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We’re excited to share a special offer from our friends at Inndirectly, a new host-built vacation rental marketplace created to support direct bookings and host independence.Inndirectly helps guests find and book your direct listings, and for a limited time, Hospitable hosts can list their properties for just $5 for the first year (normally $50).Visit: www.inndirectly.com.Use code HOSPINN45 at checkout.If you decide to give it a go, let us know what you think in the comments. 💜--Thank you, ​@carrie, for sharing this special offer with fellow Hospitable hosts!

We’ve recently given Hospitable Dynamic Pricing users the ability to customize their last minute pricing and added additional controls to customize far future pricing. Check out the video below for a walk-through of the new controls.We’ve always had a last minute pricing strategy for hosts, but previously we weren’t able to show you what we were doing and we didn’t let you personalize your strategy. Now you can edit both the dates and markdown amounts. For most hosts, this is a series of discounts starting as far out as 60 days and stair stepping into higher discounts as the lead time of potential bookings goes to zero. The goal of this strategy is generally to fill any remaining gaps in your calendar to reach your ideal occupancy.We previously released the ability to set custom markup/markdown amounts for far future pricing, and based on your feedback we’ve now given you the ability to control the dates as well. For most hosts, this is a series of markups starting from a minimum of 60

We’re exploring ways to help hosts further protect their properties and guests - whether through damage waivers, damage protection plans, or other coverage options.If you’ve got a few minutes, I’d love to hear your thoughts:Do you currently offer damage waivers to guests? If so, do you use a third-party tool or handle it yourself? What’s working well (or not) with your current setup? What would you like to see Hospitable do in this space? How would you want something like this to work for your guests and your business?If you’re open to chatting more in-depth, feel free to grab a time on my calendar:https://scheduler.zoom.us/tim-hasfgr/damage-waivers

Take part in Hospitable's host survey for a chance to win a Hospitable swag box!We're putting together our second annual industry report on short and mid-term rental management, and we need your expert insights!If you have a spare 15 minutes, we invite you to complete our survey and tell us about your plans for 2026.We're looking to learn more about your 2026 growth plans, what tools provide the most value, how you're differentiating yourself from the competition, and more! We'll use your answers to learn more about you as a host, leverage more out of our partnerships with booking channels, and to produce our second annual industry report.We’re interested in hearing from EVERYBODY! However many properties you have, wherever in the world you’re hosting, whether you’re self-managing, co-hosting, or a property manager.Complete the survey now » P.S. Don't worry, we'll keep your secrets safe! All responses will be aggregated, and no personal information will be published in the report. Drop

Hi to our Hospitable Community! It is that time again for our traditional monthly TAX NEWS! Hospitable is now collecting and remitting the following taxes for all Direct Premium bookings made on or after November 1, 2025:Colorado Colorado State Sales Tax Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Hotel Occupancy Tax Local Sales Tax (collected by Pennsylvania State) — Allegheny County and the City of Philadelphia If you have a property in these locations and the applicable tax applies to your property for Direct Premium, no action is required on your part—these taxes will be automatically retained and remitted on your behalf.Please note that any other applicable taxes that are not listed or previously communicated will continue to be collected as a pass-through to you. You are responsible for remitting all pass-through taxes to the appropriate jurisdiction in accordance with local regulations and compliance. Further, any tax not collected and remitted on your behalf by Hospitable prior to this date we

We’ve just made a handy improvement to the smart lock widget in your Inbox!You’ll now see a new “First used” status, showing the exact time a smart lock code was first used, the same timestamp you’d normally find in the device dashboard.This update was inspired by feedback from our community (special shout-out to ​@anthonyrallo 👏). Many of you told us how useful it would be to have that first used info right in the Inbox and now, you’ve got it!It’s a small change that makes it even easier to stay on top of guest arrivals without switching views.We’re always listening, and this is another great example of a community idea making its way into the product. Keep the feedback coming. You never know which idea will be next to make the jump from “feature request” to “feature shipped.” 😉 💪 

