OTA Listing Requirements

Owned by Kristin Archer (Deactivated)
Last updated: Feb 13, 2024
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Provides a list of content rules for each OTA. This is a guideline and we do our best to keep it updated. Sometimes OTA’s may change the Listing Requirements without our knowledge.

 

Airbnb

Property Name:

  • No more than 4 CAPITAL letter characters in the listing name

  • Maximum of 50 Characters

  • No symbols or emojis

Content Fields (House Rules, Summary, Descriptions, Notes) cannot contain:

  • Words longer than 5 characters in ALL CAPS

  • More than 3 ALL-CAPS words in a row

  • Denied words - Examples: Google, Gmail, facebook, Amazon, other OTA’s names

  • Repetitive characters EX:  !!!, ~~, Beachhhhh

  • Phone numbers or a series of numbers  (this includes Tax ID or Permit numbers)

  • Contact Information (company name, email addresses, phone numbers, website URLs, physical addresses)

  • Cancellation Policies (Airbnb gives Hosts five policy options to select from)

  • Payment schedule and/or terms

Photos:

  • 7 images of at least 1024 pixels x 683 pixels. 

  • Images cannot have water marks, PMC names, phone numbers, logo’s

Amenities: At least 5 amenities attributed in your PMS per property
Tax Permit ID: For property managers in areas that require a permit ID to be present on listings, check in with your implementation specialist about ensuring these have been added.

Booking.com

Property Name

  • Has a length between 3 and 255 characters.

  • Does not contain a phone number (or no more than five consecutive numbers).

  • Only contains letters (any language), numbers, or the following symbols: ! # & ` ' " - ,

  • Is not all in uppercase.

Photos: At least 1 image is required to sync. 300 pixels by 300 pixels minimum size.
Availability: At least 1 day of availability in the next 365 days is required to sync.
Tax Permit ID: For property managers in areas that require a permit ID to be present on listings, check in with your implementation specialist about ensuring these have been added.

HomeToGo

  • Property title without numbers and non-Latin characters

  • Photos: a minimum of 10 photos in size 1024x768 (max 50)

  • Amenities: a minimum of 10

  • Description with a minimum of 700 characters

  • Guests, bedrooms and bathrooms needs to be specified (at least one bathroom and at least one room)

  • Prices and availability for the next 18 months

  • Properties in instant booking only

  • Capacity of at least one adult

  • Property size (ft² or m²)

Vrbo

  • Headline must include at least 20 characters (max of 80)

  • Photos: Each listing provide have at least 6 photos - minimum size requirement of 1024x683.

  • Number of bedrooms and bathrooms needs to be specified for each listing 

  • Maximum Occupancy must be filled out in Boost

  • Description must include at least 400 characters (max of 10,000)

  • Accurate address and latitude/longitude are required for each property

  • Registration number must be specified for listings in jurisdictions that require it

Google

  • Terms & Conditions - Text only - no hyper links

  • Photos: a minimum of 8 photos


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