Booking my own apartment

[Walter813]

Hi there,

I am running into an AirBnB error message when I try to book my own apartment.
Is this normal or can you people book your own hosted apartments?

Thank you

Walter

[Walter813]

[Shelley159]

Hi @Walter813 

You're right, for the integrity of the system it doesn't allow you to book your own listings.

You can go up to the point where you check availability on your own calendar from the guest side, which is useful when you want to check whether restrictions are correctly set up.

[Joan2709]

@Walter813 

As per what @Shelley159 , if you use the "View" button on your listing, the system knows you are logged in and doesn't allow you to book your own property. It also will always show your listing at the top of search if you try to search while you are logged in:

If you want to determine a general idea of where you are appearing in search rank and see how your listing appears to a guest in search, go to a private browsing window (incognito mode) and type in your location and any booking dates you want to use. You'll then be able to proceed past the first page of the listing to see what the payment window looks like to a guest:

[Elisa]

Hi @Walter813 😊, 

Thank you so much for asking this question here! 

Is there any specific reason why you want to book your own apartment?

Are you trying to find whether guests can find or book your listing? @Joan2709 and @Shelley159 have shared great insights. Does that solve the problem?

If you could elaborate a bit more on your question, it might help hosts to give you better advice.

Please feel free to refer the Help Center article if you're looking to 👉 confirm that guests can find your listing and keep us updated on how it goes!

Warm regards 🌻,