There are a few perks of having your listing marked as “Business Travel Ready”. This title enables you to highlight your listing by displaying a badge that assists business travelers to find it easily.
Guests looking for a place to stay on Airbnb also have the ability to filter their searches to only display listings that are marked as possessing amenities for work trips:
When your listing is marked as “Business Travel Ready”, you’re able to get more reservations with access to bookings from thousands of professionals who use Airbnb. You’re also able to fill up empty dates since business travelers often book mid-week and during slow seasons.
For your listing to be classified as “Business Travel Ready” you need to meet the following criteria:
Entire Place
Room type must be Entire Place (as opposed to a Private or Shared Room), and the space must be an eligible property type (e.g. no treehouses, lighthouses, etc.).
Experience
Listings must have at least 3 reviews (i.e. prior bookings).
Responsiveness
Hosts must have responded to 90% of reservation requests within 24 hours over the last year:
Business Amenities
The space must have the following amenities:
For your convenience, we’ve identified good quality, reasonably-priced product options for each of these amenities:
Self Check-In
Business travelers are able to check-in anytime on their own via any of the following methods:
- Smart lock – a lock on the door that guests can open with a keypad or mobile app
- Keypad – guests can open the door with a code
- Lockbox – a key safe that guests can open with a code
- Doorman – someone that’s available 24 hours a day to let guests in
5-Star Reviews
Listings need to have 5 stars for at least 60% of primary, cleanliness and accuracy reviews:
Commitment
Hosts mustn’t have cancelled confirmed reservations within 7 days of the check-in date. If a listing has a cancellation within 7 days of a confirmed check-in date, it won’t be considered for Business Travel Ready for 1 year from the cancellation date.
To review your listing’s “Business Travel Ready” eligibility status:
- Login to Airbnb
- In Hosting mode, select Listings from the top navigation bar
- Select Manage listing for your listing
- Click on Listing details from the menu at the top
If your place is recognized as “Business Travel Ready”, Airbnb will display a Business Travel section, stating that “This listing has essential business travel amenities”:
If your place is not recognized as “Business Travel Ready”, Airbnb will display a Make your space Business Travel Ready link under Amenities:
Qualification is automatically evaluated based on information a host provides about their listing, the reviews for that listing, the host’s prior cancellation history for confirmed reservations, and the responsiveness of the host to prior reservation requests. In evaluating the host’s responsiveness, Airbnb will consider data from the preceding 12 months.
Listings are evaluated for business travel readiness on a rolling basis. There is no application process to be considered for eligibility. Eligibility is automatically evaluated on a regular schedule determined by Airbnb. You and your listing need to continue to qualify after the initial evaluation in order to maintain Business Travel Ready status.
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