Amenity Mapping (Boost New UI)

Displaying your amenities on Boost’s connected channels is easier than ever. Follow the instructions below to add, modify, or remove your amenity mappings for Google, HomeToGo, and VRBO.

Amenity Auto-Mapping: VRM, LiveRez, Streamline & iTrip Clients

Most amenities should be mapped automatically for VRM, LiveRez, Streamline and iTrip users. However, if you notice an amenity missing from your listing, please see the steps below to map that amenity on the Boost Amenity Mapping page. Also, please let Boost Support or Implementation know about the missing amenity so we can work to have it mapped automatically in the future.

To view which amenities are being mapped automatically, select a listing and click the Amenities tab. The amenities listed with your PM Software’s name next to them are being mapped automatically.

VRM Note: Amenities must be entered in as Global Attributes under Channel Management in order to be mapped automatically.

Getting Started

Click Here for instructions on how to navigate to Amenity Mapping.


How to Map Your Amenities

  1. Start by selecting the OTA’s category you’d like to map amenities to, these are pulled directly from the OTA and are not editable.

Please note: The exact categories will vary depending on the channel

  1. Next, click on a blue pop-up button next to the amenity to begin searching for the appropriate amenity from your Property Management Software (PMS).

  1. Select the category of the amenity you’d like to associate. The results will contain Amenities configured on your listings from your PMS.

  1. Select one or more amenities in the following screen:

  1. Click on

Add Mappings to confirm the selection, then click Save to store the new mappings.


How to Remove Mappings

To remove a mapping, simply click on the “x” next to the amenity, then click Save at the bottom of the page. Please note, this will not remove the amenity in your PMS, but will remove the amenity on the OTA.


Which amenities should be mapped

Remember that the amenities available on the OTA’s are displayed on the left, and the amenities from your PMS are displayed on the right. Ideally, you’ll want to have a matching set of amenities between the OTA and your PMS.

 

The amenity does not match exactly

Sometimes the amenity doesn’t match exactly. For example, if your listings have Fitness Room as an amenity, on Google, you may choose to display that as an amenity called Gym Fitness Equipment.

My listings have multiple amenities that all match

Sometimes your listings have multiple amenities that can all be mapped to one amenity on the OTA. For example, your listings may have Shared Pool, Community Pool, and Outdoor Pools, whereas on Google, they can all be mapped to Outdoor Pool (provided the pools are all outdoors, of course!).

My listings don’t have any amenities that match

No Results? Sometimes your listings will not have a matching attribute or amenity to what is available to map on the OTA. In this scenario, you can leave the mapping blank, or update your listings in your PMS by assigning the amenities or building new amenities (provided that your listings actually offer the amenity, of course!). Check with your PMS provider for more information on how to assign amenities to your listings.

My listings have multiple categories with the same amenities

Remember, you can also mix amenities from different categories and map them to one or more amenities on the OTA.


Channel Specific Requirements/Notes

Google

  • Any amenity that is available on Google but is not listed on your property will show as "No<amenity name>" . 

    Example: If you do not have the term "balcony" added to your listing (and mapped in Boost) your live Google listing will show "No Balcony"

    Because of this we suggest adding as many of these amenities to your properties in your PM Software as possible and making sure they are mapped in Boost.

     

    Here is a list of all available Google Amenities:

Parking Types:

Free

Paid

None
Internet Types:

Free

Paid

None

Pool Types:
Indoors

Outdoors

Indoors/Outdoors

None

Room Types:

Entire Place

Shared Room

Private Room

Listing Attributes:
AC

Airport Shuttle

Balcony

Beach Access

Cleaning Disinfection

Microwave

Crib

Elevator

Enhanced Cleaning Practices

Fire Place

Free Breakfast

Gym Fitness Equipment

Heating

Hot Tub

Ironing Board

Kitchen

Outdoor Grill

Oven Stove

Patio

Private Beach Access

Smoking_Free_Property

TV

Washer Dryer

Wheelchair Accessible



  • It is best practice to map Parking and Internet: If Parking and Internet are not Mapped on GoogleVR, your listings will show “No Parking Available” and “No Internet Available”

 

HomeToGo

  • HomeToGo Requires a minimum of 10 Amenities

  • HomeToGo Requires Property Type be Mapped in Amenities

 

Vrbo

  • Vrbo Requires a minimum of 10 Amenities

  • Vrbo Requires Property Type be Mapped in Amenities

Airbnb

You have the option to map amenities, send custom amenities or map you amenities manually in Boost for Airbnb.

  • Airbnb Requires a minimum of 5 Amenities

  • Airbnb Requires Property Type be Mapped in Amenities

Don’t Get in Hot Water on Airbnb!
Airbnb is now showing “No Hot Water” on any listing not featuring the Hot Water amenity. Make sure you have this amenity mapped in Boost or simply enable 'Hot Water' in Channel Settings> Airbnb Amenities>Bathroom Amenities (see image below) and it will apply to all units.

Airbnb Custom Amenities

Custom Amenities allow you to show amenities on Airbnb that you don’t have in your PMS.

Example: Listing(s) provide Shampoo and Conditioner but you don’t have an amenity setup for this in your PMS. You could configure this in Boost, for all listings or individual listings, so it will show on Airbnb.

Setting amenities at the Channel Level

  • Go to Airbnb > Channel Settings and scroll down to the Channel Amenities section on the right hand side.

  • Click the different category names to expand the amenities below it.

  • Check the box next to the amenity you’d like to send to Airbnb for all listings.

  • Click Submit at the bottom of the window.

 

Setting amenities at the Listing Level

  • Go to the Listings page in Boost and click on the listing you’d like to update.

 

  • Click Content and then click Edit Content at the bottom of the section.

 

  • Scroll down on the Content tab to Amenities.

  • Click the different category names to expand the amenities below it.

  • Check the box in the Listing Value column for the amenity you’d like to send to Airbnb for this listing.

  • Click SAVE at the bottom of the window.

 

 

 

 

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