Learn how to create your listing from scratch in Hostay.

Creating a listing is one of Hostay’s features. With it, you can build your listing from scratch and send it directly to major platforms, such as Airbnb and Booking.

To create your listing, click on the Create Listing button and fill in the required fields. Below, we explain each step, which appears on sequential pages. The user fills out one page and clicks Next to move forward.

⚠️ It is important to click Save at each step to ensure no information is lost during the creation process. ⚠️

Enter the title of your listing.

This title will appear to guests on booking platforms.

Use a clear and attractive title that highlights your property’s best qualities.

Fill in the unit details, except for the complete location, which is handled on the next page.

Here you provide:

Enter the full address, including street, number, complement, neighborhood, city, state, and country.

Use the Google Maps–based location field to ensure the address is accurate.

This information is essential for guests to find the property and assess its location.

Configure the rooms available in your unit:

These details directly impact the unit’s capacity and comfort.

⚠️ Important: Hostay only accepts these three room types to maintain compatibility with platforms (Booking, Hopper, Decolar).

If there are other relevant areas, include them in the property description instead of this section.

Configure the applicable fees for your unit, such as:

Set the amount, charging method, and guest visibility.

These fees directly affect the final price and how the listing is displayed.

Define the unit’s capacity:

Set up specific policies:

You can also configure price derivation if you want to link one unit’s price to another with a percentage variation.

Always review and save your changes.

Mark all the amenities your unit offers, such as:

The list is unified, indicating for which platforms each amenity will be exported (Airbnb, Booking, or both).

⚠️ Pay special attention to selecting “Kitchen” or “Studio” for apartments or houses to ensure correct export to Booking.

Upload the photos of your unit.

You can also import photos from Airbnb if the unit is connected.

Keep photos updated, well-lit, and organized, as they have a direct impact on your listing’s conversion rate.

After adding or editing photos, click Save to apply the changes.

Preview how your listing will appear on platforms before finalizing.

Review all data entered in the previous steps, including title, details, location, rooms, fees, prices, amenities, and photos.

Make the necessary corrections and confirm.

In Brazil, when you export a new listing to Booking.com through Hostay, payment information (such as bank account or payment preferences) is not sent automatically.

This means that, for guests to be charged online by Booking and for you to receive payouts directly, it is necessary to activate Payments via Booking.com.

To ensure security and avoid unwanted reservations — which would lack valid credit card details and online payment — Hostay automatically applies a 1000% markup (i.e., multiplies the price by 10) on every new listing created in the platform.

This steep increase prevents bookings until payments are properly configured. This way, you have time to activate Payments directly in your Booking extranet.

Once Booking.com Payments are activated (which may take up to 48 hours to process and reflect online), you must return to Hostay and:

This process ensures:

For more details on how to activate Payments in Booking.com, click this [link].