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Hostaway

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.

Hostaway publishes 10 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Listings API, Reservations API, Calendar API, and 7 more. Tagged areas include Vacation Rentals, Short-Term Rentals, Property Management, Channel Manager, and Airbnb.

The Hostaway catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Hostaway’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, signup flow, pricing, getting-started guide, engineering blog, and 20 more developer resources.

53.8/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
16 APIs 16 Features
Vacation RentalsShort-Term RentalsProperty ManagementChannel ManagerAirbnbVrboBooking.comExpediaSaaS

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 53.8/100 · developing
Contract Quality 15.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 9.1 / 20
Commercial Clarity 12.1 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.5 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 16

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Hostaway Listings API

Manage vacation rental listings — properties, amenities, bed types, images, and custom field values. Each Hostaway listing maps to one or more external channels (Airbnb, Vrbo, B...

Hostaway Reservations API

Create, read, and update reservations across all connected channels. Includes coupons, reservation fees, reservation units, host proxy email handling, and channel-of-origin cont...

Hostaway Calendar API

Read and update the per-listing availability and nightly pricing calendar. Supports per-day retrieval, batch updates across date ranges, and inline reservation context via the i...

Hostaway Messaging API

Unified guest messaging across Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, Expedia, email, SMS, and WhatsApp. Resources include conversations, conversation messages, and reusable message templates.

Hostaway Finance API

Financial operations for vacation rental managers — finance fields, price calculations, expenses and extras, offline charges, and owner statements.

Hostaway Tasks API

Create, assign, and complete operational tasks (cleaning, maintenance, inspection) tied to listings and reservations.

Hostaway Custom Fields API

Define and manage custom fields on listings and reservations, plus retrieve and set custom field values on individual records.

Hostaway Guest Payments API

Manage guest payments and auto-payment rules for reservations.

Hostaway Reference Data API

Reference-data endpoints for cancellation policies (Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, Marriott), countries, currencies, languages, and timezones.

Hostaway Webhooks API

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...

Hostaway Listing Amenities API

Amenities offered by a listing

Hostaway Listing Bed Types API

Bed types configured for a listing

Hostaway Listing Images API

Photographs attached to a listing

Hostaway Reservation Coupons API

Coupons applied to a reservation

Hostaway Reservation Fees API

Fees applied to a reservation

Hostaway Reservation Units API

Sub-units associated with a reservation

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Open Collections 4

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Hostaway Calendar API

OPEN COLLECTION

Hostaway Listings API

OPEN COLLECTION

Hostaway Reservations API

OPEN COLLECTION

Hostaway Webhooks API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Hostaway Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Features 16

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Channel manager for Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, Expedia, Google Vacation Rentals, and Marriott Homes & Villas
Unified inbox across email, SMS, WhatsApp, and channel-native messaging
Listing and reservation management with custom fields
Calendar with per-day pricing, minimum stay, batch updates, and inline reservation context
Owner statements, finance fields, expenses & extras, offline charges
Price calculation engine with coupons and per-channel fee modeling
Automation rules and tasks (cleaning, maintenance, inspection)
Direct booking website
Guest payments and auto-payment rules
Marketplace with 100+ integrated vendors (Pricelabs, Wheelhouse, Beyond, Breezeway, Turno, Operto, RemoteLock, QuickBooks, Stripe, etc.)
Unified webhooks for reservation created, reservation updated, and new message received
Reference data for cancellation policies (Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, Marriott), countries, currencies, languages, timezones
Public REST API at https://api.hostaway.com/v1 with OAuth 2.0 client_credentials
Documented rate limits — 15 req/10s per IP and 20 req/10s per account
Standard envelope response with status, result, and pagination (limit, offset, count, page, totalPages)
HTTPS-only, JSON request/response, UTC timestamps, ISO 3166-2 country codes, booleans as 0/1

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Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Hostaway Context

0 classes · 4 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Hostaway API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Hostaway Listing

23 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Hostaway Reservation

20 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Hostaway Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Hostaway Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Hostaway Scopes

1 scope · clientCredentials

1 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Hostaway Agentic Access

23 operations · 11 acting

23 operations · 11 acting

AGENTIC

Integrations 8

Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.

