Airbnb API - Frequently Asked Questions

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The answer is provided by the Airbnb team:

"Room Type Inventory Policies:

Room Type inventory allows hosts to have multiple availabilities for the same listing on the same day. Hosts can group multiple rooms into a single “representative” set and use daily availability counts to manage the availability on the listing.

This feature should be implemented only when there is more than 1 room available per day for the listing, and when these rooms share similar attributes such that they can be considered true substitutes; the rooms should have the same amenities, bed configurations, size, decor, and address.

Note that listings with property type House are not eligible to be listed as Room Type Inventory"

Cloudbeds PMS will send the rates and availability for the next 3 years to Airbnb, but Airbnb only shows 365 days.

• What is the Airbnb Instant Book?

Instant Book is a tool in the Airbnb platform that allows guests to instantly book a property for available dates, without the owner or host's review.

• Instant Booking and Cloudbeds connection

When your listing is connected via the Airbnb API, Cloudbeds will automatically turn on the instant booking on Airbnb, and it will not be possible to disable it unless you disconnect the channel from Cloudbeds PMS.

• Reservations received with the Instant Book feature

Administrators will receive a reservation on Airbnb and they can decide if they want to approve the reservation immediately or add a temporary block instead on the channel's calendar, while the customer pays and confirms the reservation.

However, if the temporary block option is chosen, the blocked dates it will not be shown on Airbnb or Cloudbeds, since Cloudbeds overrides the block on the Airbnb calendar. In this case, you can manually create the same reservation block on Cloudbeds as well, and then send a full refresh to the channel, so it reflects on the Airbnb side.

• Guest requirements section / guest trip information - Will not be overridden

Since the Instant Booking feature will be turned on automatically, you can still edit the guest requirements under Booking Settings when editing your listings on the Airbnb extranet:

Choose which options are required for confirmed guests

• Profile Photo
• Government-issued ID
• Recommendation from other hosts
• Pre -Booking message (enter a message the guest must read and reply to before confirming the reservation)

Although each daily rate may not be the same in your calendar, Airbnb takes the total reservation amount and divide it by the number of nights, displaying that as the daily rate.

For example, in this reservation for 7 days, the daily rates in the calendar were:

• Friday $29
• Saturday $23.20
• Sunday $23.20
• Monday $18
• Tuesday $18
• Wednesday $18
• Thursday $18

Total: $147.40

Airbnb divided the total by the number of nights, displayed it differently ($21.00/night) to make it more appealing to the guest, and the total is rounded up to $148.00, as follows:

When you configure a discount for dorm rooms in Cloudbeds PMS mapping, you will not see these discounts reflected in Airbnb extranet settings. It does not mean that the discount is not being applied.

On Cloudbeds side, the pricing with the discount is already calculated and sent to the channel based on the length of stay and dates.

When weekly/monthly discounts for dorm rooms are created, the channel already receives the rates with the discounts applied according to the length of stay, number of guests and check-in/check-out dates.

If you check a reservation that was done within the weekly or monthly discount rule, you will notice that the final rate already includes discount compared to your calendar rates.

There can be different reasons why the room price is different between the two systems. The most common issues:

• There are taxes and fees that are not configured in one of the systems. Taxes and fees should be configured the same way in Cloudbeds and on OTAs side, to ensure the total for reservations from that channel displayed at the correct amount.
  
• There are discounts and pricing rules setup on Airbnb such us Length of Stay discount, Cancelation Policy discount (Refundable vs Non-Refundable), Last Minute discount, etc.

Check the following article for more information:

• Set Up/Edit Room Configuration Details
• How to apply Taxes and Fees to Reservation Sources

If none of the above is your case, reach out to our support team support@cloudbeds.com.

If you have Airbnb iCal connection active - you need to disable it.

1. Access Channels
2. Find Airbnb (iCal)
3. Delete all the links
4. Go back to the channel and remove the checkmark