Freed-up listings, before anyone else
Airbnb cancellation alerts
Airbnb only notifies you about cancellations of your own bookings. It will not tell you when another guest cancels and the listing you wanted opens up for your dates. Alertstays does. It keeps an eye on the listings that match your search and sends a push notification and an email when a cancellation frees one up, so you can book it before it is re-booked.
Why cancellations are the best opportunities on Airbnb
The best listings are booked first
Based on Alertstays usage, 1 in 5 listings gets booked within 3 hours. Top-rated and Guest Favorite homes on popular dates go first, and the only way back in is when someone cancels.
Plans change
Cancellations can happen right up to check-in. Refreshing Airbnb by hand every day is tedious, and an alert does the work for you.
Sold-out events and holidays
Festivals, marathons, conferences and holiday weekends: when everything is gone, a freed-up listing is the difference between staying nearby and commuting.
How Airbnb cancellation alerts work
Search Airbnb for your trip
Location, dates, guests, budget and must-have filters. Zoom the map to the neighbourhoods you actually want.
Set the alert in Alertstays
Set an alert with the same criteria. From then on we keep an eye on Airbnb listings that match, including the ones already booked for your dates.
Book when a cancellation frees one up
A push notification and email tell you when a booked listing opens for your dates. Tap through and book on Airbnb as usual.
Book a fallback, then upgrade when a better one cancels
Booked something refundable so you are not left without a place? Keep your alert running. When a top-rated listing you missed the first time frees up for your dates, you can grab it and cancel the fallback.
One user saved $3,000 on a spring break week doing exactly that.
Frequently Asked Questions
Only for your own reservations. Airbnb does not tell you when another guest cancels and a listing you wanted becomes available for your dates. Alertstays monitors the listings that match your search and alerts you when a cancellation frees one up.
Set an alert in Alertstays with your location, dates and filters. When a listing that was unavailable for those dates becomes bookable again, you get a push notification and an email. The alert shows the listing's star rating and review count, so a top-rated listing that just freed up is easy to spot next to a brand new one with no reviews yet. Freed-up listings are generally top-rated or Guest Favorites.
On Premium you are notified as soon as a freed-up listing is detected by our system, which matters because, based on Alertstays usage, 1 in 5 listings gets booked within 3 hours. On Basic you get one notification a day.
Not yet. Tracking a single listing or a wishlist is coming soon and you can join the waitlist. In the meantime, a search alert covering that listing's area, your dates and your filters will catch it as soon as it frees up.
Yes. Cancellations can happen right up to check-in, so a listing that looked sold out can reopen days before your trip. Set the alert as soon as you know your dates and keep it running until you book.
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