Creating a Guesty Booking Website

Guesty Booking Website lets guests browse your listings and book directly through Guesty. Create a dedicated booking site or embed the Booking Website as a widget on any external site. You can create as many booking websites as you need. View a sample Booking Website.

Before you begin

• Connect your Airbnb account and import your listings into Guesty before creating a Booking Website. Once your listings are available in Guesty, follow the steps below.
• The default language for required information is English. You can translate it into other languages during setup.
• During set up, you can skip any optional setup fields now and update them later if needed. 
• Learn about best practices for Guesty Booking Websites before getting started.

Create a Booking Website

Follow the steps below or watch our video to create a Booking Website.

Step by step:

1. Sign in to your Guesty account.
2. In the top navigation bar, click Channels and select Booking website.
3. Create your Booking Website:
   • If no Booking Website exists, click Create your Booking Website.
   • If you already have a Booking Website, click Create new Booking Website at the top right of the dashboard.
4. Enter your business name. This name becomes part of your website address, appearing before ".guestybookings.com".
   • If the domain is not available, you'll see a notification.
   • By default, your domain will be format: yourbusiness.guestybookings.com. You can change this to a custom domain later under "Optional settings".
5. Choose a setup method:

   • Click Create a Booking Website to create a website instantly, and then select Visit your live website. 

     If you choose this option, this is the final step of the process. We'll populate the fields in the setup with our default values, including the following: 

     • All properties are added to the Booking Website.
     • Guesty implements default templates for your website's logo, background image, confirmation page, and legal documents.
     • If you have a payment processor connected to Guesty, the reservations' payment method are set to "instant". 
     • If you don't have a payment processor, it will be set to "request to book" using the blocking the calendar (without restriction) option.
     • Some features won't be activated, including the "Contact Us" page, the properties map, and the search widget.

     You can always return to change the Booking Website settings later.

   • Click Go to advanced settings to continue the setup process. Continue to the next steps.

6. If using advanced settings:

   • On the "General settings" page, enter your business information in the relevant fields.
   • On the "Select properties" page, choose the properties to include in your Booking Website.
   • On the "Booking settings" page, under “Select how guests book”, choose how guests can book:
   Request to book

   If selecting “Request to book”, the reservation status will be set to “Reserved” upon creation. You can choose how a booked reservation will affect the calendar before it is confirmed either by blocking the calendar (without an end restriction), blocking the calendar for 24 hours only, or not blocking the calendar. Select the relevant option from the “Affect on calendar” dropdown.

   Instant booking

   In case you want bookings made via the Booking Website to receive immediate approval, select “Instant”. When a reservation is created, its status will automatically be set to “Confirmed” and the relevant dates will be blocked in the calendar. This option requires that you collect guests’ payments at booking. You must connect a payment processor in Guesty in order to collect guests' credit card details. 

   Important:

   When handling a “Reserved” reservation, you need to set its status manually to “Confirmed” or "Closed".

7. In "Booking confirmation page," select which confirmation message guests see after booking.
   • Select Use Guesty’s template or Use your own template.
   • If you use your own, provide the title, message body, and an image.

8. In "Search bar and filter settings (booking widget)," enable features for guests to personalize their searches.

   Beta users: Allow guests to filter by property tags. Use clear, descriptive tag names before enabling filters.

9. In "Company policy," select privacy and cookie policies:
   • Choose Guesty’s template or enter your own for both Privacy & Cookie Policy and Terms & Conditions.
   • Mark the “I read...” checkboxes if using Guesty documents. If using your own, fill in the fields as required.

10. In the optional "Design" page, set your homepage image, color theme, and Favicon logo.

    See our recommendations for uploading photos.

11. In the optional "Contact us" page, add your phone number, social profiles, and contact form details.
12. In the optional "Web analytics" page, connect Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and Facebook Pixel IDs if needed.
13. Click Create Booking Website to launch your site.

14. When the pop-up confirms your site is ready, click Preview Booking Website or Continue to dashboard.

    From the dashboard, edit or delete your Booking Website as needed.