Displaying nightly rates in your Guesty Booking Engine

The Guesty Booking Engine lets you showcase listings and collect reservations directly without paying channel fees. When guests use the search bar on your Guesty Booking Engine website, they see the  nightly rates for each listing in the search results. You can control how these prices are displayed.

Control how nightly pricing displays to guests

Choose whether your Booking Engine displays guests the final price, which includes all mandatory fees and taxes, or just the base price first. This helps you align with price transparency requirements and guest expectations in different regions.

Step by step:

1. Sign in to your Guesty account.
2. In the top navigation bar, click the mode selector and select Growth mode. 
3. Click Distribution.
4. Click the Guesty Booking Engine thumbnail.
5. Click next to the relevant Booking engine, and select Edit booking engine.
6. In the left menu, select Booking settings.
7. Select your preferred pricing visibility setting:
   1. Show final price (recommended): Display the total price per night, which includes all mandatory fees and taxes. 
      This option is recommended to meet price transparency requirements in many regions.

   2. Show base price: Display the nightly base rate first. Additional fees and taxes appear later in the booking process.

      Note:

      When selecting this option, you must check the box to accept responsiblity for compliance with any relevant legal requirements .

8. Click Next.
9. In the left-side menu, click Languages to navigate to the last action.
10. Click Save Booking Engine to apply your changes.

How search results determine pricing

The price displayed in search results depends on whether a guest has selected specific travel dates.

• No dates selected:

  The "price per night" defaults to the listing's base price. This includes manual adjustments you set for these dates, such as overridden base prices.

• Dates selected: 

  The "price per night" is calculated based on the specific nightly rates for those dates. This includes manual adjustments, such as overridden base prices.

View types and pricing calculations

The way pricing appears also changes depending on how the guest views the search results:

• List view: Displays the average nightly price for the selected period.
• Map view: Displays the listing's base price.

Promotional discounts and special offers do not appear in the initial search results. These are reflected only after a guest clicks Book Now.