An Airbnb pricing strategy is the set of rules that decide what each night is worth: base, minimum and maximum prices, seasonal profiles, event premiums, minimum stays, gap-night and last-minute rules, length-of-stay discounts and per-channel markups. A pricing tool applies the rules; the strategy is what makes the tool useful. Airbnb Smart Pricing is not a strategy: it optimizes for Airbnb's fill rate, ignores other channels and has no event or gap-night logic.
Demand drivers in Cornwall: UK school holidays; Surf season in Newquay and North Cornwall; Boardmasters festival; Coastal-path and staycation demand. Typical guests: UK families on Saturday-to-Saturday weekly stays, couples and dog-owners in the shoulders. Where the work starts: School-holiday weekly pricing with fixed turnover days, shoulder-season short breaks, and council-tax and licensing compliance.
Cornwall and Devon holiday lets live or die by school-holiday weeks. We set Saturday-to-Saturday stays in July and August with premium rates, price Easter and half-terms near peak, and open short breaks in the shoulders for couples, walkers and dog-owners. Pricing also needs to help hit the 70-night letting threshold for business rates, so shoulder occupancy matters as much as summer rates.
The full service is described on our airbnb pricing strategy page; this page covers how it applies in Cornwall.