Changing your property status to open/bookable
For travelers to find and book your property on our platform, you must set your property's status to open/bookable. You can do this once you’ve completed every step in our registration process.
In this article:
Understanding what being open/bookable means
Being open/bookable means you’ve completed the registration on our platform and the essential steps to welcome guests. Once your status is set to open/bookable, you can see your property page on our platform as available for booking. Your property’s status in the extranet also appears highlighted as below:
If you’re listing your property on other travel agency platforms, you can opt in using a channel manager, but bear in mind it isn’t necessary in order to go open/bookable on Booking.com.
Changing your property’s status to open/bookable
You need to complete your registration on our platform before you can set your property's status to open/bookable. This means you should already have:
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Added at least five photos of your property
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Checked your property’s description, facilities, and room amenities
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Reviewed your contact details
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Added room or unit rates and enough availability in your calendar
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Previewed your property page as it will appear on our platform, by clicking on the property icon that displays your property name, in the top right-hand corner of the extranet
If your property still appears as closed, it may be because you’ve completed some of the steps in the registration process but other steps are still pending. Please refer to the above list and ensure you’ve ticked all the registration requirements.
Need more guidance on the steps to complete to become open/bookable? Check out additional New Partner information.
Please bear in mind that you can manage your room or unit rates and load availability through your channel manager, if you’re using one.
Going live on our platform
Once you’ve completed all the necessary verification steps, you’ll be able to set your property status to open/bookable. This means you’re ready to receive bookings. Here’s how to go live on our platform:
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Log in to the Extranet
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Go to the Home tab
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On the homepage banner, click Make my property live
If you can’t see this banner, it could mean we still need to perform additional checks before your property can go live. We’ll inform you about those checks by displaying a banner on your extranet homepage.
If you want to automatically go live once all the checks and verifications are complete, you can do so by following these steps:
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Log in to the Extranet
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Go to the Home tab
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On the homepage banner, click Automatically go live
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We’ll email you once your property is live
In most cases, if you set your property’s availability as open for guests, you’ll instantly become open/bookable. To see what your live property listing looks like on our platform, click on your property’s profile picture in the extranet and either select View your property’s listing on Booking.com or click on the property’s name.
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Your First Steps with Booking.com
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- Creating house rules
- How do I set up or change my check-in and check-out times?
- Reporting guest misconduct
- New partner restrictions: Credit cards and prepayments
- How can I set up the key pick-up feature?
- How do I set up policies and payment methods before accepting reservations?
- Reviewing information about reservations made at your property
- How do I customize and personalize my host profile on Booking.com?
- Sharing check-in information with guests
- Setting up your host profile on Pulse