Managing properties¶
To manage properties effectively, you must understand the concepts and workflows on this page. Further below, you'll also find a list of essential tasks.
Property creation workflow¶
Creating and opening a property is a process of multiple steps. During these steps, the property passes through a number of statuses.
The following diagram shows the steps you need to take. Each swimlane represents a property status.
Our tutorial covers most of these steps and is a good place to start if you're new to this process.
Tasks¶
If you're using Content API to manage properties, you'll want to start with these tasks.
Creating a property from scratch¶
Follow these steps to build an entirely new property for display on Booking.com:
- Create a property
- Create a room type
- Create a rate plan
- Connect a room and rate
- Specify availability
- Open a property
Advanced property tasks¶
These are optional tasks which you can do in any order:
- Create a multi-bedroom setup
- Modify property name
- Modify property contact information
- Modify property facilities
- Modify property policies
Monitoring & reporting for properties¶
These are some things you may want to do after successfully creating a property: