Displaying the Booking Engine (Booking Website for Lite users) in multiple languages

You can translate the content of the Booking Engine (Booking Website for Lite users) into different languages, addressing it to a wider audience. You can choose from our built-in translations (Pro users only), or a 3rd party translation.

Add built-in languages to the Booking Engine 

When creating a Booking Engine, configure the languages in which the Booking Engine site can be displayed. We offer built-in translations for generic words we use on the site (such as "Contact" and "Term", etc.). Also in the setup, add manual translations to custom names you set (such as your business name, custom headers, etc.)

See below the supported languages you can add to the Booking Engine.

The default language in which the Booking Engine will appear is English. English will function as the "fallback" language. If you have a Guesty Advanced Website or are embedding the Booking Engine in an external website, we recommend setting the supported languages in these websites to be the same as the languages you define in the Booking Engine. For example, If your external website or a Guesty Advanced Website supports Serbian, when guests navigate to the embedded Booking Engine, it will appear in the fallback language, English, as Serbian is not supported for the Booking Engine. Learn how to configure multiple languages to your Guesty Advanced Website.

We support the following languages:

• German
• Greek
• English
• Italian
• Japanese
• Korean
• Polish
• Portuguese
• Mandarin
• Romanian
• Indonesian
• Spanish
• French
• Dutch

Beta users:

• The property's house rules and room arrangement will be displayed in the languages you set on the Booking Engine creation setup. However, fields with free text on these sections cannot be translated and will appear as written, including the "Additional house rules" section of the house rules, and custom names for rooms in the room arrangement.
• Similarly, Upsells' names and descriptions cannot be translated and will appear as written.

Also, configure the languages in which your listing descriptions are displayed. Select the same languages you set for the Booking Engine to create a cohesive experience for your guest.

Lastly, set the guest-preferred language in your Automated Messages to create a full multilingual experience for your guests.

Add languages from third-party sources 

If you want to add a language that doesn't appear in the list above, you can use a third-party translation on your Booking Engine as a workaround. Follow the instructions below to embed a custom code snippet into the Booking Engine.

<script type="text/javascript">
  var GOOGLE_ID = 'google_translate_element';

  function googleTranslateElementInit() {
    new google.translate.TranslateElement({pageLanguage: 'en'}, GOOGLE_ID);
  }

  if (!document.getElementById(GOOGLE_ID)) {
    var div = document.createElement('div');
    div.id = GOOGLE_ID;
    div.style.marginLeft ='20px';
    div.style.textAlign ='center';

    var navbar = document.querySelector('#root > div > header') || document.querySelector('#root > div > nav');
    navbar.appendChild(div);

    var script = document.createElement('script');
    script.src = '//translate.google.com/translate_a/element.js?cb=googleTranslateElementInit';
    document.body.appendChild(script);
  }
</script>