To successfully market your property online, your rooms/units should be presented in the same way across all the channels they are listed on.
It is important to understand how grouping the rooms within the same room type on NightsBridge, impacts your Airbnb listing/s.
Decide how to present your rooms
First decide how best to list your rooms/units on your primary channel. This is the channel that generates the highest volume of online bookings for your property.
Then set up your rooms/units on NightsBridge, and apply the same setup to your listings on all the other channels.
Group rooms under room types for all channels
The general recommendation is to group rooms that are the same (type of bed and bathroom, features, pricing) under the same room type, which will be bookable online by guests.
Grouping rooms has many benefits:
- Easier for the guest to compare different room types.
- Fewer room types for the property to manage.
- Your offer is consistent across all your channels.
Impact if Airbnb is the primary channel
Airbnb is set up with each listing on its own separate page. Guests can only book one room/unit at a time on Airbnb.
If you identify Airbnb as the primary channel for your property, it is beneficial for each room to be listed in its own room type.
Whichever you choose, please ensure that the grouping of rooms to room types is the same on all your channels and NightsBridge.
Keep in mind that when setting up each individual room as a room type, the other channels (except Airbnb) will display all the room types on one page.
This can be overwhelming for guests, as they'll see a room type for each physical room, making a decision on a choice more difficult.
Pros and cons of grouping rooms under 1 room type.
| Rooms Not Grouped | Rooms Grouped | |
|---|---|---|
| Rooms bookable at a time | 1 | 1 |
| Impact on other channels | Amount of room types needs to be the same on all channels. | Amount of room types needs to be the same on all channels. |
| Visible in search | Multiple listings to manage | Fewer listings to manage |
| Visible from the host profile | Multiple listings to manage | Fewer listings to manage |
| Content to manage | Multiple listings to manage | Fewer listings to manage |
Guidelines on when to group or not group rooms
| Rooms not grouped | Rooms grouped |
|---|---|
| 5 rooms/units or less in total. | 5+ rooms/units in total. |
| 1-2 types of rooms/units. | 3+ types of rooms/units |
| Want listings to compete in search. | Happy to fill up rooms/units as they’re booked. |
| Airbnb is the primary channel. | Airbnb isn’t primary channel. |
Currently selling your private rooms under one listing?
If you have one existing listing, offering private rooms sold separately, please unlist or remove this listing. New listings will be created accordingly.
Should you wish to keep this listing to accept a booking for your entire space, please switch off Instant Book to only receive enquiries for this listing and avoid double bookings.