What is Exported and Imported via API channel manager

Lodgify currently offers four API channel manager integrations through which you can connect to Airbnb, Booking.comExpedia, and VRBO. In this article, you find the full list of what is and is not synchronized.

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Icon Meaning
✔️ Exported or Imported
Exported or Imported under specific conditions
 ❌ Not synchronized

Read about:

Exporting rental details

Rental details
Airbnb Booking.com Expedia Vrbo
✔️ ✔️ ✔️
  • Airbnb -  ✔️
    Rental details are exported from Lodgify to Airbnb if you have selected Sync all during the mapping process.
    Learn more here.
     


  • Booking.com -  ✔️

    Rental content (such as the title, description, amenities, and images) is only synchronized if you are in full sync.
    Learn more here.
     


  • Expedia -  ❌

    Rental content (such as title, description, amenities, images) is not synchronized.
     


  • Vrbo - ✔️
    Rental details are exported from Lodgify to Vrbo if you have selected Sync all.
     

Exporting Availabilities and Calendar Settings

💡Note: Exported means the information is sent from Lodgify to the platforms.

Calendar
Airbnb Booking.com Expedia Vrbo
✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
18 months of availabilities is exported (12 for Booking.com).

 

Closed Periods
Airbnb Booking.com Expedia Vrbo
✔️ ✔️ ✔️  ✔️
Must be set up in Lodgify.

💡 Note: Closed periods that were set up in Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia, or Vrbo will no longer apply after connection.

 

Fixed check-in/out dates
Airbnb Booking.com Expedia Vrbo
✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
Must be managed in Lodgify.

 

Turnover days
Airbnb Booking.com Expedia Vrbo
✔️
  • Airbnb -  ✔️
    Indicate this request during the mapping.
     


  • Booking.com -  ❌

    This setting does not exist in Booking.com. 
     


  • Expedia -  ❌

    Needs to be set in Expedia.
     


  • Vrbo - ❌
     

 

Advance notice 
(lead time)
Airbnb Booking.com Expedia Vrbo
✔️ ✔️ ❗️
  • Airbnb -  ✔️
    Indicate this value when filling in the connection request. If you wish to change this setting later, you can do so by editing the restrictions of the advance notice in the Availability section of your Lodgify account.

     


  • Booking.com -  ✔️

    Indicate this value when filling in the connection request. If you wish to change this setting later, you can do so by editing the restrictions of the advance notice in the Availability section of your Lodgify account.


  • Expedia -  ❌

    This setting does not exist in Expedia.
     


  • Vrbo - ❗️

    VRBO does not allow same day bookings.
     

 

Booking Window 
(how far in advance guests can book)
Airbnb Booking.com Expedia Vrbo
✔️ ✔️ ✔️
  • Airbnb -  ✔️

    If you wish to change this setting, you can do so by editing the restrictions of the booking window in the Availability section of your Lodgify account.


  • Booking.com -  ✔️

    If you wish to change this setting, you can do so by editing the restrictions of the booking window in the Availability section of your Lodgify account.


  • Expedia -  ❌

    Needs to be set in Expedia.


  • Vrbo- ✔️

    Inherited from the rental's Availability page.
     

 

Licenses
(If applicable in your region)
Airbnb Booking.com Expedia Vrbo
✔️
  • Airbnb - ❌


  • Booking.com -  ✔️

    The license added in Lodgify will be sent directly to Booking.com and updated for your rental on the Booking.com platform.
     


  • Expedia - ❌


  • Vrbo - ❌

 

Importing Reservations

💡Note: Imported means the information is sent from the platforms to Lodgify.

Existing Reservations
Airbnb Booking.com Expedia Vrbo
✔️ ✔️ ✔️
  • Airbnb -  ✔️
    Upcoming, current, and past reservations from the last 6 months are imported at the time of connection.
     


  • Booking.com -  ✔️

    Upcoming and current bookings are imported at the time of connection.
     


  • Expedia -  ❌

    Existing reservations are not imported. We advise to create them manually before the connection.
     