Fill your calendar and earn more revenue with our new Dynamic Pricing advanced settings! Our Inbox has also been improved to help you organize and stay on top of all your guest conversations. Dynamic PricingLast-minute pricing advanced setting ⏱Dynamic pricing can now take into account last-minute pricing that you can set You have five inputs where you can set the number of days before check-in and the percentage increase or decrease of the pricing This allows you to gradually adjust the price as it approaches the check-in date, giving you the best chance of filling your calendar and increasing revenue This last-minute setting has technically always been enabled in the algorithm, but now you have control over the variables You can learn more about Dynamic Pricing in this detailed help articleFar-future pricing advanced setting 🗓You can now have better control of your rates that are listed in the far future There are three inputs where you can adjust the days ahead of check-in and the

Following the latest update to our message webhook, we have updated our Zapier Integration to Version 1.3.0 with the following added to the message trigger:property and listing information specific emoji and attachment informationHow to use the new version 🔎Head over to Zapier. Create a new Zap: the latest version will automatically be used when selecting Hospitable as the first trigger step. Edit an existing Zap: In the 1st Step under Setup , click on the Change button. Reselect Hospitable from the list of Apps.​​​​ 💡 Need help getting started? You can find detailed guides and Zapier tutorials in our Help Center, You can also reach out to our integrations support team-platform@hospitable.com for further assistance.

Share your most unexpected hosting moment for a chance to win a Minut Pro+ subscription for one year (sensor included). Whether it was a guest surprise or a lesson learned the hard (or funny) way, we want to hear the moments that taught you something new about hosting. Every story helps us all stay one step ahead.We’ll pick our favorite comment on November 7, and the winner will receive a free Minut Pro+ subscription for one year (sensor included).Comment below to join in!Deadline: November 6 at 12pm ETThanks to our partners at Minut for teaming up with us on this giveaway. 💜​@Minut_Molly ​@Minut_Alicja --About:Minut is the intelligence layer for proactive property management. From short-term rentals and student housing to multifamily units and aparthotels, Minut helps operators to stay one step ahead of issues like smoking, noise, and mold. With real-time insights and proactive alerts, Minut is creating a new layer of infrastructure for shared spaces, giving teams the foresight to ru

Let’s talk Owner Payouts and Mogul updates!Join us on November 12 at 9 am PT / 12 pm ET / 6 pm CET for our next Town Hall, where we’ll walk through the latest features designed to support your growth and simplify how you manage payouts.Have questions? Drop them in the comments and we’ll cover them during the Town Hall. Add to calendar: https://calendarlink.com/event/DjhTv--This is the thread to talk before and after the event. Feel free to drop your questions here ahead of time and we’ll do our best to cover them during the Town Hall. After the session, come back for a recap, resources, and follow-up conversation. 

Hey everyone! 👋We’ve heard several requests for Static Guest Portal Links — shareable URLs or QR codes that let guests access upsells without needing their unique guest portal link.We love the idea! 💡 Hosts have told us they’d use this for guidebooks, signage, or on-site QR codes for things like firepit fees, equipment rentals, or minibar purchases.The challenge? Every upsell is tied to a specific reservation — that’s how we check calendar availability, manage upsell timing windows, and trigger post-purchase automations. To make static links possible, we’ll need a step where guests enter their reservation code so we can connect them to the right booking.We’d love your feedback:How would this fit into your guest experience? How are you currently handling upsell purchases and linking them back to bookings?Drop your thoughts below — and upvote the feature request to stay updated:🔗 https://feedback.hospitable.com/p/static-upsell-url-for-guest-payments

Airbnb recently changed to a host-only service fee of 15.5%. To protect your payout, Hospitable automatically made a one-time adjustment to your Hospitable-managed fees, ensuring you still net the same amount after host service fees are deducted.You can change your property fees anytime by navigating to the Property → Pricing → Fees tab.We've also made an important change to how we report guest fees on Owner Statements and Invoices. 🔍 What’s changing Owner Statements will now show net income from cleaning fees, pet fees and other guest fees after host service fees are deducted. (Previously, we showed the gross amount the guest paid.)This paints an accurate picture that’s in alignment with how host service fees are charged — on both the nightly rate and every guest fee. This change ensures that whoever is responsible for paying the host service fee gets the benefit of any increase applied to offset that service fee, so that your owners are not unintentionally charged for both host serv

