One API and MCP server for Airbnb, VRBO and Booking.com
Manage your own listings with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client. Or build on the API: connect any host’s Airbnb or VRBO account while they stay on the PMS they use today, or run a full white-label PMS on top of us. Messages, reservations, reviews, pricing, fees and listing content, read and write.
Google Vacation RentalsTry it on your real listings. Nothing changes until you say so.
Connecting an Airbnb or VRBO account to Host Tools only imports. Every listing arrives disabled: no messages go to guests, and nothing is written to your calendar, prices or listing content. You can connect your real properties, look around, and point the API or your AI at real data without touching your live listings.
Reservations, messages, reviews, calendar and listing content are read in. Nothing is sent back to the channel.
Messaging, Sync Pricing & Restrictions, Sync Availability and content sync are separate switches on each listing, each labelled with what it turns on.
Calling the API or asking your AI through the MCP server to read listings, reservations or messages changes nothing. Write calls do exactly what they say, on the listing you name.
One exception: Booking.com allows one connected system per property, so connecting Booking.com replaces the connection you have today. Leave it until you’re ready to switch.
Running your own listings? Connect your AI in two minutes
Every paid Host Tools plan includes the API and the MCP server at no extra cost. Point Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client at your account and it can read your calendar, reservations, messages and reviews, and write back: send messages, set prices, block dates, reply to reviews, update listing content and photos and publish them to Airbnb and VRBO. No code, no API key to manage.
- Start a free trialand connect your Airbnb, VRBO or Booking.com listings. 14 days, no credit card.
- Add the MCP serverin your AI tool:
https://app.hosttools.com/mcp. Log in when it asks. That’s the whole setup. - Askin plain English. Your AI picks the right tools, and good AI tools ask before they change anything.
- “Who checks in this week, and have they all been sent the door code?”
- “Reply to every review from last month that I haven’t answered yet.”
- “Raise weekend prices 10% in December across my Austin listings.”
- “Add an EV charger to the amenities on all my listings and publish it to Airbnb and VRBO.”
- “Which listing had the lowest occupancy this quarter, and why?”
Start a free trial → How to set up the MCP server → Tool list →
Running a property management company? Run it from your own software or AI
For property managers with 30+ properties, and cohosts, who want their own app, scripts or AI agents in charge. Host Tools runs the Airbnb, VRBO and Booking.com connections, the calendar, pricing and guest messages. You control all of it through the API or the MCP server, from the tools your team already uses.
- Already on another PMS? Keep it. Connect your Airbnb and VRBO accounts alongside it for messages, reservations and reviews, no switch needed.
- Or make Host Tools your PMS and run it entirely from your own software: calendar, pricing, messages and listings on all three channels.
- Same per-listing price as our PMS, with the API and MCP server included.
Building software? Pick the level of access you need
Connect alongside their PMS
For AI messaging, guest communication, review and reputation tools. Your customer keeps their existing PMS as the system of record. You connect to their Airbnb and VRBO accounts through us and get:
- Two-way guest messaging, including photos and videos
- Reservations, with webhooks that say whether a booking was created, changed or cancelled
- Accept, decline or pre-approve requests, and send special offers
- Guest reviews: read them, leave them, reply to them, with a webhook on each new one
- Listing content and photos, read and write
- Fees and taxes, read and write
- Cancel an Airbnb reservation as the host
- Error webhooks, including when an owner’s account disconnects
- Airbnb payouts split into the reservations they paid, and what Airbnb actually paid per reservation
What you don’t get in this mode: we can’t push availability or prices while another PMS owns the listing. Booking.com is not available in this mode.
Headless PMS (white-label)
For companies that want to offer property management without building a PMS. Host Tools becomes the system of record and your app is the only thing your customer sees. Everything in Mode A, plus:
- Calendar and availability sync
- Pricing rules and per-channel price adjustments
- Booking.com, Airbnb and VRBO as a full channel manager
- Google Vacation Rentals, for listings published on a Host Tools direct booking site
- Listing content, photos, fees and taxes published to Airbnb, VRBO and Booking.com
- Quotes, reservation creation and edits
- Listing groups and multi-account structure
- Expenses and extra income per listing, read and write, for owner statements and trust accounting
Connect to each channel through our API, even if you already use another PMS
| Channel | Connect alongside another PMS | Host Tools as the PMS (headless) |
|---|---|---|
| Airbnb | YesOAuth connection the host approves in one click. Messaging, reservations and requests to book, reviews, listing content and photos. No availability or price sync. | YesFull two-way sync, including content and photos. |
| VRBO | YesThe host connects with their VRBO login. Messaging, reservations, reviews, listing content and photos through the VRBO API. No availability or price sync. | YesFull two-way sync, including content and photos. |
| Booking.com | NoBooking.com only allows one connected system per property. | YesFull two-way sync, including content and photos. |
| Google Vacation Rentals | NoGoogle sends guests to a checkout page, so the listing needs a Host Tools direct booking site, and that needs Host Tools to run the calendar and prices. | YesPublish the listing on a Host Tools direct booking site and we send it to Google with live prices and availability. Guests click through from Google and check out on that site. |
The VRBO column is the one to look at. Most tools fall back to forwarding VRBO’s proxy emails. We’re not aware of another provider with a real VRBO messaging and reviews API while the host stays on their current PMS.
