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VRBO Official Integration: What You Need to Know

Everything you need to understand about how Hospitable's VRBO integration works, what's included, and what to expect. We've officially passed VRBO's certification, and we're getting close to opening this up. Hosts in our pilot are already connected a

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35 minutes ago

Brandon HuettemanHospitable Team Member

Tax Remittance Expansion (February and March 2026)

Hi to our Hospitable Community! We wanted to provide an update on tax remittance expansion for our users over the past few weeks. 😊Hospitable is now collecting and remitting the following taxes:Alabama Gulf Shores City Lodging Tax Arkansas Eureka Sp

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44 minutes 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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8 hours ago

David ThorpeHospitable Team Member

Building SMS: Seeking Feedback

👋 Hello hosts! Pleasure to meet you all. I’m a software engineer here at Hospitable and I’m currently investigating building SMS support into our product for you all but I’m eager to hear your feedback on why this is valuable to you.It feels like the

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18 hours ago

Jake ShepherdHospitable Team Member

Pay your team through Hospitable with the Hospitable Tasks app

You can now invite your cleaners and teammates into Hospitable, track task progress, and pay them directly through the platform.For many hosts, coordinating cleaners and other teammates is one of the most time-consuming parts of running short-term re

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1 day ago

Tom BeerleyHospitable Hero

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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2 days ago

carrieKnown Participant

Making Direct Booking Sites Searchable

Our apps are out!! Hospitable hosts can list for only $5 per property for the first year on Inndirectly.com! Use coupon HOSPINN45 at check out.Inndirectly was created to make direct booking sites searchable alongside all other booking options. It's f

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DannyAJFNew Participant

What is your biggest challenge with turnovers?

Hi everyone, I’m curious — what is currently your biggest challenge when it comes to managing turnovers? Is it:• Finding reliable cleaners• Timing issues• Quality consistency• Communication I’ve seen all of these come up in different properties. Woul

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Kristijan LacoHospitable Team Member

Preventing unnecessary smart lock backup code messages

If you use smart locks with Hospitable, we've rolled out a small improvement to make sure guests consistently receive the correct door code.In December 2025, we introduced more control over backup code messages and how they're sent to guests. You can

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Marina CoimbraHospitable Team Member

Give us your feedback: Spaces (Photo tour) coming!

Hello, Photos is being released this week to everyone!In the meantime our team just picked up Spaces (including the Photo tour) to work on and I recorded a video so that we can gather feedback from you! Please be brutally honest! Does it have all the

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What happens if a guest does not pay security deposit?

odntukNew Participant

Onboarding Corner

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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8 hours ago

carrieKnown Participant

Making Direct Booking Sites Searchable

Our apps are out!! Hospitable hosts can list for only $5 per property for the first year on Inndirectly.com! Use coupon HOSPINN45 at check out.Inndirectly was created to make direct booking sites searchable alongside all other booking options. It's f

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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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6 days ago

yuliyaNew Participant

How do we get support for urgent issues on Hospitable?

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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8 days ago

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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8 days ago

SJDParticipating Frequently

Hospitable Hosts: Australia and New Zealand

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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9 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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12 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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20 days ago

jeffrey33615New Participant