How to get an Airbnb login with a channel manager

What is a channel manager?

If you advertise a vacation rental on multiple booking sites it can be difficult to manage availability and bookings across different platforms at once. That’s where a channel manager can help you. A channel manager is a web-based software tool that allows vacation rental property managers to maintain availability and pricing rates across all connected channels, from one central place. This allows you to distribute your listings across multiple platforms, such Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia and TripAdvisor. When a booking is made with one of these booking sites, the channel management software updates availability across the channels which it is linked to – keeping everything up-to-date and preventing double bookings. Examples of channel managers include Lodgify and Smoobu. 

It’s important to be aware that there are some downsides to using a channel manager. Having originated to benefit those in the hotel industry, many channel managers are aimed at high scale property management companies with multiple properties, and are not designed for the individual host with 1 or 2 properties. Typically, separate accounts need to be set up and maintained on every channel, for example a separate Vrbo and Airbnb login, and are then connected to the channel manager individually. The amount of admin involved means this can be quite time consuming, and there is still a responsibility to manage multiple existing logins. 

What is Travelnest?

Travelnest is more than just a channel manager. Where all property management systems push key information about your holiday property out to all of your channels, as does our software, but without having existing logins. There is no need to create a new Airbnb login or Vrbo login, you can manage and update the information that is included on your listing from the Travelnest account. If you’re new to hosting, Travelnest is a great alternative. Start your hosting experience hassle-free and choose from our 30+ different partner channels to list on, whilst receiving personalised support from our expert team. In addition to a dedicated support team; our single login platform consists of unique product features to help optimise your listing and get maximum bookings.

Existing Airbnb hosts can login to Airbnb here. If you are looking to market your holiday rental on more channels outside of Airbnb, our calendar sync tool allows hosts to manage multiple calendars and existing listings together to avoid double bookings. Unlike other channel managers, it’s free to sign up and be a member of Travelnest, and you’ll only be charged commission when you receive a booking. Get in touch with us to book a call with our team today, and unlock the potential of your vacation rental like thousands of other hosts are worldwide.