Join the Hospitable team this Wednesday, November 5 at 9am PT | 12pm ET | 6pm CET for a live Power-Up Workshop on Listing Management.We’ll walk you through our newest tools that make it easier than ever to:✅ Keep Airbnb, Booking.com, and Vrbo perfectly in sync.✅ Customize content, availability, and rates in one place.✅ Streamline your workflow and reduce manual updates.Whether you’re launching your first property or managing dozens, this step-by-step session will show you how to keep your listings consistent, optimized, and ready to perform.--This is the thread to chat before and after the event. Feel free to drop your questions here ahead of time and we’ll do our best to cover them during the workshop. After the session, come back for a recap, resources, and follow-up conversation.

In the last Power-up Workshop, ​@DeeJayinGA walked hosts through Listing Management, a brand new feature that lets you manage and edit your listings directly inside Hospitable. If you missed the live session, here’s a quick recap of what you can do right now, and what’s coming next.Watch the full Listing Management Power-Up Workshop replayThe one minute recapListing management is available on all plans. Edit listing Details, Pricing, and Availability directly in Hospitable Push updates to Airbnb, Booking.com, and your Direct booking website Make channel-specific edits when it makes sense for your business Manage and update Amenities, including new sub-options for Pool and Parking You can duplicate an Airbnb listing to Booking.com, then manage it from Hospitable Vrbo support is not live yet. Our work is done on our side and we are waiting on their approvals Photo management and listing headline editing are on the way Create a new listing from scratch is planned“This is a big release. Tr

On the previous Town Hall we discussed that Markups will now be applied to all fees instead of applying it only to Base Price. The reason for this change is because platforms (Booking, Airbnb, Direct Premium, VRBO) charge commission from all the fees, not only the base price. As some of you know, I'm currently working on a way for Hosts to be able to manage all their fees from Hospitable and have them synced to all platforms but I wanted to get some feedback from you first: Do you currently have a setup in which your cleaning fees are drastically different between platforms? Spoilers: 

Hi Hospitable Hosts!Got questions on the new Airbnb 15.5% Host-Only Fee, and how we're helping you maintain your payouts?Watch the recording of the live Q&A session, where we walked you through the changes we have made and left plenty of time for your questions. -- More about the tool:Help article: https://help.hospitable.com/en/articles/4703232-airbnb-service-fees-split-fee-vs-host-only-fee

For this special session of The Insider, we sat down with ​@SteveBarsh: industry expert, long-time Hospitable host, and investor.Steve is the founder of Parker Chase Properties, a boutique collection of ultra-luxury, ski-in/ski-out vacation homes in Park City, Utah. Over the past two decades, he has personally designed, owned, and managed each residence to deliver a hospitality experience on par with the world’s most exclusive brands—think Four Seasons, St. Regis, or the Ritz-Carlton. Every detail is intentional, and the result is a high-performing direct booking business closing in on $1 million in direct revenue.In this session, Steve pulled back the curtain on how he’s built lasting trust with guests, grown a strong direct channel, and maintained five-star consistency without scaling up a massive team.Here are the key takeaways from our conversation: Getting into the ultra-luxury spaceSteve didn’t set out to build a luxury brand—he grew into it. His first property in Park City was r

One of our most exciting updates has just arrived, helping you manage all your listings within Hospitable! We've also made helpful updates to your cleaning operations and upsells. Properties and ListingsListing Management is now live for all users 🏘You can now manage your Airbnb, Booking.com, and Direct listings all from within Hospitable Updates made to details, availability, pricing, and booking policies will be pushed to the respective channel The listing menu pages are also updated with tabs for each subcategory, making it easier to navigate You can learn more about Listing Management in this detailed help article Take an interactive tour to explore Listing Management and try it outManagement indicator on property listings 🏷On your property's page, you will now see a badge next to your listing saying if it is fully managed or partially managed by Hospitable You can learn more about all the different indicators in this detailed help articleOperationsQuickly access ad-hoc cleanings