Pricelabs, Wheelhouse, Beyond, DPGO — revenue management
Breezeway, Turno, Operto, Doinn — property operations and cleaning
Safely, Autohost, Truvi — guest screening and safety
RemoteLock, August, Yale, Nuki, Schlage — smart locks
Stripe, Braintree, ChargeAutomation, Authorize.net — payments
QuickBooks, Ximplifi, Clearing — accounting
Slack, WhatsApp, Zapier — communication
Lula Cleaning, Keepers, Tidy, Pacho — cleaning and maintenance

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Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 5

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 7

The organization behind the API

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Other 3

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: hostaway
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/hostaway/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
- aid: hostaway:hostaway-listings-api
  name: Hostaway Listings API
  tags:
  - Vacation Rentals
  - Listings
  - Properties
  humanURL: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
  properties:
  - url: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/hostaway-listings-api-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: json-schema/hostaway-listing-schema.json
    type: JSONSchema
  - url: json-ld/hostaway-context.jsonld
    type: JSONLD
  description: Manage vacation rental listings — properties, amenities, bed types, images, and custom field values. Each Hostaway
    listing maps to one or more external channels (Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, Expedia, Google Vacation Rentals, Marriott Homes
    & Villas) and is the primary inventory object in the platform.
- aid: hostaway:hostaway-reservations-api
  name: Hostaway Reservations API
  tags:
  - Vacation Rentals
  - Reservations
  - Bookings
  humanURL: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
  properties:
  - url: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/hostaway-reservations-api-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: json-schema/hostaway-reservation-schema.json
    type: JSONSchema
  - url: json-ld/hostaway-context.jsonld
    type: JSONLD
  description: Create, read, and update reservations across all connected channels. Includes coupons, reservation fees, reservation
    units, host proxy email handling, and channel-of-origin context (channelId/channelName) for every booking.
- aid: hostaway:hostaway-calendar-api
  name: Hostaway Calendar API
  tags:
  - Vacation Rentals
  - Calendar
  - Availability
  - Pricing
  humanURL: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
  properties:
  - url: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/hostaway-calendar-api-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Read and update the per-listing availability and nightly pricing calendar. Supports per-day retrieval, batch
    updates across date ranges, and inline reservation context via the includeResources query parameter.
- aid: hostaway:hostaway-messaging-api
  name: Hostaway Messaging API
  tags:
  - Vacation Rentals
  - Messaging
  - Conversations
  humanURL: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
  properties:
  - url: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
    type: Documentation
  description: Unified guest messaging across Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, Expedia, email, SMS, and WhatsApp. Resources include
    conversations, conversation messages, and reusable message templates.
- aid: hostaway:hostaway-finance-api
  name: Hostaway Finance API
  tags:
  - Vacation Rentals
  - Finance
  - Owner Statements
  humanURL: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
  properties:
  - url: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
    type: Documentation
  description: Financial operations for vacation rental managers — finance fields, price calculations, expenses and extras,
    offline charges, and owner statements.
- aid: hostaway:hostaway-tasks-api
  name: Hostaway Tasks API
  tags:
  - Vacation Rentals
  - Tasks
  - Operations
  humanURL: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
  properties:
  - url: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
    type: Documentation
  description: Create, assign, and complete operational tasks (cleaning, maintenance, inspection) tied to listings and reservations.
- aid: hostaway:hostaway-custom-fields-api
  name: Hostaway Custom Fields API
  tags:
  - Vacation Rentals
  - Custom Fields
  - Configuration
  humanURL: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
  properties:
