Help Centre

Introduction to Airbnb

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Launched in San Francisco in 2008 after its founders rented out an airbed in their spare room, Airbnb now has more than two million listings across 190 countries.
The number of guests booking on Airbnb has risen from 21,000 in 2009 to more than 40 million by 2015.
It’s a good time to list on Airbnb because the word from them is that traveller demand presently outstrips accommodation supply.

We have a two-way integration with Airbnb, which allows existing properties to be connected as well as new properties to be created from within SuperControl.
This enables SuperControllers to manage their Airbnb listings directly from their SuperControl account.

Our connection with Airbnb means you can:

  • Sync your existing listings with rates and availability only, or create new, full content Airbnb listings using your SuperControl data.
  • Get your properties directly in front of the 100 million+ guests who book with Airbnb worldwide.
  • Accept live online bookings.
    Please note: The integration enables Instant Book on AirBnB.

For more information about connecting your property please see the following held centre articles:
- connecting an existing property, already listing on Airbnb > help centre article
- connecting a property not yet listing on Airbnb > help centre article

It’s free to list your properties on Airbnb.
Though depending on how strict your cancellation policies is,  Airbnb takes a percentage fee from (+ VAT) of each booking.
For more information about the cancellation policy, please see this Airbnb guide for more information cancellation policy.

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