Edit channel configurations for Airbnb API

Here you can decide if you want to synchronize all the content from your Lodgify rental with your Airbnb listing, or if you prefer to only synchronize bookings, prices, availabilities, and restrictions (=sync limited).

💡 Note: Once the Channel Manager is activated for one or more rentals, prices will always be managed from Lodgify.

Change the percentage adjustment that will be applied to the base rate sent to your OTA. You can use the mark-up to increase or decrease the price sent to the OTA and to counterbalance, for example, the OTA commission.

• Example:
  Base price in Lodgify: $100 per night
  Mark-up: 15%
  ➡ Base price in the OTA: $115 per night

The cancellation policy can be set in Lodgify if the sync type is set to Sync everything; otherwise, it must be managed in Airbnb.
Find out more about Airbnb's Cancellation Policies.

• Flexible
• Moderate
• Firm
• Strict

You can learn more about these options here.

Non-refundable discount

You can offer an additional booking option to your guests: a discounted non-refundable rate for your Airbnb listings. This option is available under the following conditions:

• The listing uses a supported cancellation policy (Flexible, Moderate, Firm, or Strict — Super Strict policies are excluded).
• The check-out date is within 60 days of booking.
• The reservation is made before the cancellation policy cutoff (1 day for Flexible, 5 days for Moderate, 14 days for Firm or Strict).
• The configured non-refundable discount is between 0% and 100%.

💡 Note: The non-refundable discount configured in Lodgify remains the source of truth. Even if you set up a non-refundable discount directly in Airbnb, the value from Lodgify will override it.

You can choose between Instant booking and Booking request.
If you're using Instant Booking for other channels (Booking.com, Vrbo and/or Lodgify CMS), Airbnb bookability setting should be Instant Booking.

💡 Note: If you update the bookability setting directly on Airbnb, it will be updated in Lodgify to reflect the new setting.

Choose from the following options:

• Custom Value (set an amount between $100 and $5000)
• Use Lodgify Policy
  💡 Note: This Lodgify Policy only works if you've configured your security deposits to be charged manually. Learn more about configuring manual security deposits.
• No deposit

💡 Note: The security deposit only appears as a text in the Airbnb page; it is currently not possible to manage the security deposit for Airbnb reservations in Lodgify. It needs to be managed and collected outside Lodgify.

⚠️ This setting is available for the Sync everything type of synchronization only.

If you accept instant bookings, you can filter your guests by choosing the following configurations for Guest Requirements:

• Everyone
• Experienced

If you activate it, you will still receive a booking request, although a booking doesn't meet certain requirements, such as:

• The guest tries to make a booking outside your advance notice, e.g. the advance notice is set to 5pm and the guest tries to make a booking at 6pm.
• The guest does not meet your set requirements for instant bookings.
• There are specific restrictions on the listing, e.g. the listing is not suitable for children, but the guest's booking includes children.

If your listing is new on Airbnb, you can apply a 20% discount to the first three bookings. Learn more about Airbnb's new listing promotions.

💡 Notes:

• The listing must have fewer than three bookings.
• Dynamic Pricing must be disabled for the promotion to apply.

Airbnb listings are categorized into four room types:

• Shared rooms: Guests share the entire space with the host or others and don't have a private room to themselves.
• Private rooms: Guests share some common areas with the host such as kitchen or bathroom, but have their own private room to sleep in.
• Entire homes/apartments: Guests rent the entire unit and don't have to share the space with the host or anyone else.
• Hotel rooms: Typically, guests share common areas, while staying in unique private rooms. The accommodation tends to offer a level of service and hospitality associated with traditional hotels. (The rooms may be part of boutique or lifestyle hotels, bed and breakfasts, or similar properties.)

Here you can decide if you want to synchronize all the content from your Lodgify rental with your Airbnb listing, or if you prefer to only synchronize bookings, prices, availabilities, and restrictions (=sync limited).

💡 Note: Once the Channel Manager is activated for one or more rentals, prices will always be managed from Lodgify.

Change the percentage adjustment that will be applied to the base rate sent to your OTA. You can use the mark-up to increase or decrease the price sent to the OTA and to counterbalance, for example, the OTA commission.

• Example:
  Base price in Lodgify: $100 per night
  Mark-up: 15%
  ➡ Base price in the OTA: $115 per night

⚠️ This setting is available for the Sync everything type of synchronization only. Otherwise, it must be managed in Airbnb directly.

• Flexible
• Moderate
• Firm
• Strict

You can learn more about these options here.

Non-refundable discount

You can offer an additional booking option to your guests: a discounted non-refundable rate for your Airbnb listings. This option is available under the following conditions:

• The listing uses a supported cancellation policy (Flexible, Moderate, Firm, or Strict — Super Strict policies are excluded).
• The check-out date is within 60 days of booking.
• The reservation is made before the cancellation policy cutoff (1 day for Flexible, 5 days for Moderate, 14 days for Firm or Strict).
• The configured non-refundable discount is between 0% and 100%.

💡 Note: The non-refundable discount configured in Lodgify remains the source of truth. Even if you set up a non-refundable discount directly in Airbnb, the value from Lodgify will override it.

You can choose between Instant booking and Booking request.
If you're using Instant Booking for other channels (Booking.com, Vrbo and/or Lodgify CMS), Airbnb bookability setting should be Instant Booking.

💡 Note: If you update the bookability setting directly on Airbnb, it will be updated in Lodgify to reflect the new setting.

Choose from the following options:

• Use Lodgify Policy
  💡 Note: This Lodgify Policy only works if you've configured your security deposits to be charged manually. Learn more about configuring manual security deposits.
• Custom Value (set an amount between $100 and $5000)
• No deposit

💡 Note: The security deposit only appears as a text in the Airbnb page; it is currently not possible to manage the security deposit for Airbnb reservations in Lodgify. It needs to be managed and collected outside Lodgify.

⚠️ This setting is available for the Sync everything type of synchronization only. Otherwise, it must be managed in Airbnb directly.

If you accept instant bookings, you can filter your guests by choosing the following configurations for Guest Requirements:

• Everyone
• Experienced

If you activate it, you will still receive a booking request, although a booking doesn't meet certain requirements, such as:

• The guest tries to make a booking outside your advance notice, e.g. the advance notice is set to 5pm and the guest tries to make a booking at 6pm.
• The guest does not meet your set requirements for instant bookings.
• There are specific restrictions on the listing, e.g. the listing is not suitable for children, but the guest's booking includes children.

⚠️ This setting is available for the Sync everything type of synchronization only. Otherwise, it must be managed in Airbnb directly.

Airbnb listings are categorized into four room types:

• Shared rooms: Guests share the entire space with the host or others and don't have a private room to themselves.
• Private rooms: Guests share some common areas with the host such as kitchen or bathroom, but have their own private room to sleep in.
• Entire homes/apartments: Guests rent the entire unit and don't have to share the space with the host or anyone else.
• Hotel rooms: Typically, guests share common areas, while staying in unique private rooms. The accommodation tends to offer a level of service and hospitality associated with traditional hotels. (The rooms may be part of boutique or lifestyle hotels, bed and breakfasts, or similar properties.)