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How to Connect PriceLabs to Hospitable

A step-by-step guide on connecting your PriceLabs account to Hospitable.

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The integration between Hospitable and PriceLabs allows you to apply PriceLabs' dynamic pricing to all your connected listings, including Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com and Hospitable Direct. A key benefit of this integration is that PriceLabs only charges you for each managed Hospitable property rather than billing separately for each listing.

Once connected, information flows from PriceLabs to Hospitable and then to your listing channels. Hospitable's calendar is your source of truth, meaning it will overwrite the calendar on your listing platforms.

Note: Hospitable cannot update your listing's calendar if it's limited. See more here.

Follow the steps below to integrate your Hospitable account with PriceLabs.


Prepare to Connect

(1) Merge Your Listings in Hospitable

If you have the same property listed on Airbnb, Vrbo, and/or Booking.com, you'll first need to merge them in Hospitable. If your listings are already merged, you can skip this step. Follow this guide to merge your listings.

Warning: If you merge listings after connecting to PriceLabs, this may delete the existing property ID in PriceLabs. If this happens, you'll need to update with the new property ID (see instructions here).

(2) Set Markup Rates in Hospitable (Optional)

You can set up markup rates to adjust pricing for each channel. This markup is added to the price generated by PriceLabs when it is pushed to your listings.

Example:

  • Markup: 0% for Airbnb and 20% for Vrbo

  • PriceLabs sends a price of $100 to Hospitable

  • Hospitable pushes $100 to Airbnb and $120 to Vrbo

Learn how to set markup rates here.


Connect

(1) Start the Connection on Hospitable

  1. Go to Apps

  2. Click on PriceLabs

  3. Click Get Started to be redirected to PriceLabs

(2) Complete the Connection on PriceLabs

  1. Log in to your PriceLabs account (Sign up if you don’t have an account)

  2. From the Pricing Dashboard, click on Add/Reconnect Listing

  3. Search for Hospitable and click Connect

  4. You'll be redirected to Hospitable's login page—grant the necessary permissions

  5. Once completed, you'll be redirected back to PriceLabs

Please reference PriceLabs' documentation for troubleshooting steps.

(3) Remove Existing PriceLabs Connections (If Applicable)

If you've previously connected PriceLabs directly to a booking platform (e.g., Airbnb or Vrbo), you must remove that connection.

Tip: Before disconnecting, you can clone your settings in PriceLabs to retain pricing configurations.


Configure PriceLabs

Once connected, PriceLabs will retrieve your property list from Hospitable. You can then configure PriceLabs to manage pricing for your Hospitable listings.

When ready, PriceLabs will push rates and minimum night stay settings to Hospitable, which will then update on your listing platforms. PriceLabs typically pushes to Hospitable once every 24 hours, but you can force an immediate update using the "Sync Now" button in PriceLabs.

Important: Any manual changes to rates or minimum night stays in Hospitable’s calendar will be overridden by PriceLabs. All pricing updates must be made within PriceLabs.

Troubleshooting Common Issues

Dynamic Pricing Not Syncing

  • Ensure PriceLabs is properly connected to Hospitable

  • Manually sync your listings in PriceLabs using the "Sync Now" button

  • Verify that you've removed direct connections between PriceLabs and your booking platforms

Booking.com Listing Coordinates

In order to be able to create dynamic prices for a property, PriceLabs needs to know the coordinates of the property; longitude and latitude.

If your property on Hospitable only contains a Booking.com listing, and it has not been added to the map on Booking.com, then it will not have the long and lat, and PriceLabs will not be able to create a price for it.

To fix this, you can add your Booking.com listing to the map on Booking.com. After doing that, go to:

  • Hospitable

  • Connected accounts

  • Click on "Edit" next to your Booking.com channel

  • Select "Re-sync"

If that does not work after an hour or so, then please contact support to get help with syncing the information over from Booking.com.

Status Discrepancies

Look for banners or messages in your channel listings (e.g., Airbnb) that may highlight missing information, such as verification or tax details that could affect pricing syncs.

Managing Dynamic Pricing

Once your integration is active, Hospitable will automatically push your PriceLabs pricing updates to your connected platforms.

Overriding Prices

You can override prices for specific dates even when dynamic pricing is active. Adjustments can be made directly on your calendar in Hospitable.com.

If you notice pricing discrepancies, review last-minute discount settings in Airbnb or other channels that might affect the final price shown to guests.

For additional guidance, watch Seth's Meet Your Host Mentor video.

Lots of listings? Some hosts with a large number of listings may encounter rate limits enforced by Vrbo, causing a failure to pricing syncs. While Hospitable will retry failed pushes as long as your sub-sync setting is enabled, you can also increase the likelihood of these pushes being accepted by Vrbo by setting the time at which Pricelabs runs their daily sync. Check out more on this here.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Hospitable override PriceLabs pricing?

No, Hospitable uses PriceLabs updates as the primary source of pricing data. Hospitable will push these updates to your connected channels.

Can I override prices while dynamic pricing is active?

Yes, price overrides for specific dates can be made directly in the calendar, even with dynamic pricing activated or prices being pushed by a dynamic pricing tool like PriceLabs. This feature ensures you can make manual modifications if necessary.

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