Welcome to the Hospitable Hosts Community!

Airbnb Vs VRBO Vs Booking.com?

What are the Pros and Cons of working with these 3 platforms? Should I play with the 3 of them? 2 of them or only Airbnb?

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12 hours ago

Alan SincichHospitable Team Member

Hospitable Changelog

Updates for more intuitive Rental Agreements and portal access! March 20, 2026

Exciting updates for hosts using Rental Agreements and our new Hospitable Tasks! We also have a few new integrations to connect with and have made things easier for owners and teammates to log in to their portals.Rental AgreementsImproved rental agre

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20 hours ago

DannyAJFNew Participant

Reliable Cleaning Team for Short-Term Rentals in Boston

Hi everyone! My name is Daniane, and I run a professional cleaning and turnover service based in the Boston area. We specialize in:• Airbnb & short-term rental turnovers• Same-day cleaning• Laundry & linen management• Restocking supplies• Dee

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Hospitable Hosts: Australia and New Zealand

leonieNew Participant

Melbourne Hosts

Hi all,I’m new to hospitable. Any Melbourne based hosts who would like to chat/meet up at some stage?ThanksLeonie Stay at a Gem0419537922

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danielleshawParticipating Frequently

CO-HOSTS UNITE!

📣 Co-Hosts: Let’s Share Best Practices (Billing, Cleanings, Fees, & Cash Flow)Hi everyone — I’d love to start a collaborative thread so we can learn what’s working (and what isn’t) as our co-hosting businesses grow and evolve — especially with re

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TX Sales and Use Tax permit

RMDuffNew Participant

Hospitable Hosts: Texas

Greetings All- I am a newer host in San Antonio with a listing on Airbnb and VRBO. In anticipation of doing direct bookings for my repeat customers (before signing up with hospitable) i applied for a sales and use tax permit. Now I am on hospitabl

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2 days ago

aimeeParticipating Frequently

Hospitable Hosts: California

Discovery metrics

Hello- is there any way to gather from a guest who directly books how they found our direct booking site? I have ads, word of mouth, Social Media, google, etc. wondering if there’s a way to ask how they found us similar to asking what the “purpose of

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2 days ago

ArtInAjijicNew Participant

Live Workshops

I’m on the west coast and a live event in San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle or Vegas would be ideal. Any of those places would be an easy drive or quick flight. thank you!

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fabiolaNew Participant

Airbnb Vs VRBO Vs Booking.com?

What are the Pros and Cons of working with these 3 platforms? Should I play with the 3 of them? 2 of them or only Airbnb?

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12 hours ago

leonieNew Participant

Hospitable Hosts: Australia and New Zealand

Melbourne Hosts

Hi all,I’m new to hospitable. Any Melbourne based hosts who would like to chat/meet up at some stage?ThanksLeonie Stay at a Gem0419537922

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Tom BeerleyTop Contributor

Vrbo + Google Vacation Rentals (GVR)

Has anyone ever gone to the trouble of asking Vrbo to turn OFF the syndication of your Vrbo listings to Google Vacation Rentals (GVR)? Any luck in doing that?The reasoning is that when multiple booking sites syndicate to GVR, it can cause duplicates

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yuliyaNew Participant

Social Media advertising

Anyone has suggestions on advertising on social media thats pretty much hands free ?I can’t remember to post and would love to automate that task

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How do we get support for urgent issues on Hospitable?

TIH Property ManagementNew Participant

Onboarding Corner

We are experiencing ongoing, severe support and system issues with Hospitable that have now been unresolved for over one month. These issues began immediately after onboarding and migrating from Hostaway, particularly related to the VRBO integration.

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Hospitable Hosts: Australia and New Zealand

SJDParticipating Frequently

Upsells for New Zealand

Hi,I was wondering if you could give an estimated timeframe for adding upsell capability for NZD? I would prefer to use your native option rather than adding additional apps/ subscriptions etc. Thanks!

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4 days ago

LindaEParticipating Frequently

Hospitable Hosts: Florida

All Guest names in Reservation

Hi,We always get the basic information (name, email, phone #, etc.) from the person who books the reservation, but I’m wondering if you are capturing the names of the other guests in the party? Are you casually asking for that information after book

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7 days ago

odntukNew Participant

Onboarding Corner

What happens if a guest does not pay security deposit?

I just turned on the security deposit feature. It looks like guests need to pay it separately and it is not included in their standard reservation breakdown of costs such as with Airbnb. What happens if they decide not to pay it?

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11 days ago

Kimberly Siesta Key BeachNew Participant

switching to payments by booking.com

Curious- i accept payments directly today but considering making the switchWhen do guests get charged for their holiday when booking charges them?We take payment in full at the time of booking but would like to get out of the fraudulent charge back

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15 days ago

jeffrey33615New Participant