Articles

Comparisons, message templates and integration guides for Airbnb, Booking and your PMS, to settle what can be settled once.

  1. Article

    Owner reporting: three ways to count the same month

    Nights slept, stays started, money received: three definitions of the month. Across nine sampled months, not one matches in both columns.

    · 8 min

  2. Article

    Guest support on call: the slot fits in three hours

    A third of guest messages land between eight and eleven in the evening. The whole night carries almost none. What that changes in the contract.

    · 8 min

  3. Article

    Airbnb co-host permissions, read from daily work

    Three permission levels, and one thing none of them opens. What your co-host can settle alone on a Sunday night, and what stays on your account.

    · 7 min

  4. Comparison

    Self-manage or hire a manager: the real calculation

    The decision is not settled by the commission rate. It is settled by the time slot you are buying and by the tasks no agreement ever takes off your plate.

    · 12 min

  5. Article

    What Airbnb property management actually covers

    The phrase names no legal status and no platform role. Three things make it readable: the task perimeter, the account permission and the money.

    · 8 min

  6. Templates

    Airbnb welcome message: what it has to say

    The welcome message fails when it says everything. The short template, what belongs in a later send and the one case where the long version holds.

    · 12 min

  7. Article

    Adding an Airbnb co-host: the path and the effects

    The exact path to invite a co-host, screen by screen, then what actually changes in your inbox once the invitation has been accepted.

    · 11 min

  8. Templates

    Property management agreement: the clauses that cost

    Four clauses to copy, the ones whose absence gets expensive: messaging scope, response time, incident escalation and how the agreement ends.

    · 12 min

  9. Article

    Airbnb co-host pay: the two arrangements

    Four shapes of automatic payout split, or a separate invoice. What each arrangement implies, the calculation basis included, and when the money lands.

    · 11 min

  10. Article

    Airbnb management fees: the rate is half the answer

    The same 20 % rate produces three different amounts depending on its base. The line-by-line maths, and what the percentage never covers.

    · 8 min

  11. Comparison

    Lockbox or smart lock: the difference that counts

    Purchase price says nothing about cost. The real gap is how many messages each option leaves you to write, reservation after reservation.

    · 7 min

  12. Templates

    Six Airbnb message templates and what to cut

    Six Airbnb message templates to copy, each with its send time, the length that works and the operating rule it has to respect.

    · 10 min

  13. Article

    Airbnb scheduled messages and their real limits

    Airbnb scheduled messages work well for booking, check-in and check-out. Here is the native ceiling and what to do when the case changes.

    · 13 min

  14. Integration

    Beds24 automated messages: setting up Auto Actions

    The Beds24 Auto Actions screen field by field, the message variables, the setting that prevents duplicates and what happens after the guest replies.

    · 10 min

  15. Article

    Common guest questions Airbnb, sorted by hour

    Most lists sort guest questions by theme. This one sorts them by hour, so you can see what a scheduled message prevents and what still needs a reply.

    · 13 min

  16. Integration

    Smoobu automated messages: setup and limits

    The Smoobu automated messages screens field by field, the 10-day send limit, unchanged placeholders and the Sentioo connection on top.

    · 13 min