  • Vrbo - ✔️
    Booked or confirmed Vrbo reservations with a checkout date within the last 6 months will be imported in read-only mode.
    💡 Note: If your Vrbo connection was set up via a typeform before August 28 2025, only new reservations made after the connection was established will sync with Lodgify. Reservations made before the connection will not be imported or synced automatically, so please make sure to add them manually to your Lodgify account.
     

 

Future Reservations
Airbnb Booking.com Expedia Vrbo
✔️ ✔️ ✔️  ✔️
Once the connection is confirmed, new reservations booked via connected prices will be imported.

 

Reservation Details
Airbnb Booking.com Expedia Vrbo
✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
  • Airbnb -  ✔️
    We import:

    • price
    • number of guests
    • creation date
    • stay dates
    • rental name


    You can see even more information under "View details".
     


  • Booking.com -  ✔️

    We import:

    • price
    • number of guests
    • creation date
    • stay dates
    • rental name
    • meal plan


    You can see even more information under "View details".
     


  • Expedia -  ✔️
    We import:

    • price
    • number of guests
    • creation date
    • stay dates
    • rental name
    • meal plan


    You can see even more information under "View details".
     


  • Vrbo - ✔️
    We import:
    • price
    • number of guests
    • creation date
    • stay dates
    • rental name
    • policy

 

Guest Details
Airbnb Booking.com Expedia Vrbo
✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ 
  • Airbnb -  ✔️
    We import:

    • name
    • adults, children, and pets breakdown
    • phone
    • location
    • rental name
    • language

  • Booking.com -  ✔️
    We import:

    • name
    • adults, children, and pets breakdown
    • Booking.com alias email address
    • phone
    • location
    • language (this can be edited in Lodgify but will not affect Booking.com)

  • Expedia -  ✔️
    We import:

    • name
    • adults, children, and pets breakdown
    • location
    • language

  • Vrbo - ✔️
    We import:
    • name
    • adults, children, and pets breakdown
    • email address
    • phone
    • language

 

Changes or Cancellations
Airbnb Booking.com Expedia Vrbo
✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ 
  • Airbnb -  ✔️
    Changes and Cancellations need to be done in Airbnb. Once changes are confirmed, they will be imported and shown in red in Lodgify.
     


  • Booking.com -  ✔️

    Changes and Cancellations need to be done in Booking.com. Once changes are confirmed, they will be imported and shown in red in Lodgify.
     


  • Expedia -  ✔️

    Changes and Cancellations need to be done in Expedia. Once changes are confirmed, they will be imported and shown in red in Lodgify.
     


  • Vrbo - ✔️

    Changes and cancellations need to be managed directly in Lodgify.
     

 

Messages
Airbnb Booking.com Expedia Vrbo
✔️ ✔️ ✔️
  • Airbnb -  ✔️
    Messages sent after the connection is confirmed will be imported, as well as messages linked to reservations that were imported when the connection was established. These messages will be sent to the Airbnb inbox. Find more details here.
     


  • Booking.com -  ✔️

    All messages sent once the connection is confirmed will be imported. These messages will be sent to the Booking.com inbox. Find more details here.
     


  • Expedia -  ❌

    Needs to be managed in Expedia. Reservations through Expedia do not receive any automatic notifications from Lodgify because Expedia does not share guest email addresses with other platforms. Find more details here.
     


  • Vrbo - ✔️

    All post-connection messages, including attachments in PDF, JPEG, PNG, and GIF formats, are synced between VRBO and Lodgify inboxes. Find more details here.
     

 

Multi-room Bookings
Airbnb Booking.com Expedia Vrbo
✔️ ✔️
  • Airbnb -  ❗
    A single reservation for multiple rooms is not possible on Airbnb, a separate reservation will be created for each room booked.
     


  • Booking.com -  ✔️

    If a reservation contains multiple rooms with different dates, a separate reservation will be created for each booked room in Lodgify.
     


  • Expedia -  ✔️

    If a reservation contains multiple rooms with different dates, a separate reservation will be created for each booked room in Lodgify.
     


  • Vrbo-  ❗

    A single reservation for multiple rooms is not possible on VRBO, a separate reservation will be created for each room booked.
     

Exporting Prices  

💡Note: Exported means the information is sent from Lodgify to the platforms.

