Amenities help your property stand out and drive bookings. Since travelers often filter searches by amenities, keep them updated to attract more travelers.
Amenities
Used for
Setting traveler expectations
Benefits
Show up more often for travelers looking to book
Overview
Providing special amenities can drive bookings to your vacation rental listing. If you've worked hard to make your vacation rental fun and inviting, don’t forget to advertise it on your listing.
Travelers often filter their searches for properties by amenities, so you want to be sure you appear in every relevant search. The top five amenities that travelers search for include:
- Kitchens
- Television
- Wireless internet
- Parking (free, covered, etc.)
- Allowing pets (technically a house rule, but to pet lovers it’s an amenity!)
Other amenities like swimming pools, hot tubs, cable or satellite, fireplaces, and availability of washer/dryer should be featured in your photos on your vacation rental listing.
Amenities also include nearby local attractions, and travelers will filter their searches for these, too. Is your property near the water? Where are the nearest local attractions? If your property is by the beach, make sure “beach” is selected as a nearby attraction so you appear in those relevant searches.
Let travelers know everything your property has to offer! Use our many vacation rental checklists to find new amenities you could offer your guests.
From your dashboard, visit “Edit property” then “Amenities”.
If you're connected via property management software, please update your amenities in your software. All content is usually synced from there by default.
How it works
Adding amenities to your listing is easy and only requires checking a few boxes. To add amenities to your listing, follow these steps.
- First, review your vacation rental listing and property description for your current amenities.
- Navigate to your property editor, under “Amenities”, to add or update your listing. There you'll see the amenities categorized by section. Review and check each box that applies.
- If you offer amenities that aren’t listed — such as a refrigerator with an ice machine, a Nespresso machine, or a king-size bed — you can enter these other important details in your property description. Every detail you add can help set you apart from other similar properties.
- Highlight nearby local attractions and special activities, as well as the nearest airport or rail station, under the “Location” tab.
For integrated partners, please update all amenities through your connectivity provider. If you edit amenities through the Property Editor, your changes may be overwritten. Reach out to your provider to understand how your property’s amenities map to our platform.
The more amenities you add, the more likely you'll show up when travelers search for similar properties. Revisit your listing regularly to make sure your amenities stay up to date.
From your dashboard, visit “Edit property” then “Amenities”.
If you're connected via property management software, please update your amenities in your software. All content is usually synced from there by default.
FAQs
The details you share about your property - types of amenities, policies, proximity to popular destinations - are used when travelers narrow a search to find a vacation rental that meets their specific needs. The visibility of your property is helped when you provide more detailed information. Great photos and information about the area help travelers imagine their stay and prompt them to book. Keeping your listing up to date with photos and amenities will help you stay competitive.
Upload quality photos that clearly and completely describe your property. Travelers use photos in many different ways: to get a quick look at the property, to scrutinize the presence and quality of your property amenities and to get excited about staying at a unique and beautiful vacation rental. Make sure you upload photos of every space at your property – especially the entrance! This is how travelers will locate your property when they drive in.
Travelers want a complete description of a property through photos, so we recommend uploading at least 25 high quality photos to your property listing.
Compared with using your dashboard on a desktop, there are some limitations. You can use your owner mobile app to edit your listing, adjust property settings and review your performance.
Tell your guests to download the traveler app and log in with the same credentials that they used to create the reservation. Your guests will be able to access the information under “My Trips.”
If your guest does not want to download the app or is unable to download the app, they can access the information on the web. Your guest will log in to their account from a computer and select “My Trips” from the dropdown where their name appears at the top of the page. Then they’ll select your property to see your welcome guide content.
Our easy-to-use owner dashboard will be the primary location for managing your reservations, updating rates and keeping your listing up to date. Some partners choose to use a software provider to link our systems. They still log in to the owner dashboard to leverage our more advanced tools like MarketMaker and Boost.
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Integrated property managers use third-party or proprietary software that they have connected to our marketplace to manage their listings. Integrated property managers can manage thier listings directly from their software by an integration feed that automatically updates reservations, amenities, photos and more.
