We are so excited to announce that Host Tools is now fully integrated with Booking.com! This Booking.com integration is yet another way for you to automate your short-term rentals with Host Tools’ suite of helpful tools.
Integrating your Host Tools account with Booking.com will provide you the following benefits:
- Your listing will be in front of Booking.com’s 409 million monthly site visitors.
- Peace of mind knowing you will easily prevent double bookings through synchronization of your calendars across multiple channels.
- Access to all the features Host Tools offers short-term rental hosts, including automating your messages and reviews, setting intelligent prices and syncing them to your channels, automating your check-ins via smart locks and managing your cleaners.
This is an opportunity that you don’t want to miss out on. Once you’ve connected Booking.com with your Host Tools account, you’ll have a new platform to advertise your vacation rentals on. Plus, you will easily keep your availability calendars in sync across all of your channels.
Keep reading to find out more about the new Host Tools and Booking.com integration and why it should be part of every short-term rental property manager’s strategy.
Host Tools provides an automated, unified calendar for short-term rental hosts, allowing you to seamlessly list on all major channels. Start your free trial today!
What is Booking.com?
Booking.com is a one-stop shop for travel needs. It serves as a travel agency for hotels, car rentals, flights, excursions, and more. It boasts more than 28 million accommodation listings, including 6.2 million rental homes. Booking.com is used in 228 countries, and the site is available in 43 languages.
Booking.com is a titan in the travel industry with over 420 million monthly website visits. Listing your platform on Booking.com will greatly increase the number of eyes on your listings.
Once you’ve created your Booking,com listing, all you need to do is connect it to your Host Tools account, and our channel manager will keep your availability calendars in sync across all your channels.
What Does a Host Tools-Booking.com Integration Mean for You?
The Host Tools and Booking.com integration is yet another way to get significantly more eyes on your property and continue to fully automate your short-term rental business.
Our integration will allow you to:
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Sync your Booking.com calendar across all of your other channels.
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Update your booking availability across all of your platforms.
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Message guests from a unified inbox
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See all your reservation on a unified multi-calendar
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Sync your prices across channels, with channel-specific changes if wanted.
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Utilize Host Tool’s smart lock integration.
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Automatically text or email cleaners with new cleanings, cleaning changes, or cancellations, no matter where your guest booked.
How to Integrate Booking.com with Host Tools
1. Log in to your Booking.com account and select your listing(s).
2. From the listing’s page, select “Account” in the top right corner.
3. Under the dropdown menu click on “Connectivity provider.”
4. Choose the blue button under “Connectivity provider” that says “Search.”
5. Type “Host Tools” in the search bar.
6. Host Tools will appear. Make sure all of the box options are selected and check the “Terms and Conditions” box.
7. Choose “Connect”.
8. Host Tools will then confirm your connection, this can take up to a few minutes.
9. Go to HostTools.com and click on your profile picture in the upper-right hand corner.
10. Choose “link account” from the drop down menu and follow the instructions to link your Booking.com account.
11. You’re all set!
Final Thoughts
We’re thrilled to bring you the Host Tools and Booking.com integration. We know this new integration is going yet again to increase your short-term rental income.
Users who integrate will have their listing in front of 409 million monthly site users, as well as access to a synchronized calendar across all channels and all of the great automation features Host Tools provides for your rental.
Host Tools provides an automated, unified calendar for short-term rental hosts, allowing you to seamlessly list on all major channels. Start your free trial today!
