You can publish your Guesty listings to Homes & Villas by Marriott Bonvoy (HVMB) and manage them directly within Guesty. Once connected, your listings sync across both platforms. Note that only one HVMB account integrates with Guesty. Learn about the connection statuses and basic troubleshooting.
Learn more about where you should manage your HVMB listings, reservations, and guest communication after connecting.
Before you begin
HVMB reviews your listings for eligibility. Make sure you meet the following prerequisites, limitations, and property requirements:
- HVMB works exclusively with professional property management companies (PMCs) that manage luxury properties. Individual homeowners aren't eligible.
- HVMB is a premium distribution channel with a cost of $4 USD per listing, starting once the listing is fully connected. If also connected with Google VR, the total cost per listing is $6 USD.
- Users with more than 50 listings are entitled to various discounts. Review our terms and conditions.
Marriott (HVMB) account and listing requirements
To connect to HVMB, you must meet these requirements:
- Minimum listings:
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- United States: Manage at least 50 properties.
- Outside the United States: Manage at least 15 properties.
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- Property standards:
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- Basic home standards.
- Safety equipment: smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, fire extinguishers, first aid kit.
- Wi-Fi, linens, towels, and other essentials.
- Bathroom amenities such as soap and shampoo.
- 24/7 support.
- Fully equipped kitchen.
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Your listings must include:
- A cancellation policy (assigned during onboarding).
- Check-in and check-out times.
- Unique property name (8-255 characters).
- Listing ID and HMC ID (provided by the HVMB Integration team).
- Accurate property address.
- Property Description.
- At least 1 bedroom (no studios or home shares).
- A fully equipped kitchen.
- A minimum of 6 images (500x800 resolution, 20 recommended).
- At least 5 amenities.
- Availability for at least 3 consecutive days within the next 365 days, including a nightly base price.
Connect your HVMB account and listings
- Obtain your HVMB HMC ID (7-digit serial number) from your HVMB supply leader. If you don't have one, contact HVMB or fill out this form for assistance. An HVMB representative will respond to your request within 24-48 hours.
- Sign in to your Guesty account.
- In the top navigation bar, click the mode selector and select Growth mode.
- Click Distribution.
- Click the Homes & Villas by Marriott Bonvoy thumbnail.
- Click Start connecting to Marriott.
- If you already have an HVMB account, check the I have already signed up checkbox. Otherwise, click Register here and complete the onboarding questionnaire.
- Click Continue to connect listings.
- Select a cancellation policy and fee (if applicable) from the dropdowns, then click Next.
- You can change the cancellation policy at any time via the listing's settings.
- Choose All my current listings or Specific listings:
- Click Done. A pop-up will confirm that your listings are pending connection with HVMB.
- Click Continue to dashboard.
Make changes to a listing after connection
Once connected, changes to a listing automatically sync to HVMB if the listing status is "Connected". If the listing is "Pending", manually sync the content to Marriott by selecting Sync content next to the listing name on the Marriott distribution page.
During onboarding, Marriott may request content changes as each listing undergoes a detailed review.
If the listing is in "Failed" status, click the Reconnect on the Marriott distribution page to change the status to "Pending". Then, manually re-sync the content as described above.
Disconnect a listing
For instructions on disconnecting a listing, follow this article.