Welcoming families to your vacation rental is a great way to expand your guest base. Use the instructions below to indicate that your listing is child-friendly.
First, add to the property's house rules that children are allowed.
Additionally, for Booking.com listings (pro users), set the listing's child policy:
- The age range for children
- The maximum number of children
- The child fees
Children are included in a listing's guest count, and must not supersede the listing's occupancy.
Children above the age limit you set in the child policy are considered adults. Also, if the number of children in a reservation is higher than the number you allow in the child policy, they'll be considered adults.
Follow the steps below to set a listing to allow children
1. Configure the listing house rules to allow children
Listings connected to Booking.com:
When publishing a listing to Booking.com, the "Child policy" field is set to "Children allowed" by default. To update your child policy, follow the instructions below.
Listings connected to Vrbo:
- Lite users: If you connected to Vrbo after 19 Feb 2024, set your child policy directly in Vrbo. All other users - set your child policy in Guesty.
- Changes to the child policy will sync to Vrbo within 24 hours. Also, your listing amenities will be updated automatically to include "family/kid friendly".
Step by step:
- Sign in to your Guesty account.
- In the top navigation bar, click the mode selector and select Operations mode.
- Click Properties.
- Select the relevant listing. For a multi-unit, edit the main settings and the house rules will update in the sub-units automatically.
- In the left-side menu, click Pricing & policies.
- From the dropdown menu, select Reservation policies.
- Scroll down to the "House rules" section.
- To the right of "House rules", click Edit.
- Next to “Child policy”, configure if the listing is suitable for children (between 2-12 years old) and infants (0-2 years old) by toggling on the relevant toggles.
- Click Save.
Step by step:
- Sign in to your Guesty account.
- In the top navigation bar, click Listings.
- Click the relevant listing.
- In the left-side menu, click Pricing & policies.
- From the dropdown menu, select Reservation policies.
- Scroll down to the "House rules" section.
- To the right of "House rules", click Edit.
- Next to “Child policy”, configure if the listing is suitable for children (between 2-12 years old) and infants (0-2 years old) by toggling on the relevant toggles.
- Click Save
2. Set a child fee for Booking.com (Pro only)
You can add a child fee for listings with a “Full sync” connection type. The child fee will be added to the reservation price in addition to the adult’s fare.
Step by step:
- Sign in to your Guesty account.
- In the top navigation bar, click the mode selector and select Operations mode.
- Click Properties.
- Select the relevant listing.
- In the left-side menu, click Pricing and policies.
- Select Pricing.
- Scroll down to the "Basic Fees" section and click Edit.
- Under “Child policy”, configure the age range for which a child fee will be applied, the total number of children allowed per reservation, and the price per child per night.
- Click Save.