A subdomain is a domain that is a part of another domain. It is an added prefix to the site's domain URL, to mark a separate section of your website.
For example:
www.test.com - Main website.
book.test.com- A site where visitors can book properties.
blog.test.com- A site where visitors can see your company blog.
In this case, book.test.com, and blog.test.com are subdomains for the www.test.com domain. Also, the root domain (or Value) is "www.test.com", while the first section before the root domain ( "book") is known as the host name.
Setting up a subdomain for your Booking Engine (Booking Website)
To set up a subdomain to point to your Booking Engine (Booking Website for Lite users), you need to retrieve your Booking Engine/Website domain, and then set up a CNAME record in your domain provider. For example, add the custom domain: "book.test.com" to your Booking Engine/Website domain: "www.test.com"
Adding a custom domain to Guesty
Step by step:
- Sign in to your Guesty account.
- In the top navigation bar, click the mode selector and select Growth mode.
- Click Distribution.
- Click the Guesty Booking Engine thumbnail.
- Click
next to the relevant Booking Engine, and select Edit Booking Engine.
- Under "Custom Booking Engine custom domain (web address)" section, add the relevant subdomain to the textbox. Note that the custom domain cannot start with "www". For example: rosie.livethebest1.com.
- Under "Guesty Booking Engine domain (web address)", copy the full domain name (in the example below: mycompany.guestybookings.com). Do not copy the custom domain.
- Navigate to "Web analytics (optional)" by clicking it in the side menu, or by clicking Next a few times at the top right of your screen.
- Click Save Booking Engine.
Step by step:
- Sign in to your Guesty account.
- In the top navigation bar, click Channels, then select Booking website.
- Click
- Under "Custom Booking Website custom domain (web address)" section, add the relevant subdomain to the textbox. Note that the custom domain cannot start with "www". For example: rosie.livethebest1.com.
- Under "Guesty Booking Website domain (web address)", copy the full domain name (in the example below: mycompany.guestybookings.com). Do not copy the custom domain.
- Navigate to "Web analytics (optional)" by clicking it in the side menu, or by clicking Next a few times at the top right of your screen.
- Click Save Booking Website.
Add a CNAME record to your domain host provider
Step by step:
- Sign in to your domain host account.
- Click the domain settings.
- Click on Add a CNAME record.
- Type in the host/name (For example: "book").
- Set the "Value" (or "Data" in the Google Domains example below) to your Guesty Booking Engine/Website main URL.
After configuring the CNAME record for your subdomain, you should have the following CNAME record in your DNS settings:
|
Type |
Name |
Value |
|---|---|---|
|
CNAME |
book (for example) |
mycompany.guestybookings.com (for example) |
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