Instant Booking on Airbnb

If you are a host of tourist flats or a manager of holiday homes and are interested in how to increase the productivity of your business and reduce operational costs using the popular Airbnb platform, you will undoubtedly want to know how the Airbnb instant booking option works, which will save you considerable time. And as they say, time is money, especially considering that no additional fees will be applied to you.

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Advantages of Airbnb instant booking

This function will allow your guests to make their reservations instantly without waiting for your confirmation as the host. The guest will only have to select the dates they wish to stay, book their stay, and arrange the various details of their arrival.

The only requirement to access this function is to have the Superhost category on the platform, meaning you must have had a minimum average rating of 4.8 in the last year, at least 10 stays (or 3 long-term stays of more than 100 nights), and a response rate within 24 hours of a minimum of 90%.

🚨 Do you have the same accommodation listed on different OTAs (Airbnb and Booking, for example)? Having instant booking active can be risky if your calendars are not synchronised. You can use a channel manager to help you with this task.

Benefits for hosts

Once implemented, the available dates and requirements for guests to access your accommodation will be activated, allowing you to get bookings without having to respond to requests.

In turn, a greater number of potential customers will be interested in your accommodation, as they will also be able to activate the search filter for properties with the Airbnb instant booking option, allowing them to plan their trips instantly. This will significantly improve your response rates and your Superhost category, with which your accommodation will rank better in search results.

Benefits for guests

Guests will be able to activate this option in the search filters, which will appear alongside the types of rooms they are looking for, the price range that suits their budget, the types of services and facilities they are looking for, the neighbourhoods they are interested in, and the language(s) in which they can communicate with the host.

The only requirement for guests to access the search for accommodations with Airbnb instant booking will be to complete the information required by hosts, which includes: name, phone, introductory message, acceptance of accommodation rules, and payment information.

They will also have to provide their email addresses, although these will never be visible to the host, who will only have access to a temporary Airbnb email address.

How to activate or deactivate Airbnb instant booking

These are the steps to correctly activate or deactivate Airbnb instant booking.

1. Select a listing in the "Your listings" section of the platform.
2. Click on "Manage listing".
3. At the top of the page, click on "Booking preferences".
4. If you want to activate Airbnb Instant Booking, select the option that allows guests to book without approval.
5. If you want to deactivate it, select the option that requires all guests to request to book.

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