The "spaces" for a property — bedrooms, beds, bathrooms, and other rooms like living or dining areas — need to match across every channel where the property is listed. Hospitable handles most of that syncing for you, but where you edit spaces depends on which channels the property is connected to.
This article explains how spaces flow between Hospitable, Airbnb, Vrbo (Partner Connection), and Booking.com, and how to keep them in sync.
💡 All mentions of "Vrbo" in this article refer to the Vrbo Partner connection.
Hospitable cannot sync any listing details to listings connected on the Vrbo Legacy connection, including spaces.
How Hospitable Handles Spaces
🚨 There is no Spaces page or tab on the property's Details page.
Spaces can not be edited directly on Hospitable!
This will be added in the future.
Hospitable tracks two things when it comes to spaces:
Unit structure — the number of bedrooms, beds, bathrooms, and other rooms. This is what booking channels display to guests.
Space overview text — the short description of each space you can edit in Hospitable under Property details → Essentials. Note: This overview is not sent to Booking.com!
When a property is connected to Airbnb through the Hospitable PMS integration, Airbnb is treated as the source of truth for unit structure.
Hospitable pulls the room and bed configuration from Airbnb and, under the right conditions, pushes it to Vrbo.
Where to edit spaces for each channel
Airbnb
Edit the number of bedrooms, beds, and bathrooms directly on Airbnb.
Hospitable pulls these values in during the next property sync and stores them as the property's room details on the backend (this is not visible information on Hospitable).
Hospitable does not push room structure back to Airbnb. Any structural change must be made on Airbnb first.
Vrbo Partner Connection
Where you edit Vrbo spaces depends on whether the property also has an Airbnb listing:
Property connected to Airbnb and Vrbo: Hospitable manages Vrbo spaces for you. Edit the structure on Airbnb, then re-sync in Hospitable so the update pushes to Vrbo. To re-sync:
Go to Hospitable → Channel connections
Click the Edit button next to your Airbnb channel
Select Re-sync
Property has Vrbo only, or Vrbo and Booking.com (no Airbnb listing): Hospitable does not push space updates to Vrbo. Edit space, rooms, bathrooms, etc, directly on Vrbo.
⚠️ Automatic Vrbo space pushes only run for properties that have a fully connected Airbnb listing on a PMS connection. Without that, edits to spaces and rooms must be made on Vrbo.
Booking.com
Hospitable cannot push rooms or spaces to Booking.com.
Edit unit structure and bathrooms in the Booking.com extranet. Hospitable does see spaces and rooms from Booking.com, but cannot use that information to push out to Airbnb or Vrbo.
Hospitable
Hospitable does not have a room editor for existing properties. You can edit the Spaces / Good to know text (the descriptive text for each area) under Property details → Essentials, but the number of bedrooms, beds, and bathrooms must be updated on the source channel.
🚨 Note: The text in Spaces / Good to know does not get pushed to Booking.com.
Booking.com uses its own internal AI for listing and space descriptions.
Updating spaces on Airbnb and pushing to Vrbo
When a property is on both Airbnb and Vrbo Partner, follow these steps to update spaces:
Update the bedrooms, beds, or bathrooms on Airbnb.
Go to Hospitable → Channel connections
Click the Edit button next to your Airbnb channel
Select Re-sync
💡 Automatic Vrbo space syncing runs at most once every 24 hours per listing. If you need the change pushed sooner, use the manual Re-sync button.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why don't I see my Airbnb space changes on Vrbo yet?
Why don't I see my Airbnb space changes on Vrbo yet?
Hospitable syncs spaces to Vrbo at most once every 24 hours. To push the change immediately:
Go to Hospitable → Channel connections
Click the Edit button next to your Airbnb channel
Select Re-sync
Can I edit spaces directly in Hospitable?
Can I edit spaces directly in Hospitable?
You can edit the Spaces / Good to know text under Property details → Essentials, but the number of bedrooms, beds, and bathrooms is not editable inside Hospitable. See Where to edit spaces for each channel for instructions on where to edit these.
My property is on Vrbo Partner and Booking.com but not Airbnb. Will Hospitable update Vrbo if I edit spaces on Booking.com?
My property is on Vrbo Partner and Booking.com but not Airbnb. Will Hospitable update Vrbo if I edit spaces on Booking.com?
No. Hospitable only pushes spaces to Vrbo when the property has a claimed Airbnb PMS listing. Without Airbnb, edit spaces directly on Vrbo.
What if my rooms don't match between channels?
What if my rooms don't match between channels?
Hospitable can only push spaces and rooms to Vrbo Partner listings. Hospitable does not push spaces and rooms to Airbnb or Booking.com.
If your property contains an Airbnb listing, edit rooms and spaces in Airbnb, and Hospitable will push that update to Vrbo. You will need to manually edit this on the Booking.com Extranet.
If your property does not have an Airbnb listing, you need to manually edit this on Vrbo and Booking.com.