@Victoria57 @Stacey23 - I completely disagree. I have Smart pricing and my booking price, on average, is up almost $15/night over last year and I am booked 94% of the time. Having Smart Pricing turned on has given me far more freedom and less stress to make sure I have the price "right" at any given time. I used to obsess over it, adjusting it constantly, now I don't have to do that.
That being said, it's not perfect and I do make changes. I am not willing to drop my weekend prices to the Smart Price decisionmore than 6 weeks in advance (this is a college town and as the team wins more, the bookings go up which can't be deduced from last year's history). This means I have to override the price on occassion. Also, I try to keep the price high over the holidays because, frankly, I don't actually want a guest staying with me on Thanksgiving, but if someone really needs a room, I'm not going to just block it and make them pay Hotel price. So I artifically inflate my price on those days to be less competative.
@Victoria57 - you've been very vocal about not liking Smart Pricing, but it does work for some of us - very, very well. I'm sorry you are so disappointed in it but counseling everyone to turn it off is not a very balanced approach.
