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  This page explains how to create a virtual room with one bed to map to a DORM for Airbnb.com
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<div class="heading">Sell dorms on Airbnb</div>
  This page explains how setup your property in Beds24 to sell DORMS in Airbnb.com


Airbnb does not support dorms. We can not send how many beds are available. If one bed is available Airbnb will allow a booking for all beds in the dorm which will cause overbookings.
Airbnb supports dorms. We can send inventory/how many beds are available.


'''Example''': You have a room type (DORM) with multiple individual beds (Unit Allocation = one per guest) connected to room types at a channel or your own web site. You also want to sell them on Airbnb.com or other channel that requires a bed/unit.
==Setup ==


It is assumed you already have setup the room type with the number of beds, if not, create this first. See the details of how to setup DORMS, Hostels https://wiki.beds24.com/index.php/Hostel_and_Retreat_Setup
You have a room type (dorm) with multiple individual beds (Unit Allocation = one per guest). You also want to sell them on Airbnb.com or other channel that requires a bed/unit.


Create a new room with a quantity of 1 in SETTINGS -> PROPERTIES-> ROOMS->SETUP.
It is assumed you already have setup the room type with the number of beds, if not, create this first.  [[Hostel_and_Retreat_Setup|See the details of how to setup dorms]].


'''Individual Bed'''
==Limitations ==


Go to SETTINGS->PROPERTIES->ROOMS->SETUP and set the bed/unit to have the same characteristics of your DORM.  
If it appears that Airbnb see your units as rooms and therefore are allowing 6 people to book each of the 6 beds.  


EXCEPT - Unit Allocation = one per booking
Try changing your setup to Max guests = 1.
Set:
*Sell Priority = Hide (to not show the bed on your own booking page)
*Overbooking Protection =Property


Go to SETTINGS->PROPERTIES->ROOMS->DEPENDENCIES and use the following settings for the BED/UNIT room:
Then as far as Airbnb is concerned, each bed is one listing and can only be booked by one person, you have 6 of these one person beds and we tell Airbnb how many beds are available..
*Requires Availability in = DORM.
*Combination Logic = 1 unit must be available  
*Dependency Level = Ignore Sub Dependencies
*Assign Bookings to = First Available Dependency Room


'''DORM'''
As it is a bed for one person, only one person can book it, i.e. if a group wants more beds, each person will need to book their own bed. It is not possible to choose 2 or more people when booking because Airbnb will put them all in the same bed which is what can cause the overbooking.  
*Do not set any "Availability Dependency". Leave "Assign Bookings" set to "This Room" (the default).


'''Prices'''
It might be useful to give an instruction in your description that each guest needs to book individually because some guests might not understand this.


The individual bed/unit can have their own rates and prices or you can set them up to use the DORM prices at SETTINGS->PROPERTIES->ROOMS->DEPENDENCIES->"Use Prices From"
Unfortunately Airbnb is not really good at having beds in a shared dorm room but this is the best way we can set it up.


'''Bookings'''


'''If you manually add a booking you need to do this in the "DORM" room not in the individual room/bed.'''
==Common Errors==


It is possible that a booking could be made for the BED where there is always an individual bed available but not the same one on each night. In this case the booking will remain in the BED/UNIT room. It is normally possible to reassign the individual room bookings and then manually assign the BED/UNIT room booking to the resulting free space. If you cannot tolerate this situation, you should not be using room types to sell your rooms.
'''This listing's property type does not support multiple inventories.''' OR '''room_type_inventory_not_supported'''
Check {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) PROPERTIES >  DESCRIPTION > 'Property Type" and the 'Listing Type' match with the 'Property Type Group' you have selected in{{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS)  CHANNEL MANAGER > AIRBNB > SPECIFIC CONTENT. Check the (?) for Property Type Group for the correct Listing Type for each group.  
*If {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS)  CHANNEL MANAGER > AIRBNB > MAPPING > Sync Type = Prices & Availability, then you need to ensure the setup in Airbnb meets the Listing Type/Property Type Group.
*Otherwise change the Sync type = Everything to update from Beds24.


<span class="circle" >{{#fas:exclamation-triangle}} Note </span> Test dependencies carefully. If you are using dependencies please test thoroughly to make sure your set up reflects your rules. If you are connecting one physical room more than once to a booking channel you are risking overbookings.
*Please also note that Airbnb has regional restrictions for some property types. Use the context help <span style="color:#007bff;“ >{{#far:question-circle}} </span> for information on which combinations are allowed. Check with Airbnb support if you have a problem with your property type.

Latest revision as of 14:03, 22 May 2026

Sell dorms on Airbnb
This page explains how setup your property in Beds24 to sell DORMS in Airbnb.com

Airbnb supports dorms. We can send inventory/how many beds are available.

Setup

You have a room type (dorm) with multiple individual beds (Unit Allocation = one per guest). You also want to sell them on Airbnb.com or other channel that requires a bed/unit.

It is assumed you already have setup the room type with the number of beds, if not, create this first. See the details of how to setup dorms.

Limitations

If it appears that Airbnb see your units as rooms and therefore are allowing 6 people to book each of the 6 beds.

Try changing your setup to Max guests = 1.

Then as far as Airbnb is concerned, each bed is one listing and can only be booked by one person, you have 6 of these one person beds and we tell Airbnb how many beds are available..

As it is a bed for one person, only one person can book it, i.e. if a group wants more beds, each person will need to book their own bed. It is not possible to choose 2 or more people when booking because Airbnb will put them all in the same bed which is what can cause the overbooking.

It might be useful to give an instruction in your description that each guest needs to book individually because some guests might not understand this.

Unfortunately Airbnb is not really good at having beds in a shared dorm room but this is the best way we can set it up.


Common Errors

This listing's property type does not support multiple inventories. OR room_type_inventory_not_supported
Check  (SETTINGS) PROPERTIES >  DESCRIPTION > 'Property Type" and the  'Listing Type' match with the 'Property Type Group' you have selected in (SETTINGS)  CHANNEL MANAGER > AIRBNB > SPECIFIC CONTENT.  Check the (?) for Property Type Group for the correct Listing Type for each group. 
*If  (SETTINGS)  CHANNEL MANAGER > AIRBNB > MAPPING > Sync Type = Prices & Availability, then you need to ensure the setup in Airbnb meets the Listing Type/Property Type Group. 
*Otherwise change the Sync type = Everything to update from Beds24.
  • Please also note that Airbnb has regional restrictions for some property types. Use the context help for information on which combinations are allowed. Check with Airbnb support if you have a problem with your property type.
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