Hostaway is an AI-powered vacation rental management platform that consolidates property management, channel management, direct booking, guest messaging, automation, and revenue optimization for short-term rental operators. The platform connects to Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, Expedia, Google Vacation Rentals, and Marriott Homes & Villas, and exposes a documented OAuth 2.0 public REST API at https://api.hostaway.com/v1 covering listings, reservations, calendar, messaging, finance, tasks, custom fields, guest payments, and unified webhooks. Pricing is quote-based; a free product demo is available. The Hostaway Marketplace contains 100+ integrated vendors spanning revenue management, operations, smart locks, payments, and accounting.
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- Vacation Rentals, Short-Term Rentals, Property Management, Channel Manager, Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, Expedia, SaaS
- Created: 2026-05-25
- Modified: 2026-05-25
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Scheme | OAuth 2.0 — Client Credentials grant |
| Token endpoint | POST https://api.hostaway.com/v1/accessTokens |
| Token type | Bearer |
| Validity | 24 months |
| Revocation | DELETE https://api.hostaway.com/v1/accessTokens |
| Caveat | Wait at least 1 second before using a freshly issued token |
| Scope | Limit | Window |
|---|---|---|
| Per source IP | 15 requests | 10 seconds |
| Per account ID | 20 requests | 10 seconds |
Exceeding either limit returns HTTP 429. See rate-limits/hostaway-rate-limits.yml.
Manage vacation rental listings — properties, amenities, bed types, images, and custom field values. Each Hostaway listing maps to one or more external channels.
Human URL: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
Create, read, and update reservations across all connected channels. Includes coupons, reservation fees, reservation units, and host proxy email handling.
Human URL: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
Read and update per-listing availability and nightly pricing. Supports per-day retrieval, batch updates, and inline reservation context via includeResources.
Human URL: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
Unified guest messaging across Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, Expedia, email, SMS, and WhatsApp. Conversations, conversation messages, and reusable message templates.
Human URL: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
Finance fields, price calculations, expenses and extras, offline charges, and owner statements.
Human URL: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
Create, assign, and complete operational tasks tied to listings and reservations.
Human URL: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
Define and manage custom fields on listings and reservations.
Human URL: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
Manage guest payments and auto-payment rules.
Human URL: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
Reference-data endpoints for cancellation policies (Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, Marriott), countries, currencies, languages, and timezones.
Human URL: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
Manage unified webhooks for the three Hostaway event types — reservation created, reservation updated, and new message received. Failed deliveries retry up to three times before a failure email.
Human URL: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
- Airbnb (2025 Preferred Partner)
- Vrbo (2025 Elite Partner)
- Booking.com (2025 Premier Partner / 2026 Premier Plus Connectivity Partner)
- Expedia
- Google Vacation Rentals
- Marriott Homes & Villas
- HomeAway
- Revenue management — Pricelabs, Wheelhouse, Beyond, DPGO
- Property operations — Breezeway, Turno, Operto, Doinn
- Guest screening & safety — Safely, Autohost, Truvi
- Smart locks — RemoteLock, August, Yale, Nuki, Schlage
- Payments — Stripe, Braintree, ChargeAutomation, Authorize.net
- Accounting — QuickBooks, Ximplifi, Clearing
- Communication — Slack, WhatsApp, Zapier
- Cleaning & maintenance — Lula Cleaning, Keepers, Tidy, Pacho
See the full list at https://www.hostaway.com/marketplace/.
Hostaway publishes no self-serve list prices. Pricing is quote-based after a portfolio questionnaire and sales conversation; a free product demo is offered at https://www.hostaway.com/get-free-demo/. See plans/hostaway-plans-pricing.yml and finops/hostaway-finops.yml.
- Portal
- API Documentation
- Dashboard Login
- Webhook Configuration
- Pricing
- Free Demo
- Features
- Marketplace
- Blog
- Partners
- GitHub
- Kin Lane (apievangelist.com) — info@apievangelist.com