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Airbnb Winter Release

Suzy T
Nov 9, 2023 5:34 PM
Joined May, 2022 21 posts

Hello to everyone in the OR community,

I have been studying the new release from Airbnb and working on my listing to make sure I'm up there on every level (and thankfully I am a Guest Favourite rental and Superhost). 

What does everyone think about it?  I would like to hear your views.

And a question for Owner Rez:  I understand that all the features that are available to individual hosts on the Airbnb App may not be available to hosts and property managers using a Channel Manager or PMS.  Can you give us any feedback on this as regards OR and how it is likely to impact the opportunity for us to make our listings stand out? 

WaterfrontGem
Nov 9, 2023 8:42 PM
Joined Jun, 2019 8 posts

I'm also curious about the updates as seen here:
https://www.airbnb.com/release/host

You can opt-in to the 5 new features here:
https://www.airbnb.com/early-access/overview

  1. Earnings Dashboard
  2. Co-Host Payout Updates
  3. Co-Host Messaging
  4. Compare Prices
  5. Pricing visibility

I'm always hesitant to opt-in to these things because sometimes you cannot reverse them and then there's conflicts with platforms like OwnerRez that need time to update their API etc...

Curious to hear what everyone thinks/suggests!

Scott J
Nov 10, 2023 12:52 PM
Joined Mar, 2019 197 posts

Yes, please OR staff, inform us about this!

- How does or will this interface with OR?

- If I sign up for Early Access, will the API feeds from OR affect whatever modifications are made on the Airbnb side?

Please inform us about OR's interaction or lack thereof on this important update!

Eva-Marie H
Nov 11, 2023 11:34 AM
Joined Dec, 2022 1 post

I don't seem able to accept the early release and also do not see the 'Listing Editor' mentioned in the video. It seems we haven't gained any additional functionality through the app, which I suppose isn't surprising with an API connection. Anyone else noticing this?

Scott J
Nov 11, 2023 12:01 PM
Joined Mar, 2019 197 posts

Still waiting for OR to lead us out of the dark about this. 

Caleb M
Dec 15, 2023 2:44 PM
OR Team Member Joined Mar, 2022 174 posts

From the general testing we've done we're not seeing any impact to the API connection between OwnerRez and Airbnb, Please let us know if you notice any oddities.

Any changes we have noticed, seem to be strictly UI changes on Airbnbs end.

~Caleb