How to add your rental availability to Beacons

Why add your availability

Guests who find you on social media usually ask the same first question: are you free on my dates? A link on your Beacons lets them check for themselves, at any hour, instead of messaging you and waiting.

One SingleCal page shows dates from all your booking platforms together, so guests see one up-to-date answer.

Step 1: Get your availability link

In SingleCal, each rental gets its own calendar page that combines your Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com dates. Guests see your free and booked nights, then tap through to book on your listing.

1. 1

   Connect your calendars

   Add the iCal links from Airbnb, Vrbo or Booking.com to your rental.

2. 2

   Choose where guests book

   Add your listing as the booking link, for example your Airbnb page.

3. 3

   Publish and copy the link

   Publish the calendar, then copy its page link from Share & embed.

Step 2: Add it to your Beacons page

Beacons adds links in a Links block. Its help describes these steps.

1. 1

   Open your page

   In Beacons, go to My Page.

2. 2

   Add a Links block

   Click + Add Block and select Links.

3. 3

   Add your link

   Paste your SingleCal page link and give it a headline such as "Check availability".

Step 3: Make it stand out

Open the link's ... menu and turn on Featured to show it as a large 16:9 image card. A photo of your rental works well here.

Beacons also lets you add an image or icon to each link and turn on a link outline, which helps it stand out on busy themes.

Labels that get tapped

Guests decide in a second whether to tap, so say exactly what the link does.

• Use "Check availability" or "See free dates" for your SingleCal link.
• Put your booking listing next to it, for example "Book on Airbnb", so guests can book once they have found their dates.
• If you have more than one rental, add one link per rental and name each one.