Onboarding to Guesty: Booking channels

Now that your Guesty account is up and running, connect booking channels to it to receive reservations and see how long the connection process takes per channel.

 

Airbnb

Pro users Lite users

  1. If you have an Airbnb account, connect it to Guesty.
  2. If you do not have an Airbnb account, create one and connect it to Guesty. Your existing listings in Airbnb will be pulled to Guesty as well, but you'll need to connect them to Airbnb.
  3. After you connect your Airbnb account, you can connect additional listings between Airbnb and Guesty in one of the following ways:

    • Import additional Airbnb listings to Guesty.
    • Publish (“push”) your listings from Guesty to Airbnb (Pro users only)
    • Link (“map”) your existing Airbnb listings to your existing Guesty listings.

Important:

Read this if you are using Airbnb rule-sets.

 

Booking.com

Pro users Lite users

  1. If you have a Booking.com account with existing listings, link them with Guesty:
    Read our checklist before linking listings
  2. If you have a Booking.com account with no existing listings, create listings in Guesty and publish them to Booking.com:
    Read our checklist before publishing listings.
  3. If you do not have a Booking.com account, create one, and then create listings in Guesty and publish them to Booking.com:
    Read our checklist before publishing listings

Important:

Learn which data is synced between Guesty and Booking.com for linked and published listings.

 

Guesty Website (Pro users only)

  1. Create a Guesty Website:
    Add coupons to offer discounts to potential guests
  2. If you have an existing website, embed the Guesty Booking Engine in it.

 

Misterb&b (Pro users only)

Existing Misterb&b accounts cannot be connected with Guesty. A new account will be created when you connect Misterb&b to Guesty.

 

Vrbo

Pro users Lite users

  1. If you have a Vrbo account, connect it to Guesty and publish listings to Vrbo:
    Read our checklist before publishing listings
  2. If you do not have a Vrbo account, create one, connect it to Guesty and publish listings to Vrbo:
    Read our checklist before publishing listings
  3. Decide how you want to collect payments for Vrbo reservations:
    Read this if you are using Stripe to collect payments

Important:

Read about Vrbo and taxes and  Vrbo channel commission.

 

Channel Managers (Pro users only)

Note:

Connecting with a channel manager is optional — you can connect with as many supported channel managers as you'd like.
Contact us to learn about Rentals United's pricing and account creation.
Contact SiteMinder and BookingPal to learn about their pricing and account creation.

Contact us when you decide which channel manager you would like to connect to.

 

Other channels

For all other channels, you can connect via iCal.

 

Connection time per channel

Each channel has its own completion time to finalize the connection process between Guesty and the booking channel or to link/publish listings.
During this time, your Guesty calendar won't sync with the booking channel.

Channel

Time to connect to Guesty

Airbnb
  • Up to 24 hours
Booking.com
  • Up to 24 hours to link listings
  • Up to 3 days to publish listings
Misterb&b
  • Up to 24 hours
Vrbo
  • Up to two weeks for account connection
  • Up to 3 days to publish listings
Hopper
  • Up to 24 hours
Google VR
  • Up to 3 weeks/21 days
Marriott Homes & Villas
  • Up to 60 days
HomeToGo
  • Up to 2 weeks/14 days
TravelStaytion
  • Up to 2 weeks/14 days
Plum Guide
  • Up to 2 weeks/14 days
Whimstay
  • Up to 2 weeks/14 days
Holidu
  • Up to 2 weeks/14 days
Glamping Hub
  • Up to 2 weeks/14 days
Trip.com
  • Up to 24 hours
VacayHome Connect
  • Up to 2 weeks/14 days
Blueground / Nestpick
  • Up to 2 weeks/14 days
Smiling House
  • Up to 2 weeks/14 days
Villa Tracker
  • Up to 2 weeks/14 days
Hotelbeds
  • Up to 24 hours
Reconline CIH
  • Up to 24 hours
StaysCo
  • Up to 2 weeks/14 days
Bnbfinder
  • Up to 2 weeks/14 days
Belvilla by OYO
  • Up to 2 weeks/14 days
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