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How to Publish your Hostify Listings to Google Travel
How to Publish your Hostify Listings to Google Travel

In this article, you can learn how to connect with Google Vacation Rentals so you can publish your Hostify listings there.

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Written by David
Updated over 11 months ago

Google’s Vacation Rental search makes it easier for travelers to discover the best options for their stay all around the globe. The benefits of connecting your Hostify account to Google Vacation Rentals and publishing your listings there include:

  1. Extended reach for travelers and potential new guests to your vacation rental properties = your listings appear in relevant organic search results on Google based on the relevant keywords guests are using to segment their search and find the best accommodation for their needs.
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  2. More referral traffic at no cost for you = Google redirects guests to book their stay directly on your website or booking engine absolutely free of charge.
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Prerequisites:

Before connecting and publishing your Hostify listings to Google, there's an important prerequisite you need to be aware of - the integration works only with the Hostify Booking Engine Website or the custom-made website based on our WordPress Booking Plugin.

  1. Using the Hostify Booking Engine = by having your own Booking Engine website based on Hostify, you're enabled to present all your listings without paying any channel fees.

    ℹ️ You can learn more about how to create a Hostify Booking engine website here.

  2. Using the Hostify WordPress Booking Plugin = design and build a beautiful website based on our dedicated booking plugin for WordPress.
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    ℹ️ You can learn more about how to install the Hostify plugin for WordPress.org and build a custom website here.

To publish your Hostify listings on Google Vacation Rentals, please follow the steps shown below:

  1. Navigate to Channels on the left hand-side navigation bar:
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  2. Select Google:
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  3. Fill in the your Branding name that guests will see on Google necessary and the website which you want to integrate > click Add:
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  4. When step 4 is completed, you'll see that the status = Connected but There are no connected listings for this integration:
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  5. Add listings by selecting a listing from the Add listings drop-down menu > click the Add button:
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    ​Note : that only listings that are added under the selected website will appear for selection.
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  6. When you select a listing, you'll see it's been added below:
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Things to note :

  • You can create more thаn one Google Account;

  • Listings may take a few days to be displayed on Google;

  • Listing content may take up to 24 hours to update on Google;

  • Pricing and availability are synced with Google immediately.

Listing Image Requirements by Google you need to be aware of:

As officially advised by Google:

  1. Listings should have at least 8 photos (at least 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, and 1 common area);

  2. You should always use the best quality images of your property that fits the following criteria:

  • Recommended resolution: 1920 x 1080 px

  • Maximum height: 4000 px

  • Maximum width: 4000 px

  • Maximum overall size: 10 MB

  • File format: JPG, JPEG, PNG, WEBP

  • Orientation: Landscape

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