Best practices: Custom fields

Here are our guidelines and recommended best practices for using custom fields:

• Use custom fields to add dynamic details to your listings and reservations, and to filter your custom reports.
• Set Listing custom fields for information that varies from listing to listing (i.e., parking information and wifi password).
• Use reservation custom fields Fields for information that varies per reservation, such as flight details or guest nationality.
• Use custom field placeholders when sending messages in the Guesty Inbox or creating templates for automated messages.
  • A placeholder will automatically be created each time you add a custom field.
    For example: {{wificode}}.
  • When you insert a placeholder in a message sent from Guesty, the value in the custom field's corresponding placeholder will be populated when the message is sent.
• After you create a custom field, you can set a default value for this field per listing or reservation.
• You can also add sending conditions to your automated messages based on your custom fields.
• View the custom field placeholders you've created.
• Personalize messages with Guesty's default variables