  - url: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
    type: Documentation
  description: Define and manage custom fields on listings and reservations, plus retrieve and set custom field values on
    individual records.
- aid: hostaway:hostaway-guest-payments-api
  name: Hostaway Guest Payments API
  tags:
  - Vacation Rentals
  - Payments
  - Auto-Payment
  humanURL: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
  properties:
  - url: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
    type: Documentation
  description: Manage guest payments and auto-payment rules for reservations.
- aid: hostaway:hostaway-reference-data-api
  name: Hostaway Reference Data API
  tags:
  - Vacation Rentals
  - Reference Data
  humanURL: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
  properties:
  - url: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
    type: Documentation
  description: Reference-data endpoints for cancellation policies (Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, Marriott), countries, currencies,
    languages, and timezones.
- aid: hostaway:hostaway-webhooks-api
  name: Hostaway Webhooks API
  tags:
  - Vacation Rentals
  - Webhooks
  - Events
  humanURL: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
  properties:
  - url: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/hostaway-webhooks-api-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: 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 is sent to the configured alert
    recipient.
- aid: hostaway:hostaway-listing-amenities-api
  name: Hostaway Listing Amenities API
  description: Amenities offered by a listing
  humanURL: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
  tags:
  - Listing Amenities
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hostaway-listing-amenities-api-openapi.yml
- aid: hostaway:hostaway-listing-bed-types-api
  name: Hostaway Listing Bed Types API
  description: Bed types configured for a listing
  humanURL: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
  tags:
  - Listing Bed Types
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hostaway-listing-bed-types-api-openapi.yml
- aid: hostaway:hostaway-listing-images-api
  name: Hostaway Listing Images API
  description: Photographs attached to a listing
  humanURL: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
  tags:
  - Listing Images
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hostaway-listing-images-api-openapi.yml
- aid: hostaway:hostaway-reservation-coupons-api
  name: Hostaway Reservation Coupons API
  description: Coupons applied to a reservation
  humanURL: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
  tags:
  - Reservation Coupons
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hostaway-reservation-coupons-api-openapi.yml
- aid: hostaway:hostaway-reservation-fees-api
  name: Hostaway Reservation Fees API
  description: Fees applied to a reservation
  humanURL: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
  tags:
  - Reservation Fees
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hostaway-reservation-fees-api-openapi.yml
- aid: hostaway:hostaway-reservation-units-api
  name: Hostaway Reservation Units API
  description: Sub-units associated with a reservation
  humanURL: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
  tags:
  - Reservation Units
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hostaway-reservation-units-api-openapi.yml
name: Hostaway
tags:
- Vacation Rentals
- Short-Term Rentals
- Property Management
- Channel Manager
- Airbnb
- Vrbo
- Booking.com
- Expedia
- SaaS
kind: contract
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/hostaway.png
access: 3rd-Party
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/hostaway-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/hostaway-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/hostaway-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/hostaway-scopes.yml
- url: https://www.hostaway.com
  type: Portal
- url: https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
  name: Hostaway API Documentation
  type: Documentation
- url: https://dashboard.hostaway.com/login
  type: Signup
- url: https://dashboard.hostaway.com/settings/integrations
  name: Webhook Configuration
  type: Documentation
- url: https://www.hostaway.com/pricing/
  name: Pricing
  type: Pricing
- url: https://www.hostaway.com/get-free-demo/
  name: Free Demo
  type: GettingStarted
- url: https://www.hostaway.com/features/
  name: Features
  type: Documentation
- url: https://www.hostaway.com/blog/
  name: Hostaway Blog
