Airbnb Occupancy Curves: How to Know When to Hold Your Rates and When to Cut

Occupancy curves show when the guests for a given date actually book, and that timing decides whether a soft calendar calls for a rate cut or for patience. Comparing peak and off-season curves in Breckenridge, Colorado; Hilton Head, South Carolina; and San Jose/Palo Alto, California, the same 30-days-out calendar reads three completely different ways. Booking timing also shifts by property size and by weekday versus weekend, which means market-wide averages often won't describe your own booking window.