Currency
Airbnb Booking.com Expedia Vrbo
 Conversion fee might apply Must match the rental location Must match the rental location Must match master brand 
  • Airbnb 
    If the currency does not match the rental location, Airbnb will apply a conversion fee.
     


  • Booking.com  

    Must match the rental location both in Booking.com and Lodgify.
     


  • Expedia 

    Must match the rental location both in Expedia and in Lodgify.
     


  • Vrbo

    Must match the currency of your Vrbo master brand, and must be the same in Lodgify.
     

 

Nightly price
Airbnb Booking.com Expedia Vrbo
✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️

 

Weekly Rate
Airbnb Booking.com Expedia Vrbo
✔️ ✔️
  • Airbnb - ✔️
    Exported for both the Default Rate and your Season Rates. Must be managed in Lodgify.
     


  • Booking.com -  ❗

    If you want to connect a Weekly rate, notify Lodgify during the connection setup, or contact us at a later time.

    You must configure a Weekly Rate in Booking.com as well.
     


  • Expedia -  ❗

    If you want to connect a Weekly rate, notify Lodgify during the connection setup, or contact us at a later time.

    You must configure a Weekly Rate in Expedia as well.
     


  • Vrbo -   ✔️

    Exported for both the Default Rate and your Season Rates. Must be managed in Lodgify.
     

 

Monthly Rate
Airbnb Booking.com Expedia Vrbo
✔️ ✔️
  • Airbnb - ✔️
    Exported for both the Nightly price and your Season Rates. Must be managed in Lodgify.
     


  • Booking.com -  ❗

    If you want to connect a Monthly rate, notify Lodgify during the connection setup, or contact us at a later time.

    You must configure a Monthly Rate in Booking.com as well.
     


  • Expedia -  ❗

    If you want to connect a Monthly rate, notify Lodgify during the connection setup, or contact us at a later time.

    You must configure a Monthly Rate in Expedia as well.
     


  • Vrbo -   ✔️

    Exported for both the Nightly price and your Season Rates. Must be managed in Lodgify.
     

 

Extra charge per extra guest
Airbnb Booking.com Expedia Vrbo
✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
  • Airbnb - ✔️
    Always the extra charge per extra guest set up in your Nightly price, even if the reservation is made on a Season Rates. You can modify the Extra charge per extra guest in Lodgify.

    Reservation changes will not include the Extra Charge per guest if the only change on the reservation is the number of guests.
     


  • Booking.com -  ✔️

    • Always the extra charge per extra guest set up in your Nightly price, even if the reservation is made on a Season Rates. You can modify the Extra charge per extra guest in Lodgify.
       

  • Expedia -  ✔️

    Exported from both the Nightly price and your Season Rates. You can modify the Extra Charge per Extra Guest in Lodgify.
     


  • Vrbo - ✔️

    The extra charge per guest is exported for both the Nightly price and Season Rates
     

 

Security Deposit
Airbnb Booking.com Expedia Vrbo
✔️
  • Airbnb - ❗
    Only pre manual and pre-authorized security deposits of fixed amounts will be synchronized. Amounts set as % will not be synchronized.
    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.
     


  • Booking.com -  ❌

    Needs to be set up in Booking.com.
     


  • Expedia -  ❌

    Needs to be set up in Expedia.
     


  • Vrbo - ✔️

    For the VRBO connection, the security deposit is configured together with the Cancellation Policy.
     

 

Extra charge for short stays (Short Stay Price)
Airbnb Booking.com Expedia Vrbo
✔️ ✔️
  • Airbnb - ✔️
     


  • Booking.com -  ❌

    Not exported.
     


  • Expedia -  ❌

    Not exported.
     


  • Vrbo - ✔️
     

 

Cleaning Fee
Airbnb Booking.com Expedia Vrbo
✔️
  • Airbnb - ❗
    The Cleaning fee will be exported only if it is a flat amount, set as a Cleaning Fee Type with Single Charge Type and Per Stay Frequency.


  • Booking.com -  ✔️

    If you are connected with full sync, it is exported.

    If you are connected with partial sync, it needs to be set up in Booking.com.


