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What Happens When You Receive a Booking on an OTA?

1 min readUpdated 14 Oct 2026Reviewed by Homeyhuts Editorial Team

When a guest books your property through a connected booking platform, Homeyhuts helps bring that booking into your central workflow.


Step 1: The guest books your property

The guest completes a booking on a connected platform such as Airbnb, Booking.com, MakeMyTrip or another supported platform.

Step 2: Homeyhuts receives the booking

The reservation information is sent through the connection.

The booking can then appear in your Homeyhuts calendar and reservation view.

Step 3: The dates become unavailable

The booked dates are updated in your Homeyhuts calendar.

The availability can then be shared with your other connected platforms where supported.

Step 4: You manage the booking

You can use Homeyhuts to keep track of:

  • Guest
  • Property
  • Check-in date
  • Check-out date
  • Booking status
  • Booking source

Step 5: Prepare for the guest

Once the booking is confirmed, prepare your property and coordinate the guest's arrival.

What if the booking comes from somewhere else?

If the guest books through:

  • Phone
  • WhatsApp
  • Direct enquiry
  • Walk-in
  • Another offline source

Add the booking as an Offline Booking in Homeyhuts.

This ensures the dates are reflected in your central calendar.

In simple terms

Booking received → Homeyhuts calendar updated → connected availability updated → you prepare for the guest.

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