When you import an Airbnb listing to Guesty, you set its property type, listing type, and room type.
Correctly classifying your listing in Guesty helps attract more potential guests, as you accurately set their expectations from the start, ensuring they enjoy their stay more. Learn what are property details and how to set or change them.
The property details
In this section we explore the terms of properties, listings, and rooms, and when to use them.
Property type
By “property”, we refer to the physical real estate you lease for your guests' stays. Examples of property types are villas, apartments, lofts, and chalets.
You cannot add a bedroom to a studio property type.
Channel limitations:
Check which of Guesty's property types are synced with Airbnb, Booking.com, and Vrbo.
Additional Airbnb limitations:
- You can only add one shared space to a studio property type.
- If you set the property type to Apartment, you must add an apartment number under "Additional address details" on the listing's full address settings.
If you use an unsupported type in Airbnb, it may result in importing and syncing issues. To avoid this, choose from the following options:
- Update the property type in Airbnb to a type supported in Guesty before importing the listing.
- Change the property type in Guesty after the import. Follow the instructions in the next section.
Listing type
The term “listing” refers to the digital representation of the property, mostly in the context of the information displayed in the booking channels.
When creating a listing, you select whether the listing is the entire property (“entire home/apt”) or only part of it. For example, an apartment may contain one room available to rent, while all the other rooms in the property are not.
If the listing isn’t the entire property, you can define if the listing is a “private room”, or if the guest has to share it with others (“shared room”).
The listing type (entire home/apt, private or shared room) can later be changed in the listing’s Property page > Location & details > Property details.
When configuring the listing’s room arrangement, you can list all the rooms inside a listing, such as living rooms, bedrooms, and bathrooms, and specify for each room whether it is shared or private.
If the listing’s type is “Entire home/apt”, you cannot add a shared (half or full) bathroom to it.
Room type
The term “room type” (sometimes called “unit type”) refers to the listing’s sleeping arrangement
One listing can contain multiple room types, each offering a different sleeping arrangement. For example, one hostel can have seven standard rooms, five double rooms, three suites, and one duplex. Each of these four types is considered a room type, with the differentiating factor being the sleeping arrangement.
You can set the listing’s room type only after a listing is created, by navigating to the listing’s Property page > Location & details > Property details. You only need to specify the listing’s room type when connecting a listing to Booking.com. Otherwise, you can leave it blank.
The following room types (only) sync with Booking.com:
- Apartment
- Studio
- Bungalow
- Chalet
- Villa
- Tent
- Yurt (synced to Booking.com as "Tent")
In addition, every unit may include more than just a bedroom - such as a bathroom, living room, and amenities. You can configure the rooms inside a listing in the listing room arrangement. You can assign photos to each room separately so guests can know what they should expect.
Change the property details
Before you begin
Airbnb
Set or update your property details in Guesty.
Please note that making changes to a listing property type or listing type in Airbnb disables your ability to update these fields in Guesty, and they'll become "locked". This locked attributes feature can be used, for example, to add a property type supported in Airbnb but not in Guesty. To do so, directly change the listing's property type to the desired value in Airbnb. The property type will be managed in Airbnb and cannot be changed from Guesty. The property type won't be displayed in Guesty but will appear in Airbnb.
Follow the instructions below to update the relevant setting.
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 Location & details.
- Select Property details.
- Click Edit
- Change the relevant property details.
- Click Save.
