This guide walks first-time AirHost users through the process of creating a property, linking OTA channels, and enabling rate and availability synchronization.

Please refer to the following guide for detailed instructions:

Property Settings: Creating a New Property

You can create properties in AirHost without purchasing a license.

Note: Once a license has been purchased, you will be able to manage the Price Calendar, adjust availability, and access other operational features.

Add each OTA (or third-party channel manager) as a channel in AirHost. If your OTA accounts are not yet ready, but you would like to proceed with the setup, you can first complete Step 1: Creating a Property. OTA channels can be added at any time.

Important

Until you reach Step 6: Start Synchronization, there is a risk of overbookings or incorrect rate synchronization.

We strongly recommend temporarily stopping sales on all OTAs during the setup process.

If stopping sales on all OTAs is not possible, please leave only one OTA active and suspend sales on the others to help prevent double bookings.

For instructions on adding each channel, please refer to:

OTA Channel Setup & Synchronization Guide

Link the channels added in Step 2 to the Property and Room Types created in Step 1.

For detailed instructions, please refer to:

Linking Channels to Properties and Room Types

Once the channels have been linked, existing reservations will be imported into AirHost. You can view the imported reservations by going to: Dashboard → Booking Calendar

Please verify that:

You can click on any reservation to open the Booking Details page and review the imported information.

Note:

If this is a new property with no existing reservations, you can verify the synchronization after your first OTA reservation is received.

If any reservations cannot be imported for any reason, manually create the reservation to prevent overbooking.

Once the reservation has been successfully imported, you may delete the temporary manual reservation.

For instructions, please refer to:

Booking Management: How to Create a Manual Reservation

If there are periods during which a room is unavailable (for example, due to maintenance), please block the room.

For instructions, please refer to:

Booking Management: How to Block a Room (Availability Adjustment)

If you have multiple rate plans configured on your OTA(s), create the corresponding rate plans in AirHost.

Note:

A default rate plan is automatically created for each property.

For most vacation rental properties, a single rate plan is sufficient, so there is usually no need to create additional rate plans.

Seasonal pricing (such as Golden Week, year-end, and New Year holidays) can be managed within the same rate plan using the Price Calendar.

Please refer to the following guides:

For Airbnb Users

If you already have pricing configured in Airbnb, you can import those rates into AirHost for use within your rate plans.

For more information, please refer to: Importing Rates from Airbnb

Complete the following configuration before enabling synchronization:

After enabling synchronization, verify that rates and availability have been synchronized correctly on each OTA.

For detailed instructions, please refer to:

Configure Setting and Start Synchronization

Confirm Price and Inventory Synchronization on OTA side