform)
The sync is one-way: Rove pushes to your channels. Any pricing you set directly in Airbnb or VRBO will be overwritten by Rove.
Why to Manage Pricing Only in Rove
Once your property is connected, make all pricing changes in Rove.
If you set discounts in both Rove and Airbnb:
- Rove will override Airbnb at the next sync
- Between syncs, guests might see inconsistent pricing
- You risk double-discounting a booking
The simple rule: Set it in Rove, it flows everywhere.
Already have discounts in Airbnb? When you connect your property, Rove imports your existing settings as a starting point. Adjust them anytime in Rove.
Common Questions
- How quickly do changes sync? Within a few minutes.
- Do discounts apply to custom rates? Yes. A $300 custom rate with a 10% weekly discount becomes $270/night for 7+ night stays.
- What if a stay spans different prices? Each night is priced individually. Three nights at $200 plus two nights at $250 equals $1,100 before discounts.