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Property Amenities and Views: Overview

How to select the amenities and views available at your properties, what they all mean and where they are pushed to.

Written by Reynir Óli Smárason

What are amenities?

Amenities tell your guests what your property has to offer, and allow them to search and filter for the things most important to them when booking, such as WiFi, parking, a pool, and so much more.


What are views?

In this context, "views" refer to the views available from your property, such as:

  • City view

  • Sea view

  • Mountain view

  • and many more

Views belong to Amenities in the property details.

When selecting the amenities available at your property, you also select the views guests can expect to see.


How to set and select amenities and views

You can select whatever amenities your property has, from the comprehensive list that we provide.

You can scroll down the list and select the ones you have, filter the list by specific categories and/or booking platform, or you can search for the exact amenity you want to add.

To start adding amenities, click the Add amenity button and filter, search or start scrolling.

  • Hospitable > Properties

  • Select your property

  • Go to the "Details" page in the left-hand side menu

  • Go to "Amenities"

  • Click "Add amenity"

  • A tab will open up on the right-hand side. At the top of that tab, you will find a search box.

    • Click into the search box and start typing out the amenity or view you are looking for or

    • scroll down the list to find the amenities and views your property has

  • Select the amenities and views for your property

  • Click Done

Your selection is saved automatically after clicking Done, and sent to the listings on the property whose booking platform is susceptible to them.


Amenities and views by booking platform

Some amenities and views are available only on specific booking channels, and not others.

We flag this by showing the logo of the booking platform on which the amenity you are looking at is available.

Booking platforms that offer amenities and views:

  • Airbnb

  • Booking.com

  • Vrbo Partner

  • Direct

We will only show available amenities and which booking platforms they are available for on the amenities page.

Example: A property features both an Airbnb listing and a Booking.com listing. We will only show amenities which are available to those two platforms.

Under Accessibility Features, "Disabled parking" is available for both platforms, meaning both platform logos are shown. However, "Path to entrance lit at night" is only available on Airbnb; therefore, we only show the Airbnb logo:

The same applies to Views.

📓 The screenshot does not show the Vrbo logo because the property does not contain a Vrbo listing.


Filtering amenities

You can filter the list of amenities to show you available amenities by category (Bathroom, Accessibility Features, Services, etc) and/or booking platform.

If you filter by "Bathroom" and "Airbnb", for example, you will see all of the bathroom amenities that are available for Airbnb listings.


How to remove an amenity or view

You can easily remove an amenity if your property description changes, or if you selected an amenity by mistake.

To remove an amenity, go to:

  • Hospitable > Properties

  • Select your property.

  • Go to the "Details" page in the left-hand side menu.

  • Go to "Amenities".

  • Click on the trash bin icon next to the amenity you want to remove.


What amenities should I select?

In short, you should select all of the amenities that your property actually offers.

But there are some categories that deserve special attention and consideration.

Top amenities

Make sure to list the top searched for amenities that your property offers!

The following amenities were the most searched for on Airbnb, according to their internal data analysis from January 1st to December 31st, 2024:

  1. Pool

  2. Wifi

  3. Free parking

  4. Air conditioning or heating

  5. Kitchen

  6. Hot tub

  7. Washer or dryer

  8. Self check-in

  9. TV or cable

  10. BBQ grill

Essential items

There are certain items that your guests expect the property to have.

Make sure you select all of the ones that your property actually offers, to let potential guests know that you've got them covered.

Some essential amenities include:

  1. Toilet paper

  2. Wifi

  3. Soap (hand and body)

  4. One towel per guest

  5. One pillow per guest

  6. Linens for each bed

Guest safety and accessibility

Let your guests know what amenities your property offers that help make your property a safe place to stay, and offer accessibility for everyone.

Safety and accessibility amenities include:

  1. First aid kit

  2. Carbon monoxide detector

  3. Disabled parking spot

  4. Wheelchair accessibility

  5. Fire extinguisher


Can amenities be added, altered, or removed across multiple properties at once?

No, amenities cannot be added, altered, or removed across multiple properties at once.

An amenity is specific to a property, and needs to be added, altered, or removed on an individual property basis, property by property.

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