Airbnb Lesson 7: Multiple List With Calendar Links
This post is for our fellow hosts who has multiple rooms in
a single house and would like to rent out each room separately or the entire
house as one. Let’s use Cassey as our
fictional host.
Cassey has a two-storey house in Cebu with 2 bedrooms, each
with their own bath and toilet, plus a common room and kitchen downstairs. Each room has a double bed, with enough space
to sleep 4 adults.
On peak seasons, it is very easy to find guests to fill the
entire house. However, during lean
seasons, guests are not willing to pay for a 2 bedroom house when only 1 room
is enough for them. To maximize, Cassey
is locking the unrented room. The
problem with this comes from Airbnb locking her calendar when one room is booked. So she decided to create separate listing for
each room, dubbing them Room A and Room B.
Another issue arises when a guest would need to book the
entire house. Cassey is left manually
blocking the calendar for both listing.
Oftentimes, a potential inquiry from a guest leads to several back and
forth messages on how many people the house can accommodate, and how much the
pay would be.
Got the same scenario?
Then try this.
1.
Maintain the original separate listing for Room
A and Room B.
2.
Go to Calendar >>
Availability Settings >>
Sync Calendar >>
Export Calendar
3.
Copy the calendar link for each of the listing
on your Notepad
4.
Create a new list for the entire house. We’ll call it House.
5.
Again, get a copy of the calendar link for
House.
Now, we’re going to link the Calendars of each room so if Room A is booked for the night, Room B will remain open, while House would be locked.
1.
Open the House listing
2.
Go to Calendar >>
Availability Settings >>
Sync Calendar >>
Import Calendar
3.
On the Calendar Address (URL), paste the
calendar link for Room A.
4.
Name it Room A, and click Import Calendar
5.
Do the same for Room B
What we just did, was link the calendars of Room A and B to House. So if any of the rooms got booked, no other guest can book the entire house for the same date.
Then, do this for each of the Rooms calendar.
1.
Open the Room A listing
2.
Go to Calendar >>
Availability Settings >>
Sync Calendar >>
Import Calendar
3.
On the Calendar Address (URL), paste the
calendar link for House.
6.
Name it House, and click Import Calendar
4.
Do the same for Room B.
This would automatically block the calendars of both Room A and B if a guest books the entire house.
Do I need to link Room A to B? Nope, since we want them to be booked separately.
What if a guest inquired from Room A or Room B, but wishes to book the entire house? Just direct them to your profile, where they can see all your listing and have them book the House instead of each room.
Ohhh, and don’t forget to adjust your pricing your each listing accordingly. The same goes for the number of guest each listing can accommodate.
Still confused? Send me a comment and I’ll try to answer them immediately.
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