Expedia uses rate thresholds to protect its marketplace from abnormally high or low room prices. These thresholds define the minimum and maximum acceptable nightly rates across all rate plans of a specific room type.
These thresholds are read-only. This means they cannot be set, changed, or deleted by Guesty or by users directly in the Expedia extranet.
How Expedia calculates thresholds
Expedia either manually overrides the rate threshold, or calculates the rate threshold automatically based on the last ten bookings for a specific room type. Until a room type reaches ten reservations, Expedia applies global thresholds.
How Guesty handles thresholds
To ensure your listings remain competitive and active, Guesty automatically adjusts rates that fall outside of Expedia's allowed range.
If you set a rate in Guesty that exceeds the maximum price or falls below the minimum price allowed by Expedia, Guesty caps the rate at the highest or lowest allowed price.
Example of a capped rate:
- Average price in Guesty: 300 USD
- Special event price in Guesty: 2,900 USD
- Expedia maximum threshold: 1,700 USD
In this scenario, Guesty attempts to push the 2,900 USD rate. Because it exceeds the threshold, Expedia returns a warning, and Guesty automatically sets the price to 1,700 USD in Expedia.