  • Expedia -  ❌

    Needs to be set up in Expedia.


  • Vrbo - ❗

    The Cleaning fee will be exported only if it is a flat amount, set as a Cleaning Fee Type with Single Charge Type and Per Stay Frequency.

    It will appear on a separate line on the quote.
     

 

Other Fees
Airbnb Booking.com Expedia Vrbo
✔️ ✔️
  • Airbnb - ✔️
    In order to be exported, fees must match the configurations in this article.


  • Booking.com -  ❗

    In order to be exported, fees must match the configurations in this article.


  • Expedia -  ❌

    Needs to be set up in Expedia.


  • Vrbo - ✔️
    • Fees set as a percentage or flat fee are exported (will be separated from the room rate).
    • If you have two or more fees with the same fee type, all the fees will be exported to Vrbo.

 

Taxes
Airbnb Booking.com Expedia Vrbo
✔️ ✔️
  • Airbnb - ❗
    Taxes will only be sent to Airbnb if set as a % in Lodgify. A fixed amount of taxes will need to be set it up in Airbnb.

    Airbnb will calculate the taxes based on the base rate or depending on the taxable base defined. Learn more about how Fees and Taxes apply on connected OTAs.


  • Booking.com -  ✔️

    If you are in full sync, all tax types (except NULL, Tourism Assessment, and Unknown) are supported, while in partial sync only percentage-based taxes are exported.
    Learn more here.


  • Expedia -  ❌

    Needs to be set up in Expedia.


  • Vrbo - ✔️
     

 

Add-ons
Airbnb Booking.com Expedia Vrbo
 ❌
  • Airbnb - ❌
    Add-ons are not exported.


  • Booking.com

    Add-ons are not exported.


  • Expedia

    Add-ons are not exported.


  • Vrbo - ❌

    Add-ons are not exported.
     

 

Promotions
Airbnb Booking.com Expedia Vrbo
✔️ ✔️ 
  • Airbnb - ✔️
    In order to be exported, promotions must match the configurations in this article..
     


  • Booking.com -  ❌

    Needs to be set up in Booking.com.


  • Expedia -  ❌

    Needs to be set up in Expedia.


  • Vrbo - ✔️

    In order to be exported, promotions must match the configurations in this article.
     

 

Mark-up
Airbnb Booking.com Expedia Vrbo
✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ 
  • Airbnb - ✔️
    Indicate this during the mapping. This can be a positive or negative %.
    If later you want to change the mark-up, you can do so in your Pricing page.


  • Booking.com - ✔️

    Indicate this during the mapping. This can only be a positive %.
    If later you want to change the mark-up, you can do so in your Pricing page.
     


  • Expedia - ✔️

    Indicate this during the mapping. This can only be a positive %.
    If later you want to change the mark-up, you can do so in your Pricing page.


  • Vrbo - ✔️

    Indicate this during the mapping. This can be a positive or negative %.
    If later you want to change the mark-up, you can do so in your Pricing page.
     

 

Rate info & Rental Agreement
Airbnb Booking.com Expedia Vrbo
  • Airbnb -
    You must configure Rates info and the Rental Agreement directly in Airbnb, following their guidelines.


  • Booking.com - ❌

    You must configure Rates info and the Rental Agreement directly in Booking.com, following their guidelines.


  • Expedia - ❌

    You must configure Rates info and the Rental Agreement directly in Expedia, following their guidelines.


  • Vrbo - ❗
    • Rate info
      Rate info is not exported to VRBO.
       
    • Rental Agreement
      You must set up a Rental Agreement in Lodgify in order to establish the connection with Vrbo. This Rental Agreement will be exported to Vrbo.
       

 

Policies and Payments  

Collecting Payments
Airbnb Booking.com Expedia Vrbo
✔️ ✔️ ✔️

 

Payment Schedules 
Airbnb Booking.com Expedia Vrbo
✔️
  • Airbnb - ❌
    Needs to be managed in Airbnb.


  • Booking.com -  ❌

    Needs to be set up in Booking.com


  • Expedia -  ❌

    Needs to be set up in Expedia.


  • Vrbo - ✔️

    Managed automatically in Lodgify, according to your connected policies.
     

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