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Deliverable: Thursday USP/comparison article for the Offer2Stay blog/guides section.
Target queries (question-shaped, AI Overview bait): "how does name your price booking work", "can you negotiate the price of an Airbnb", "can you make an offer on holiday accommodation UK", "what happened to Priceline name your own price", "how to get a discount on accommodation for long stays".
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Meta description (155 chars): Name your price for UK stays: how offer-based booking works, why hosts accept below public rates, and how it compares to haggling on Airbnb or Booking.com.
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Most UK accommodation is sold one way: the host sets a price, and you either pay it or keep scrolling. Name-your-price booking flips that. You tell the host what you're willing to pay, and the host decides whether to take it. Done properly — with rules, floors and instant answers rather than awkward haggling — it's the only booking model where both sides can win on the same transaction: you pay less than the public rate, and the host fills a night that would otherwise have earned nothing.
This guide explains exactly how the model works, why hosts say yes to offers below their listed price, what happened to earlier attempts like Priceline's "Name Your Own Price", and how to make offers that actually get accepted.
What is name-your-price booking?
Name-your-price booking (also called offer-based or bid-based booking) is a model where the guest proposes the price rather than accepting a listed one. On Offer2Stay, it works in two directions: