VRBO Promotions
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VRBO Promotions
This page is about the menu (SETTINGS) CHANNEL MANAGER > VRBO > PROMOTIONS and explains how to manage VRBO promotions directly in Beds24.
Promotion Types
Early Booking
- Booking window: Travelers must book between 60 and 500 days before check-in
- Discount range: 1% to 75%
- Advance booking window: VRBO recommends specifying minimum and maximum days before check-in
Last Minute
- Booking window: Travelers must book between 1 and 30 days before check-in
- Discount range: 1% to 75%
- Advance booking window: VRBO recommends specifying minimum and maximum days before check-in
Mobile Only
- Discount range: 1% to 75%
Member Only
For members of the OneKey loyalty program.
Note that gold member discounts are also displayed to platinum members.
- Discount range: 1% to 75%
How to Apply Discounts
Single Discount
A flat percentage applied to all nights of the stay.
- Available for: Early Booking, Last Minute, Mobile Only promotions
- You set one discount percentage that applies to the entire stay
Member Tier Discount
Discount based on the traveler's membership level.
- Only for: Member Only promotions
- You select one tier (Blue, Silver, or Gold) and set the discount for that tier
Day of Week Discount
Different discount percentages for each day of the week.
- Available for: Early Booking, Last Minute, Mobile Only promotions
- Discount range: 0% to 75% per day
- Set 0% for days where you don't want to offer a discount
Multi-Night Discount
You can optionally apply your discount to specific nights instead of all nights:
- Applicable Night: Choose which night to discount (between 2nd and 28th night)
- Recurring: Choose whether the discount repeats every N nights
- Example: If you set Applicable Night to 3 with Recurring enabled:
- Discount applies to the 3rd, 6th, 9th, 12th nights, etc.
- Example: If you set Applicable Night to 3 without Recurring:
- Discount applies only to the 3rd night
- Can be combined with any discount type (Single, Day of Week, or Member Tier)
Other Information
Managing Promotions
- Promotion type cannot be changed after you create it
- Promotions cannot be deleted - set status to Inactive to turn them off
- Maximum promotion period: Up to 500 days
Promotion Display Priority
When multiple promotions exist, VRBO shows them in this order:
1. Early Booking or Last Minute promotions
2. Member Only promotions
3. Mobile Only promotions
4. Length-of-stay discounts (weekly or monthly)
VRBO's recommended discounts
| Promotion type | Minimum total discount to receive strikethrough pricing |
Minimum total discount to receive badging and strikethrough |
VRBO's Recommended discount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early booking | 1% | 5% | 10% |
| Last minute | 1% | 5% | 10% |
| Mobile only | 1% | 5% | 10% |
| Member only | Blue: 10% Silver: 11% Gold: 12% |
Blue: 10% Silver: 15% Gold: 20% |
Blue: 10% Silver: 15% Gold: 20% |