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How New Listings Are Imported from Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com

Understand how new listings are added to Hospitable from your connected channels and when manual action is required

Written by Kelly
Updated today

Hospitable keeps your listings in sync with your connected channels, but the way new listings are imported depends on the platform. Airbnb and Vrbo listings are automatically detected and added, while Booking.com listings must be connected manually.

This article explains how listing imports work for each channel and what to do if your listings don’t appear.

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Automatic Listing Imports for Airbnb and Vrbo

Hospitable automatically syncs your connected Airbnb and Vrbo accounts every 2 hours.

To view your connected channels:

  • Go to Settings ⚙️ → Channel connections

During each sync, Hospitable detects newly created listings, imports new listings into Hospitable, reflects listing status changes (listed or unlisted), and removes deleted listings (if relevant).

Any changes made directly in Airbnb or Vrbo will appear in Hospitable after the next scheduled sync.


Vrbo Sync Delays

In some cases, Vrbo may delay making new or updated listing data available through its public API.

If Vrbo has not yet published updated listing information to its public API, Hospitable cannot access it during the sync. This may result in delays longer than 2 hours and is outside of Hospitable’s control.

Hospitable can only import the information that Vrbo makes available at the time of each sync. If you don't see the changes reflected in Hospitable yet, it's likely it will be picked up in the following sync 2 hours later.


How to Manually Re-Sync a Channel

If you need updates to appear sooner, you can manually trigger a sync.

To re-sync a connected Airbnb or Vrbo account:

  1. Go to Settings ⚙️ → Channel connections

  2. Click Edit next to the Airbnb or Vrbo account

  3. Click Re-sync

The sync will run immediately and check for new or updated listings.

Edit channel button in Hospitable highlighted with the Re-sync button also highlighted

Booking.com Listing Imports

Booking.com listings are not imported automatically.

Unlike Airbnb and Vrbo, Booking.com connects at the listing level rather than the account level. This means any new listings created in the Booking.com extranet will not appear in Hospitable until you connect them manually.

How to Add New Booking.com Listings

Booking.com listings must be connected individually, even if your account is already connected to Hospitable. Follow the instructions here to connect your listings.

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