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 for all rates of a specific room type.
These thresholds are read-only. This means that they cannot be set, modified, or deleted by Guesty or users directly in the Expedia extranet.
How Expedia calculates thresholds
Expedia can manually change the rate threshold or automatically calculate it based on the last ten bookings for a specific room type. Until a room type reaches ten bookings, Expedia applies global thresholds.
How Guesty manages thresholds
To ensure that your listings remain competitive and active, Guesty automatically adjusts rates that fall outside Expedia's allowed range.
If you set a rate in Guesty that exceeds the maximum price or is below the minimum price allowed by Expedia, Guesty limits the rate to the maximum or minimum allowed price.
Example of maximum rate:
- Average price on Guesty: 300 USD
- Special event price on Guesty: 2,900 USD
- Expedia maximum threshold: 1,700 USD
In this scenario, Guesty attempts to apply the rate of 2,900 USD. Since it exceeds the threshold, Expedia displays a warning, and Guesty automatically sets the price to 1,700 USD on Expedia.