Unlock Airbnb Pro Hosting Mode! | Pro Hosting Tools Tutorial

Unlock Airbnb Pro Hosting Mode! | Pro Hosting Tools Tutorial

February 05, 20254 min read

Unlock Airbnb Pro Hosting Mode! | Pro Hosting Tools Tutorial

The One Airbnb Setting That Will Make Hosting So Much Easier

Are you making your Airbnb hosting experience harder than it needs to be? If you're managing multiple listings and haven't enabled this one simple feature, you could be missing out on key tools that streamline operations, boost profits, and reduce stress.

In this guide, we’ll walk you through Airbnb’s Pro Hosting Tools, how to enable them, and why they are a game-changer for serious hosts.

What Are Airbnb Pro Hosting Tools?

Airbnb’s Pro Hosting Tools provide advanced features that allow hosts to manage multiple listings more efficiently. These tools offer insights into pricing, booking trends, and calendar gaps—giving hosts more control over their business.

If you’re running multiple properties and haven’t enabled Pro Hosting Tools, you’re essentially running your business on “hard mode.” Let’s fix that!

How to Enable Pro Hosting Tools on Airbnb

Turning on Pro Hosting Tools is incredibly easy and can be done in just a few clicks:

  1. Log in to Your Airbnb Hosting Dashboard

  2. Click on Your Profile Icon in the Top Right

  3. Select "Account Settings"

  4. Scroll Down to "Professional Hosting Tools"

  5. Click “Manage” and Toggle the Feature On

That’s it! Once activated, your Airbnb dashboard will transform, giving you access to powerful features that make hosting significantly easier.

Key Features of Pro Hosting Tools

Once you’ve enabled Pro Hosting Tools, you’ll gain access to several advanced features. Let’s dive into the most important ones.

1. Multi-Calendar: A Snapshot of All Listings

The Multi-Calendar is one of the most powerful tools for hosts managing multiple listings.

  • See all your reservations across all properties in one place

  • Identify gaps in bookings quickly

  • Adjust availability and pricing across multiple listings in seconds

Instead of manually checking each individual calendar, the Multi-Calendar provides a bird’s-eye view of your entire portfolio—saving you time and maximizing occupancy.

2. Rule Sets: Custom Pricing & Stay Requirements

Rule Sets allow hosts to create customized pricing and stay rules beyond Airbnb’s standard settings.

For example, with a standard Airbnb account, you can only set:

  • Weekly discounts

  • Monthly discounts

But with Pro Hosting Tools, you unlock Trip Length Discounts, which let you:

  • Offer different discount levels for different lengths of stay

  • Set higher discounts for longer bookings to encourage extended stays

  • Adjust pricing based on demand and seasonality

Example: You can set a 10% discount for 3-night stays, a 12% discount for 4-night stays, and a 20% discount for week-long bookings—incentivizing guests to book longer stays.

Gap Fillers & Orphan Nights

One of the biggest challenges for hosts is filling short booking gaps (e.g., a random 4-night opening between reservations). With Rule Sets, you can offer a special discount only for those specific dates—making it easier to sell those hard-to-fill nights.

3. Insights Tab: Data-Driven Decision Making

The Insights Tab is a goldmine of information that helps you optimize your listings.

Inside the Insights Tab, you’ll find:

  • Occupancy Rate: Track how often your listings are booked

  • Conversion Rate: See how many visitors actually book your listing

  • Guest Click Data: Understand how often people view your listing but don’t book

  • Pet-Friendly Listings: Get recommendations on enabling pet-friendly settings

  • Early Bird & Last-Minute Discounts: See if adjusting your pricing strategies can improve bookings

  • Review Analysis: Identify which listings have the best and worst guest experiences

This data gives you a clear picture of what’s working and what’s not, allowing you to make better pricing and marketing decisions.

4. Automated Occupancy Tax Collection

If your city or state requires you to collect occupancy taxes, Pro Hosting Tools can automatically collect and remit these taxes on your behalf.

This means:

  • No more manually calculating taxes

  • No more worrying about compliance

  • Less administrative hassle

For hosts managing multiple properties, this feature alone is a huge time-saver.

Why Pro Hosting Tools Give You an SEO Boost on Airbnb

Did you know that enabling Pro Hosting Tools can improve your Airbnb search ranking?

Here’s why:

  • Airbnb prioritizes listings with dynamic pricing, discounts, and optimized settings

  • Hosts using Rule Sets, Trip Length Discounts, and Insights tend to get more bookings

  • Higher bookings = better SEO, meaning Airbnb pushes your listing higher in search results

If you want your properties to appear more often in search results, turning on Pro Hosting Tools is a must.

Final Thoughts: Stop Running Your Business on Hard Mode

Enabling Pro Hosting Tools is one of the easiest wins for Airbnb hosts managing multiple properties. With just one click, you unlock:

  • A streamlined Multi-Calendar

  • Advanced pricing controls with Rule Sets

  • Insights to track performance and increase bookings

  • Automated tax collection to reduce administrative work

  • Better SEO and search visibility on Airbnb

If you’re serious about scaling your Airbnb business with less stress and more profit, turning on Pro Hosting Tools is a no-brainer.

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Happy Hosting! 🎉

The Founders of STR Wealth Academy and your go-to guides for the short term rental industry.
Before we discovered this life changing opportunity, both of us had successful careers in sales and by all conventional standards were doing what everyone else in society tells you to do to become successful - go to school, get a job, work hard, buy a house... you get the idea.

While everything seemed to appear fine on the surface, the truth is both of us knew we wanted something more than the traditional 9 to 5 career, trading hours for dollars, spending hours a day commuting back and forth to work, and not being in control of our own income and financial destiny.

Despite having no prior experience in the short term rental space, in our first 19 months we had made over $500,000 and grown our business to the point now where we make over $50,000/month and now coach others through STR Wealth Academy how to achieve financial freedom and take control of their lives.

And while it may sound like it was easy for us to get to where we are now, the truth is we struggled like crazy for years before we saw an ounce of success in creating our own business and income stream outside of traditional jobs…

Michael & Katrina

The Founders of STR Wealth Academy and your go-to guides for the short term rental industry. Before we discovered this life changing opportunity, both of us had successful careers in sales and by all conventional standards were doing what everyone else in society tells you to do to become successful - go to school, get a job, work hard, buy a house... you get the idea. While everything seemed to appear fine on the surface, the truth is both of us knew we wanted something more than the traditional 9 to 5 career, trading hours for dollars, spending hours a day commuting back and forth to work, and not being in control of our own income and financial destiny. Despite having no prior experience in the short term rental space, in our first 19 months we had made over $500,000 and grown our business to the point now where we make over $50,000/month and now coach others through STR Wealth Academy how to achieve financial freedom and take control of their lives. And while it may sound like it was easy for us to get to where we are now, the truth is we struggled like crazy for years before we saw an ounce of success in creating our own business and income stream outside of traditional jobs…

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