Welcome to Guesty’s comprehensive guide on seamlessly publishing or linking your listings from Guesty to Vrbo. This step-by-step manual will assist you in effortlessly connecting your Vrbo account to Guesty and ensuring your listings go live on one of the most popular vacation rental platforms.
Please note that one listing can be published or linked at at time.
Before you begin
Before starting to publish a listing, review the following essential points to ensure a smooth process.
- Connect your Vrbo account: Ensure that your Vrbo account is successfully connected to Guesty. Listings can only be published after your Vrbo account is connected.
- Listing creation: If you have existing listings only on Vrbo, you must create these listings within Guesty before publishing. This ensures all your properties are seamlessly managed within Guesty.
- Listing status: Confirm that the listing in Guesty is in "Listed" status. This ensures that the listing is ready for publishing and synchronization with Vrbo.
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Approval timeframe: Understand that Vrbo may take up to 72 hours to approve your listings. During this period, the status will display as "Pending" in Guesty.
- Review Vrbo requirements: Read through the Checklist for Publishing Listings from Guesty to Vrbo and make any necessary changes before publishing to avoid errors or delays.
- Multi-unit listings: Guesty's connection with Vrbo does not support multi-units. If your property is set up as a multi-unit in Guesty, you must publish each sub-unit as a separate listing on Vrbo to ensures accurate availability representation.
Publish listing to Vrbo
- Sign in to your Guesty account.
- In the top navigation bar, click Channels and select Vrbo.
- To the right of the relevant account, click Publish listing.
- From the pop-up, click the listing or listings you want to publish.
- Click Connect.
- Click Add to Channel.
Note your advertisement plan in Vrbo:
- If you have a default Pay Per Booking (PPB) plan, the listing will automatically become live.
- If you have a default Pay Per Subscription (PPS) plan, you will need to pay for a subscription for the listing to become live.
- If you do not have a default plan, the listing will be created under "Preview" and you will have to convert it to PPB or PPS.
Step by step (Pro users):
- Sign in to your Guesty account.
- In the top navigation bar, click the mode selector and select Growth mode.
- Click Distribution.
- Click the HomeAway/Vrbo thumbnail.
- Click the relevant account.
- In the top-right corner, click + Publish listing.
- From the dropdown menu, select the listing. Alternatively, use the search bar to find the listing by typing in its title, nickname, or part of the address.
If you want to publish a multi-unit, publish each sub-unit as a separate listing to make sure the listing's availability is reflected correctly in Vrbo.
If you encounter error messages, check out this article for solutions to common issues to help you successfully publish your listing. - Click Next.
- Fill in the fields in the pop-up.
- Click Add to Channel.
Note your advertisement plan in Vrbo:
- If you have a default Pay Per Booking (PPB) plan, the listing will automatically become live.
- If you have a default Pay Per Subscription (PPS) plan, you will need to pay for a subscription for the listing to become live.
- If you do not have a default plan, the listing will be created under "Preview" and you will have to convert it to PPB or PPS.
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Important:
If you connected to Vrbo before 19 Feb 24, follow the process under the "Pro users" tab to publish a listing.
If you connected to Vrbo after 19 Feb 24, follow the steps below to link a listing.
Step by step:
- Sign in to your Guesty account.
- In the top navigation bar, click Channels and select Vrbo.
- Select the Vrbo listing(s) to link:
- For one listing, under the column "Actions" click Connect.
- For multiple listings, at the top right click Connect to Guesty listings.
- In the pop-up, to the right of each listing, click the dropdown and select the corresponding Guesty listing to link.
- At the bottom right, click Save.
The linked listing(s) will change from Pending to Connected, usually within one hour.
If the listing status shows Failed:
- Under "Actions", click Retry.
- If the listing remains in Failed status after two attempts at retrying to link, please contact us.
Once connected you can manage all Vrbo reservations, guest messages, and pricing within Guesty.