Hostfully + Vacation Rentals on Google

Wednesday, July 26th 2023 - 5:00 PM (EDT)

🎉Get ready to level up your vacation rental game! Join us, Hostfully, in an exciting partnership with Google Vacation Rentals for an unmissable webinar designed to supercharge your rental listings and bookings. We’re diving deep into the ocean of travel search on Google 🌐, unraveling the enigma behind Google’s vacation rental listings experience 🏡, and driving into the fast lane to show you how to speed up bookings via Hostfully 🚀. Get ready to step into the future of vacation rentals!

🎈And don’t sign off just yet! Wrap up this power-packed session with us as we have an engaging Q&A segment designed to get those creative wheels spinning in your brain. Turn this knowledge into power and transform your vacation rental into a top-tier listing on Google. So what are you waiting for? Register now and let’s make vacation rental magic happen! 🎩✨

Keenan Line
Software Engineer @ Google

Cody Hoyer
Google Vacation Rentals

Tori Thompson
Google Vacation Rentals

Eric Andersen
Hostfully

Martin Iznardo Rosales
Hostfully

About Google Vacation Rentals

Get your vacation rentals properties visible on Google Travel where millions of travelers search, compare, and book their trips and accommodation. It is a great opportunity to increase your visibility, drive bookings and boost your revenue.

How Hostfully's integration with Google Vacation Rentals will benefit you:

Your rentals will be visible to millions of travelers or search on Google each day
Appear in Google Search and Google Maps
Receive direct bookings, without paying commission
Manage payments and guest relationships your way
Boost your brand recognition

Get to know Google Vacation Rentals

A gateway to direct bookings at no extra cost

Unlike standard OTAs, Google Vacation Rentals facilitates direct bookings by orienting customers toward your company page, meaning you’ll easily bypass the pitfalls of third party bookings. Plus, it’s completely free, with no charges for direct transactions. On top of that, when guests book direct, you’ll get the chance to collect their contact information.

Control over your properties and policies

Google’s new feature has introduced a wide variety of filters that mean you can list precisely what you’ve got to offer—and users can find what they’re looking for. In addition, there are very few restrictions around cancellation policy: you can opt to provide a type (moderate, strict, etc.), a free-text explanation, or not to include it at all. Put simply, what you list is up to you.

Wide distribution

With Google’s extensive search capabilities and reach, your accommodation will be prominently displayed to travelers worldwide who are actively searching for their next booking. And we know that everyone searches on Google, right?

FAQs

About Google Vacation Rentals

How is it different from Google Maps/Google My Business?

Google Maps/Google My Business does not list individual vacation rental information. If you own multiple properties/vacation rentals under your property management company, the individual property locations are not eligible to show via Google My Business or Google map results.

About Hostfully's Property Management Platform

How can Hostfully help me?

Hostfully products give property managers the tools they need to automate their business, earn more money, and deliver a 5-star guest experience.

The Property Management Platform lets you automate and simplify the busy management operations of running a vacation rental. With award-winning and industry-leading features such as a booking pipeline, channel manager, central calendar, unified inbox with templates, triggers and AI-enhanced communications, payment processing, analytics & reporting, smart home management, and more, you can run your business with less effort and more success.

How is Hostfully different from other vacation rental management software?

Hostfully provides premium channel distribution to over 50+ booking platforms and OTAs. We’re one of the few companies in the world to hold the distinct quadruple crown: Preferred Plus, Premium & Elite Partner Status with Airbnb, Vrbo, [Booking.com](http://booking.com/), and Homes and Villas by Marriott Bonvoy.

We connect with other listing sites and OTAs through direct API (we don’t rely on a separate channel manager to sync), making Hostfully one of the most stable platforms in the industry.

Hostfully’s unique pipeline view gives managers a bird’s eye view of their businesses to easily track incoming leads, unpaid deposits, upcoming check-ins and checkouts, manage teams and tasks, and automate operations. Guest communication through our Unified Inbox enhanced with InboxAI, allows managers to quickly screen and send AI-generated responses to save valuable time and ensure consistent, quality messages.

We offer direct integrations with 100+ of the industry’s leading software providers, giving you the option to pick and choose software that’s right for you. We believe that your business is unique—and so should the software used to run it.

How will I be supported during onboarding?

Our onboarding process empowers managers to learn at their own speeds and styles. All customers have access to weekday Onboarding Office Hours, on-demand Hostfully University video tutorials, and 1:1 designated Onboarding Specialists, among other resources.

Please note that the set up time to import and list properties on listing sites varies. This is outside of our control. However, due to Hostfully’s Preferred Partner status with Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, and Homes and Villas by Marriott Bonvoy, we can track your status and gain faster listing site assistance if an unforeseen problem happens.

How will I be supported after onboarding?

Hostfully invests in and provides world-class customer support across markets and available 24/7, with dedicated specialists working whenever you are. Additionally, all customers have access to our 300+ help articles, optional instant AI support, Hostfully’s Facebook Users group, Hostfully University courses, webinars, and live office hours. Additionally, all customers with 5+ properties are matched with a dedicated Customer Success Manager who offers further guidance and a customized annual business review.

Does Hostfully have a mobile application?

Yes! Our mobile app helps you manage your critical and time-sensitive tasks from the palm of your hand. It is available for both iPhone & Android.

Do you have any product demos I can watch and learn more from?

Of course! We offer personalized demos free of charge. Book yours here: https://www.hostfully.com/request-a-demo/

Alternatively, we also have a pre-recorded demo you can check out here.

Okay, I'm ready to sign up. Is there a free version of the Property Management Platform?

Yay! We’re so excited you’re ready to come try us out. Our onboarding team really goes above and beyond to provide you dedicated hands-on expertise to make sure you are set up for success, and because of this, we do not offer any free trials. However, we do offer a free demo so our team can guide you through just how Hostfully’s PMS will solve your business headaches, and to answer any questions you have before choosing to subscribe to our platform. Want to try a demo, then? Click here to get started.
Alternatively, you can check our pricing page to subscribe right away.

More answers can be found in our FAQ page.

Why Hostfully

World-class customer support

Our solutions are easy to use and will automate your everyday tasks. Our team is also there to help with any issues and will stay with you until you’re comfortable and everything is running smoothly.

A company with a purpose

We do more than just provide a tool. Through partnerships with Sustonica, EnviroRental, Ecologi and others, we help others in our industry make meaningful changes in the way they operate, to make a positive impact on the community and environment.

We share our insight and knowledge

Our team has years of experience in the business, learning best practices from leading brands. And we love sharing our knowledge with you. Come say hi to our team during the big vacation rental conferences, or tune into our free webinars.

Still not convinced?

At Hostfully we do things very differently. Instead of jumping right in, you can book a FREE and PERSONALIZED demo with one of our friendly Sales team members. They will show you exactly how Hostully will make your life as a vacation rental property manager much easier, in a demo that is customized to your business needs. So, how about it?

Still not convinced?

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