Integration overview

About

Get your vacation rentals properties visible on Google Travel where millions of travellers search, compare and book their trips and accommodation.

Appear in Google Travel Search and Google Travel Maps and compete at the highest level alongside hotels while being in control of your pricing and availability. Google Travel for vacation rentals is a great opportunity to increase your visibility, drive bookings and boost your revenue.

Minimum requirements to connect

In order to connect the Property Manager’s (PM’s) property to Google Travel, the following requirements must be met:

  • Property name: It must contain at least one character;

  • Property type: It must be set to one of the following: 

    • Aparthotel

    • Apartment

    • Bed and breakfast

    • Boat

    • Cabin

    • Castle

    • Chalet

    • Camping

    • Condominium

    • Cottage

    • Guest house

    • House

    • Lodge

    • Resort

    • Townhouse

    • Vacation home

    • Villa

    Note: Selecting Shared room and Hotel as property type will result in an error while creating a new listing in the channel.

  • Country: It needs to be provided;

  • Geo-coordinates: It must be provided;

  • Licence number: It needs to be provided.

  • Number of bathrooms: At least 1 bathroom must be selected.

  • Description: It needs to be provided;

  • Photos: 

    • Photo size (both width and height) cannot be greater than 4096 px.

    • Number of photos: minimum 5;

  • Availability: The property has some available periods specified

  • Redirecting traffic: Rentals United verifies if the property has the URL to their custom website provided. This is applicable only to clients who have their property configured to redirect traffic.

Integration model

Sync type PULL
Static data sync

The static content is synchronised to the channel upon first-time connection.

If the content is updated, the changes are retrieved by the channel typically once a day, but may be less frequently.

Availability, Rates & Inventory sync

The ARI data is synchronised to the channel upon first-time connection.

If the availability or prices are updated in Rentals United, the channel will be notified about it typically within a minute, but delays (up to 30 minutes) may occur.

Instant bookings -
Booking requests -
Quote requests -
Reservation sync Google Travel redirects potential guests to the Book Direct website or the client's website to insert a reservation, read more about the reservation process here. Learn more about how to advertise your own brand on Google Travel.
Reservation modifications

Sales Channel to Rentals United

Not possible on Google Travel. Modifications made through another service (not Rentals United Book Direct) are not synchronised.

Rentals United to Sales Channel

Modifications should be made in Rentals United and communicated to the guest.

Reservation cancellations

Sales Channel to Rentals United

Not possible on Google Travel. Cancellations made through another service (not Rentals United Book Direct) are not synchronised.

Rentals United to Sales Channel

Cancellations should be made in Rentals United and communicated to the guest.

Cancellation penalties -

Additional info

Accepted locations Worldwide
Target guests

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Origin of the guests -
Long stays (more than 30 days) -
Channel website

www.google.com

Affiliate channels

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Inventory type

Pick & Choose The channel takes all inventory. Once a property is connected to Google Travel, the channel picks and chooses which properties to publish.
Multi-units

Multi-units are not supported in the integration with Google Travel. If multi-units are used in Rentals United, availability is synchronised as if it was a regular property. In other words, the availability for multi-units connected to Google Travel is flattened to 1 unit.

Luxury inventory Accepted

Channel performance

Top location -
Top inventory type -
Top performance season -
Key amenities

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Best practices

 

Charges & Payments

Merchant of Record (MOR) -
Charging party Property manager is responsible for charging the guest, hence the payment method is not enforced.
Credit card details CC details are available in Rentals United.

Commission

Commission

No commission
Commission charging

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Commission application -
Negotiable commission -

Contract & Onboarding

Average onboarding time 2 - 7 days after connecting to Google Travel and having all the inventory complete
Onboarding instructions

Connect to the channel and follow the instructions - see here. The channel does not require a contract to be signed.

Contact & Support

Support email for property managers

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Response time -

Categorization

Google Travel provides a meta-search solution that allows you to compete with other sales channels within the frame of a single dashboard. Thanks to a targeted search, your potential clients are more likely to find your property and book. Once a property is connected to Google Travel, the channel picks and chooses which properties to publish.