If you already host on Airbnb, you can bring a copy of your rentals into Lodgify and try everything out with your own prices, dates, and reservations before you connect for real. The copy is taken once, and nothing you do in Lodgify saves back to Airbnb. This option is offered to new Lodgify accounts during the trial. If you would rather start working straight away, choose Run your rentals from Lodgify instead and follow Import a rental from Airbnb into Lodgify.
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Bring in a copy of your rentals
To try Lodgify with your own rentals without changing anything on Airbnb, follow these steps.
- Verify your email address in your inbox.
- Under Explore Lodgify with a copy of your rentals, click Bring in a copy.
- Log in to your Airbnb account and click Allow. Airbnb lists what Lodgify is allowed to read: your account and payment details, your listings, your calendars with their prices and availability, your messages, your listing registrations, and your reviews. Every permission on that screen is read access, so Lodgify can look at your Airbnb account and cannot change it.
- Select the rentals you want to copy. Lodgify creates them, and you land on the Calendar with your real prices, availability, and reservations.
⚠️ Important: The copy is taken once, at the moment you bring your rentals in. Reservations and changes that happen on Airbnb afterwards stay on Airbnb until you connect fully.
💡 Note: Bringing in a copy is not a full connection, so your Airbnb setup is left alone. Your Airbnb service fee stays as it is, and any iCal links on your listings keep working.
What you can do with the copy
Copied rentals behave like any other rental in your account so you can try everything with real data.
- Edit your prices, your availability, and your reservations as much as you like. A banner across the product reminds you that you are working on a copy and that nothing is sent to Airbnb.
- Use the rentals on your Lodgify website. They are added to it when you bring them in, like any imported rental.
- Add Booking.com, Vrbo, and other channels once you connect Airbnb fully.
Connect Airbnb fully
When you are ready to run your rentals from Lodgify for real, click Connect Airbnb on that banner. You log in to Airbnb again to approve full access, and your existing Airbnb connection is upgraded rather than a second one being created. You then select the rentals you want, and fresh Airbnb data replaces the copy you were exploring with.
⚠️ Important: Two things to know before you connect fully.
- Select your rentals when you connect. If you complete the full connection without selecting any, the copy is removed, and your account is left with no rentals, so you need to import them again.
- Connecting changes your Airbnb setup, which taking a copy does not. Airbnb uses a single fee structure for accounts connected through software like Lodgify, and a listing linked to a third-party calendar through iCal is unlinked when you connect, which can cause double bookings.
The copied rentals are also removed when you disconnect and when you connect a different Airbnb account.
Frequently asked questions
Who can use this?
New Lodgify accounts that already have rentals on Airbnb. Accounts on a paid plan connect Airbnb directly.
Can Lodgify change anything on my Airbnb account?
No. Lodgify can only read your Airbnb account, so it cannot change your listings, calendars, prices, reservations, reviews, or messages there.
Do the changes I make while exploring reach Airbnb later?
No. When you connect fully, fresh Airbnb data replaces what you changed while exploring.
Does connecting fully mean starting over?
No. You log in to Airbnb again to approve full access, and your existing connection is upgraded.