Airbnb integration into Escapia

[Ryan Meron]

I have a property under contract in Grand Lake, CO that I am planning on renting as a short term rental.

I have found a local property management company that uses Escapia (VRBO's backend) to handle bookings so they do not list on Airbnb.

It seems like a huge negative to not be able to support Airbnb.  

Has anyone found a way to integrate Airbnb bookings into Escapia?

[Mark Miles]

Originally posted by @Ryan Meron:

I have a property under contract in Grand Lake, CO that I am planning on renting as a short term rental.

I have found a local property management company that uses Escapia (VRBO's backend) to handle bookings so they do not list on Airbnb.

It seems like a huge negative to not be able to support Airbnb.  

Has anyone found a way to integrate Airbnb bookings into Escapia?

 Oof, I would totally ditch the local property manager. They sound like they’re living 20 years in the past.

Remember, STR Property managers are simply schedulers. Don't let a scheduler take your profits. Either self-manage like many on here do, or hire an inexpensive offshore PM who works US hours & speaks eloquent English (that's what I do). Mine can set door codes, message (or call) guests, schedule cleaners, adjust the thermostat, monitor my cameras, & call a plumber just as easily as a local PM can, for 1% of the cost

I wrote much more about leveraging offshore assistants in this post here. If you find it useful, feel free to upvote ;)

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