Setting up your property room arrangement helps your guests choose a desired room to book, thus making their stay more comfortable and suitable to their needs. You can list the "room types" and which bed types are included in every “bedroom”.
In the context of room arrangement, “room types” refer to the composing rooms or spaces inside a property. These room types can be, for example, bedrooms, living rooms, and bathrooms. Configuring these rooms and spaces is described in this article.
For listings connected to Airbnb or the Booking Engine (Booking Website for Lite users), you can specify which rooms are shared and which are private, by switching on or off the Shared room toggle. Additionally, you can assign photos to rooms for your Airbnb listings, creating a photo tour section on the Airbnb listing page.
General limitations
You can add a bed to a bedroom or shared space, but cannot add a bed to a full or half-bathroom.
You cannot add a bedroom to a "Studio" property. Also, you cannot add a shared bathroom (full or half) to a property whose listing's type is "Entire place/apt".
Channel limitations
Airbnb
Set or update your room arrangement in Guesty only if you have set a Full sync for your listing. If you set a Limited sync, set or update these fields directly in Airbnb. you can change your sync settings from Full sync to Limited sync, and manage all content attributes, including the property room arrangement, in Airbnb.
- Adding a name to a “shared space” or “bedroom” type won’t sync to Airbnb. A “shared space” type will display as “living room” in Airbnb, while a “bedroom” type will show as “Bedroom X”.
- If a "shared space" doesn't have a bed, it won’t be included in the "Where you will sleep" section in the Airbnb listing page
- The order of your space arrangements won’t sync between Airbnb and Guesty. However, the number of bedrooms and shared spaces will sync.
- Airbnb supports only one shared space per listing. Therefore, you cannot add more than one shared space to a “Studio” room type.
- Updating a bathroom room type to “shared bathroom” in Airbnb won’t sync to Guesty.
- Your bed arrangement must include at least one bed. Otherwise, the listing will be displayed as "Studio" in Airbnb.
- Guesty only supports the following Airbnb bed types:
- Air Mattress
- Bunk Bed
A bunk bed will count as two beds in the overall number in Airbnb. - Crib
- Double Bed
- Floor Mattress
- King Bed
- Super King Bed
Super King beds are only supported on airbnb.co.uk. - Queen Bed
- Single Bed
- Sofa Bed
- Toddler Bed
- Water Bed
If you use an unsupported type in Airbnb, it may result in importing issues. To avoid this, choose from the following options:
- Update the bed type in Airbnb to a type supported in Guesty before importing the listing.
- Change the bed type in Guesty after the import. Follow these instructions.
Vrbo
- Lite users, connected to Vrbo after 19 FEB 2024: Set your listings’ room arrangement directly in Vrbo. All other Vrbo users - set the room arrangement via Guesty, as described below.
- "Bathroom" room types will sync to Vrbo as indicated below. This information will appear on the listing page in Vrbo, under the "Amenities" section.
- 1 bathroom in Guesty will appear as "Toilet - shower" on Vrbo
- 0.5 bathroom in Guesty will appear as "Toilet" on Vrbo
Booking.com
- Room arrangement will only sync for a listing with a “full sync” connection type, but not for “rates and availability”
- “Shared spaces” won’t sync from Guesty to Booking.com
- See which bed types are synced between Guesty and Booking.com and whether their name will adjust when syncing
Guesty Booking Engine (Booking Website for Lite users)
Beta users: Adding a name to a room or a shared space won't be translated into additional languages in the Guesty Booking Engine, and will appear as written.
Setting up a property room arrangement
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, click the multi-unit's main unit. The bed arrangement will update in all sub-units automatically.
- In the left-side menu, under "Details & Layout", click Rooms & beds.
- Click Edit next to "Sleeping arrangements".
- Beta users: Switch the Shared room toggle on when the room is available to all guests, or keep the toggle off when the room is only available to the guest’s party.
- Type in a name for the room, and select its relevant type from the dropdown list.
- If you select a “Bedroom” type, click Add a bed. Then, select the relevant bed type.
- Click Add a room to insert more rooms as needed and repeat steps 7-8.
- 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, under "Details & Layout", click Rooms & beds.
- Click Edit next to "Sleeping arrangements".
- Beta users: Switch the Shared room toggle on when the room is available to all guests, or keep the toggle off when the room is only available to the guest’s party.
- Type in a name for the room, and select its relevant type from the dropdown list.
- If you select a “Bedroom” type, click Add a bed. Then, select the relevant bed type.
- Click Add a room to insert more rooms as needed and repeat steps 7-8.
- Click Save.
Updating a property room arrangement
You can easily update the listing's room arrangement. Follow the instructions below.
Step by step:
- Follow steps 1-6 above
- Make the desired changes.
- To remove a room, click
.
- To remove a bed type, hover over the bed type icon. Then, click
- To remove a room, click
- Click Save.
Step by step:
- Follow steps 1-5 above
- Make the desired changes.
- To remove a room, click
- To remove a bed type, hover over the bed type icon. Then, click
- To remove a room, click
- Click Save.