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1. The client gets in touch with Airbnb to create hotels and rooms on their side and do the necessary configuration.

2. Simultaneously, the client is requested to create the Airbnb reseller in MXTS. The steps to create/activate a new connection are shown on Reseller Configuration

3. Above step will create the Airbnb reseller in MXTS and the system will auto add mandatory settings (like Endpoints, credentials settings etc), however, the remaining configuration related to linking of locations/properties needs to be taken care of by the user

4. Client is requested to create a JIRA ticket with a heading like “Connection with Airbnb” and add all important information in the same and assign the ticket to support-connection@maxxton.com so the connection team is aware of your interest in connecting with the reseller and they can assist you with all the queries you post in this ticket

5. Create a new DC for the reseller Airbnb and make sure that all the identified resources should have that DC selected/added in their representation

6. Create an employee if not present and make sure that the AO (Admin Organization) & all the Resorts are linked to the newly created employee

7. Make sure all the prerequisite (mandatory configuration) mentioned by Airbnb are configured in Maxxton software for the Location and its Accommodations so the system can use that information to create the properties on the Airbnb side.
   Below is the list of the prerequisite (mandatory configuration) defined by Aibrnb that needs to be in place to make property LIVE on the Airbnb side:
   
   Basic Details:

   1. Bathrooms

   2. Bedrooms

   3. Property Type

   4. Amenities (At least 5)

   5. Cancellation Policy(To be saved in setting from the below list only, for more details please refer to https://www.airbnb.co.in/home/cancellation_policies )

      1. Flexible

      2. Moderate

      3. Strict

      4. Super_strict_30

      5. Super_strict_60

   Location:

   1. Geo Code (lat/long)

   2. Address1

   3. State Code

   4. City

   5. Country Code

   Description:

   1. Language

   2. Name

   3. Short Description

   Photo: A minimum of 10 6 images are required to be present in for the accommodation/unit property that needs is to be linked

   1. Description or Name

   2. URL

8. Create the linking for Airbnb hotel/room with MXTS properties in Linked Accommodation Types card. Kindly note that for Airbnb client has the option to list Accommodation-types on Airbnb website (Accommodation type linking), and they can even choose to list the individual Units on Airbnb (Unit level linking).
   - Once you decide on which type of linking is to be done, please contact ‘support connection’ with the list of Locations & its accommodations/units that you want to connect. 'Support connection’ team will then complete the manual step of generating an “Access token & Refresh token” for individual Locations with the help of Airbnb portal. These tokens are nothing but kind of credentials for accessing the individual locations on Airbnb side.

9. Please click on Reseller Configuration to see steps on how the linking of Accommodation(s) is done in Maxxton software.

10. Once the linking is done, kindly connect ‘Support Connection’, and they will complete a few final steps like creating Job schedulers that will create the properties on the Airbnb side (listing generation) and also create Jobs for uploading prices & availability to Airbnb.

11. Post this ‘Support connection’ will make sure that the uploads are done successfully for the linked properties and then update you regarding the same

12. You can then monitor the reseller Airbnb from the /wiki/spaces/TP/pages/13699583

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Airbnb specific settings are mentioned below

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1. Reseller tagline code
   This is a ‘dynamic field’ setting and through this setting user can choose to send Airbnb specific accommodation/unit names to Airbnb.

2. Welcome Message
   This is a ‘dynamic field’ setting with the help of which you can define a customized welcome message that will be shown to the guest making the booking on the Airbnb website.

3. Allows Child
   This is a ‘dynamic field’ setting that needs to be defined at the accommodation/unit level which will basically notify Airbnb that the child is allowed at the specific property

4. Allows Infant
   This is a ‘dynamic field’ setting that needs to be defined at the accommodation/unit level which will basically notify Airbnb that the infant is allowed at the specific property

5. Cancellation Policy
   This setting can be added per Location in order for users to send location-specific cancellation policies to Airbnb. These are the cancellation policy codes of Airbnb: Flexible, moderate, strict, super_strict, long-term