  type: Blog
- url: https://www.hostaway.com/marketplace/
  name: Hostaway Marketplace
  type: Marketplace
- url: https://www.hostaway.com/partners/
  name: Partners
  type: Partners
- url: https://www.hostaway.com/about-us/
  name: About Hostaway
  type: About
- url: https://www.hostaway.com/contact/
  name: Contact
  type: Support
- url: https://www.hostaway.com/privacy-policy/
  type: PrivacyPolicy
- url: https://www.hostaway.com/terms-and-conditions/
  type: TermsOfService
- url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hostaway
  type: LinkedIn
- url: https://www.facebook.com/hostawaycom
  type: Facebook
- url: https://twitter.com/hostawaycom
  type: Twitter
- url: https://www.instagram.com/hostawaycom/
  type: Instagram
- url: https://www.youtube.com/@hostaway
  type: YouTube
- url: https://github.com/Hostaway
  type: GitHubOrganization
- url: https://plans/hostaway-plans-pricing.yml
  type: Plans
- url: https://rate-limits/hostaway-rate-limits.yml
  type: RateLimits
- url: https://finops/hostaway-finops.yml
  type: FinOps
- type: Authentication
  data:
  - name: OAuth 2.0 — Client Credentials grant
  - name: Token endpoint POST https://api.hostaway.com/v1/accessTokens
  - name: Bearer access_token with 24-month validity
  - name: Wait at least 1 second before using a freshly-issued token
  - name: Tokens may be revoked via DELETE https://api.hostaway.com/v1/accessTokens
  sources:
  - https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
- type: Channels
  data:
  - name: Airbnb (2025 Preferred Partner)
  - name: Vrbo (2025 Elite Partner)
  - name: Booking.com (2025 Premier Partner / 2026 Premier Plus Connectivity Partner)
  - name: Expedia
  - name: Google Vacation Rentals
  - name: Marriott Homes & Villas
  - name: HomeAway
  sources:
  - https://www.hostaway.com/
  - https://www.hostaway.com/blog/
- type: Features
  data:
  - Channel manager for Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, Expedia, Google Vacation Rentals, and Marriott Homes & Villas
  - Unified inbox across email, SMS, WhatsApp, and channel-native messaging
  - Listing and reservation management with custom fields
  - Calendar with per-day pricing, minimum stay, batch updates, and inline reservation context
  - Owner statements, finance fields, expenses & extras, offline charges
  - Price calculation engine with coupons and per-channel fee modeling
  - Automation rules and tasks (cleaning, maintenance, inspection)
  - Direct booking website
  - Guest payments and auto-payment rules
  - Marketplace with 100+ integrated vendors (Pricelabs, Wheelhouse, Beyond, Breezeway, Turno, Operto, RemoteLock, QuickBooks,
    Stripe, etc.)
  - Unified webhooks for reservation created, reservation updated, and new message received
  - Reference data for cancellation policies (Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, Marriott), countries, currencies, languages, timezones
  - Public REST API at https://api.hostaway.com/v1 with OAuth 2.0 client_credentials
  - Documented rate limits — 15 req/10s per IP and 20 req/10s per account
  - Standard envelope response with status, result, and pagination (limit, offset, count, page, totalPages)
  - HTTPS-only, JSON request/response, UTC timestamps, ISO 3166-2 country codes, booleans as 0/1
  sources:
  - https://www.hostaway.com/
  - https://www.hostaway.com/features/
  - https://api.hostaway.com/documentation
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - Pricelabs, Wheelhouse, Beyond, DPGO — revenue management
  - Breezeway, Turno, Operto, Doinn — property operations and cleaning
  - Safely, Autohost, Truvi — guest screening and safety
  - RemoteLock, August, Yale, Nuki, Schlage — smart locks
  - Stripe, Braintree, ChargeAutomation, Authorize.net — payments
  - QuickBooks, Ximplifi, Clearing — accounting
  - Slack, WhatsApp, Zapier — communication
  - Lula Cleaning, Keepers, Tidy, Pacho — cleaning and maintenance
  sources:
  - https://www.hostaway.com/marketplace/
- type: Recognition
  data:
  - 2025 Airbnb Preferred Partner
  - 2025 Vrbo Elite Partner
  - 2025 Booking.com Premier Partner
  - 2026 Booking.com Premier Plus Connectivity Partner
  - G2 Fastest Growing
  - 2026 Silver Stevie Award
  - 4.8/5 rating across 5,500+ reviews
  sources:
  - https://www.hostaway.com/
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
position: Consuming
description: 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.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: info@apievangelist.com
  X: apievangelist
  url: https://apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.16'