Summary
Yes — if you are a full-access co-host on an Airbnb listing, you can import and manage that listing in Host Tools using your own account, without needing the owner's login credentials. Host Tools detects your co-host permission level and shows the right options in the import flow.
Importing a co-hosted listing
When you connect your Airbnb account in Host Tools, co-hosted listings appear in the import modal alongside your own listings. Each listing shows one of these states:
Selectable (ready to import): You are a full-access co-host. Select the listing and click Import. You can start using Host Tools for automated messaging immediately.
"Can't import": Your co-host access is calendar-only or inbox-only. Host Tools requires full co-host permission to manage the listing. Ask the owner to upgrade your co-host access, or have the owner connect their Airbnb account to Host Tools directly (see below).
Owner Sync Required badge and owner permission modal
After importing a full-access co-hosted listing, you can use Host Tools for messaging right away. However, if the listing owner has not yet enabled software sync on their Airbnb account, calendar and pricing sync will be paused and an Owner Sync Required badge will appear next to the listing in Settings > Listings.
Clicking the badge opens the Get owner permission to sync the calendar modal, which explains the authorization steps and copies the owner's sync link to your clipboard with one click. Share the link with the listing owner — when they open it and authorize software sync, the badge disappears and calendar and pricing sync become active.
The same modal also opens from three other places in Settings > Listings:
Blocked sync toggles: If owner permission is required, the Sync Pricing & Restrictions and Sync Availability toggles are locked. Their tooltips include an inline Get owner permission link that opens the modal directly from the tooltip.
Owner-permission alert banner: A warning banner appears in the listing's settings as soon as sync is blocked by a missing owner permission — even before a sync has been attempted. Clicking Get owner permission in the banner opens the modal so you can send the owner a fresh authorization link.
💡 Pro tip: You can also generate a sync link from the Owner Import Link flow in Settings > Listing Groups if you manage multiple co-hosted properties for the same owner.
When sync is blocked due to co-host permissions
If a co-hosted listing can't push pricing or availability updates — because the owner's software sync is off or your co-host access level is below full — Host Tools surfaces a specific reason in Settings > Listings alongside a Get owner permission action. Use it to open the owner permission modal and send the owner a fresh authorization link. You don't need to wait for a sync attempt to fail; the alert appears as soon as Host Tools detects the block.
Using the owner's account instead
The original approach still works: you can connect as many Airbnb accounts as you'd like to Host Tools, including the owner's account if you have their login information. Automated messages will appear as though they came from whichever Airbnb account is connected to the listing.