If your rental is connected to Airbnb Professional via the Channel Manager, you can see for which room types (and IDs) the connection is set up, you can publish or unpublish an Airbnb listing and edit the mark-up, cancellation policy, rate type, etc., directly on the rental's Channels page.
Find out how to edit the channel configurations for Expedia, HomeAway/VRBO and Booking.com.
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How to edit channel settings
For Airbnb Professional you can configure a variety of settings directly in your Lodgify account.
💡 Note: The updates will not be instantly visible but only once Airbnb crawled the XML which can take a couple of hours.
To do so, follow these steps:
- Go to your Main Menu in the top left corner and select Rentals.
- Choose the rental you want to edit and go to Channels in your Optional Settings.
- In the section Airbnb API, you can see which Airbnb listing is connected to this Lodgify rental. Now click on the three dots next to the Status column and select Edit Settings.
💡 Note: The table will display all connected room types for this rental.
💡 Note: If you click on the title of your Airbnb listing you will be transferred to your Airbnb listing. In case you are redirected to the Airbnb search page instead, your Airbnb listing is most likely not configured correctly and you should get in touch with Airbnb's support team. - A new block will open up where you can edit the following settings.
💡 Note: If you want to connect a new rental please get in touch with our Connectivity Team.
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| Listing Type | Airbnb listings are categorized in three room types:
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| Status |
Publish or unpublish your Airbnb listing. |
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| Cancellation Policy |
Here you can edit which Cancellation Policy to apply in Airbnb. Find out more about Airbnb's Cancellation Policies.
💡 Note: Due to the impacts of Covid-19, Airbnb currently does not allow the cancellation policy settings Strict for 30 days and Strict for 60 days. |
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| Security Deposit |
If you want to configure a different Security Deposit for bookings from Airbnb, fill in an amount between $100 and $5000. If you leave this field blank, the same security deposit as in your Lodgify rental will be applied to Airbnb bookings. 💡 Note: No authorization hold will be placed for the money, and the guest will only be charged if you make a claim on the security deposit after the departure. |
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| Mark-up |
The mark-up is the percentage adjustment that will be applied to the base rate sent to Airbnb. You can use the mark-up to increase or decrease the price sent to Airbnb. Example:Base rate in Lodgify: $100 per night Mark-up: -10% => Base rate in Airbnb: $90 per night |
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| Rate Type | The rate type represents the derived rate to be used for this listing when synchronizing prices with Airbnb. You can apply one default rate per listing. | ||||||||||
| Weekly Price Discount |
This discount will be applied in Airbnb for bookings between 7 and 27 days. 💡 Note: The discount is applied to the daily rate. Example:
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| Monthly Price Discount | This discount will be applied in Airbnb to bookings for more than 28 days. 💡 Note: The discount is applied to the daily rate.
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| Max. Nights | This is the maximum number of nights you allow a booking to have. | ||||||||||
| Advance notice (hours) |
This field is used to avoid last-minute surprise bookings by setting how much in advance you need to know about a booking. Example:
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| Advance notice - Allow Request to Book |
If this field is set to Yes, you will still receive a booking request although a booking doesn't meet certain requirements such as:
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| Booking window | How much time in advance a guest can make a booking, e.g. max. 365 days in advance | ||||||||||
| Preparation time |
How much preparation time do you need between two bookings. Example: If the preparation time is set for one day, the setting will block the calendar one day before and after each booking. Check-in: June 6 => Calendar will be blocked June 5,6,7,8 and 9. |
How to unpublish a listing
For Airbnb Professional you can unpublish an Airbnb listing directly from your Lodgify account. 💡 Note: The updates will not be instantly visible but only once Airbnb crawled the XML which can take a couple of hours.
To do so, follow these steps:
- Go to your Main Menu in the top left corner and select Rentals.
- Choose the rental you want to edit and go to Channels in your Optional Settings.
- In the section Airbnb API, you can see which Airbnb listing is connected to this Lodgify rental. Now click on the three dots next to the Status column and select Unpublish.
💡 Note: The table will display all connected room types for this rental. - Your Airbnb listing will be unpublished the next time Airbnb crawls the XML.