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Booking.com

How to handle Booking.com reservations, commission invoices, payouts and reconciliation without the month-end scramble.

Guide

How to Connect Airbnb to Make

Airbnb has no Make app for hosts. Here is how to send each new, changed or cancelled Airbnb booking to a Make scenario through a custom webhook, what the message contains and what the method cannot do.

How do I connect Airbnb to Make? →
Guide

How to Connect Airbnb to Zapier, Make or Slack

Airbnb gives hosts no Zapier app. Here is how to send each new, changed or cancelled Airbnb booking to Zapier or Slack, what Airflow already does without it, eight automations worth building, and what the method cannot do.

How do I connect Airbnb to Zapier or Slack? →
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How to Connect Airbnb to n8n

Airbnb has no n8n node for hosts. Here is how to get each new, changed or cancelled Airbnb booking into an n8n workflow through a Webhook node, with the fields you receive and how to check the signature.

How do I connect Airbnb to n8n? →
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How to Find Your Airbnb iCal Link and Sync It with Other Calendars

Where the Airbnb calendar link is, how to paste it into VRBO, Booking.com or Google Calendar, how to import their calendars back, and what an iCal link can and cannot carry.

Where is my Airbnb iCal link, and how do I sync it? →
Guide

Is There One Inbox for Airbnb, VRBO and Booking.com Guest Messages?

Yes, but only from software with an official connection to each platform. What a unified inbox needs, which kind of tool provides it, what it costs you in setup, and what Airflow does and does not do here.

Is there one inbox for Airbnb, VRBO and Booking.com messages? →
Industry

Vienna and Berlin: When the Cap Depends on Where You Sleep

In Vienna and Berlin the number of nights you may let depends first on whether the flat is your main home. Why residence is the hinge, what each city allows, and how to set it up.

How many nights can I let in Vienna or Berlin? →
Industry

From 20 May 2026, Your Platform Reports Your Nights For You

EU Regulation 2024/1028 makes platforms verify your registration number and report your activity to national authorities every month. What it changes for hosts, and what it does not.

What does the EU short-term rental regulation change for hosts? →
Insights

Airbnb Says 15%. Your Books Say 18.4%.

Headline commission is not what you pay. A breakdown of what each booking channel actually costs once service fees and taxes are out, and how to see your own number.

What does each booking channel really cost me? →
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Turning a Repeat Channel Guest Into a Direct Booking, Without Breaking the Rules

Your best guests keep coming back through the channel, and you pay commission every time. What the channels forbid, what they do not, and how to be the easy option when a guest goes looking for you.

How do I turn a repeat Airbnb guest into a direct booking? →
Product

Where Your Bookings Are Actually Sold

A row of tiles under your bookings list and calendar showing every place each property can be booked, whether it is live, and the listing title Airflow matches your booking emails against.

Where can each of my properties be booked? →
Insights

Is a Direct Booking Actually Worth More? Run the Numbers

A direct booking does not save you the channel's whole commission. A worked example of what each side really costs, the largest discount you can offer before you lose money, and when direct is worth less.

Is a direct booking really worth more than an Airbnb one? →
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What to Do When a Guest Hasn't Paid the Balance

The balance was due last Tuesday and nothing happened. How to chase it, how to reach a guest whose email you never got, and what to automate.

What do I do when a guest hasn't paid the balance? →
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Your Calendar Still Shows a Cancelled Booking

A guest cancelled on the channel, but the dates are still blocked everywhere else. Why feeds leave stale blocks behind, and how to clear them.

Why does my calendar still show a cancelled booking? →
Guide

What Happens to Your Invoice When a Guest Cancels

A cancelled booking can leave a live invoice in your accounts. Whether to delete, void or credit-note it depends on one thing: its real status.

What happens to the invoice when a guest cancels? →
Insights

Who Collects the Money on a Booking.com Stay?

Airbnb collects from the guest and remits. Booking.com usually does not. Why that hides money you are owed, and how to track what each channel collects.

Who collects the money on a Booking.com stay? →
Guide

Booking.com Accounting: Why Your Payouts Never Match (and How to Fix It)

Booking.com payout reconciliation explained: the commission-invoice model, VAT on commission, fortnightly payouts, and how to make your bank deposits match your books.

Why don't my Booking.com payouts match? →
Insights

Why Your iCal Sync Keeps Breaking — and What to Do About It

Double bookings, stale calendars, and missing reservations. iCal sync is the glue holding most booking businesses together — and it's failing. Here's why, and a better approach.

Why does my iCal sync keep breaking? →
Insights

Managing Bookings from 5 Platforms Without Losing Your Mind

Airbnb, Booking.com, VRBO, HomeExchange, and direct enquiries — all in separate tabs, separate calendars, separate inboxes. There's a better way.

How do I manage bookings from five platforms? →
Product

Your Booking Confirmation Emails Are a Goldmine You're Ignoring

Every booking confirmation email contains guest details, dates, amounts, fees, and platform data. You're reading them once and filing them. Here's what you should be doing instead.

What can I do with my booking confirmation emails? →
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