Host Tools is a partner with Airbnb. This means that you are getting a great and reliable connection to your Airbnb listings from Host Tools!
Airbnb also has some guidelines and mandatory settings for listings connected via a PMS (property management system). When you connect a listing to Host Tools, the reservations, reviews, and content will remain unchanged. However, the following changes will be made:
1. Starting October 27, 2025 all accounts will change to a Host-only fee.
When the fees take effect, you will need to adjust your nightly rates to account for the new fees because they will now be subtracted from your nightly rate. For example, if you pay 3% to Airbnb now, you will want to increase your rates by 12.5% to cover the change from 3% to 15.5%.
If you do that, your profits will remain the same, but the guests will pay 1.6% to 4% less to Airbnb. This is because now there is a total of about 17% of fees tacked on. 3% from the host and 14% from the guest. With this change, guests are paying a little less in fees, but you will need to adjust your prices to continue making the same amount.
2. Instant Book is enabled on all listings.
You can then disable Instant Book on your listings on Airbnb.com.
To do this, go to Airbnb.com, or open the Airbnb app.
From the main menu choose "listings".
Choose the listing you want to disable Instant Book on.
Go to "Booking Settings," then click "How guests can book," and toggle "Instant Book" to off.
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3. Airbnb Smart pricing is no longer available.
Read this article to learn how to link your PriceLabs account, or read this blog post for an overview of Host Tool's pricing and availability rules.
4. Price and availability rules are cleared from your Airbnb calendar if you allow all permissions.
If you connect your account with messaging, reviews, pricing, and availability enabled, custom prices (discounts and seasonal rules) and availability rules (min and max nights, close to arrival and departure) are all cleared from your Airbnb calendar. This is done in preparation to receive a price push from Host Tools. These settings can all be made on Host Tools, read this article for more information about editing Airbnb settings on Host Tools
5. All imported iCals are removed from Airbnb.
6. Co-Hosted listings will not import.
You have to connect listings you co-host using the owner's Airbnb account or connect the listing using the account of the owner of an Airbnb Team that the listing has been shared with.