Your brand on the front. Our partnerships underneath.
Your customers never log into Host Tools and never see our logo. You decide which channels appear when they connect. We’re an Airbnb Preferred Software Partner and an official Booking.com partner, we keep up with every Airbnb, VRBO and Booking.com API change, and we handle the syncing. You ship the product.
- Your customers never need a Host Tools login
- The Host Tools logo is never shown to your end customer
- You choose which channels appear in the connect flow
Onboard a customer in one link
Create a listing group for your customer, generate an owner import link, and send it. Your customer clicks, approves Airbnb or enters their VRBO login, and their listings land in your account. Done in minutes, no engineering on their side, no tickets on yours.
- Generate a linkfor the customer’s listing group through the API.
- Send itby email, in-app, or embed the flow in your onboarding.
- Listings import automaticallyand you get a webhook when they land.
Everything in the docs, nothing hidden behind a sales call
Send and receive guest messages on Airbnb and VRBO (and Booking.com in headless mode), including photos and videos. Webhook on every new message.
Read the docs →Read reservations per listing or across the whole account with an updated-since filter. Create internal and direct bookings, and change dates and guest counts.
Read the docs →Act on bookings as the host, where the channel allows it: accept or decline requests to book, pre-approve inquiries, send special offers, quote, request, accept or decline date changes, and cancel a reservation.
Read the docs →Read availability and prices per listing, and price a stay for any date range. In headless mode, set prices, minimum stays, blocked dates and per-channel price adjustments.
Read the docs →Leave a review for every guest, and reply to the reviews guests leave you. Pull reviews and ratings per listing, including VRBO, with a webhook on every new review.
Read the docs →Full listing content: read it, write names, descriptions, house rules, amenities, property type, rooms and beds, and manage photos (upload, reorder, caption, cover). Published to Airbnb, VRBO and Booking.com when content sync is on.
Read the docs →Read and write cleaning fees, extra-guest fees, pet fees and taxes per listing, and push them to Airbnb and VRBO.
Read the docs →Every Airbnb bank deposit split into the reservations it paid, with lines that add up to the cent. What Airbnb actually paid per reservation: accommodation, cleaning, fees, tax and commission. Updated-since filter for syncing into your books.
Read the docs →Read, create, edit and delete expenses and extra income per listing, the same entries that feed Host Tools owner statements. Updated-since filter, so trust accounting and bookkeeping tools stay in sync.
Read the docs →Group listings per customer, and generate an owner import link for each group.
Read the docs →Send one link and the listings import. Headless Airbnb auto-connect.
Read the docs →Messages, reservations (created, changed or cancelled), reviews, listings, listing groups, and every failure that happens after your request returned, such as a channel rejecting a push or an owner’s account disconnecting. Deliveries are signed with an HMAC header; errors can also be polled.
Read the docs →Standard auth with PKCE and dynamic client registration. Let Host Tools users connect your app.
Read the docs →79 tools for AI agents: read, analytics and write. Plug Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or your own agent straight into an account.
Read the docs →Versioned releases, so you can see exactly what changed and when.
Read the docs →Same price as our PMS. $5 per listing at scale.
API and MCP access are included in every paid Host Tools plan, and partners pay the same per-listing price as our Pro plan. No API fee, no setup fee, no contract, cancel any time. Pay for the listings you have enabled, prorated.
| Listings | Price, billed monthly |
|---|---|
| 1st listing | $32/mo |
| 2nd listing | +$11 |
| 3rd to 9th | +$8 each |
| 10th to 19th | +$7 each |
| 20th to 48th | +$6 each |
| 49th and up | +$5 each |
Over 134 listings? Volume pricing is available, book a call. Annual billing is also available.
Questions hosts and partners ask
Can I use this for my own listings, not as a software company?
Yes. Any paid Host Tools plan includes the API and the MCP server. Add https://app.hosttools.com/mcp to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client, log in, and ask. For scripts, generate an auth token on your Settings page and call the REST API.
Which AI tools work with the MCP server?
Anything that speaks MCP over HTTP with OAuth 2.0: Claude (web, desktop and Claude Code), ChatGPT, Cursor, and your own agents. Logging in is the whole setup; there is no key to copy.
Can the AI change things, or only read?
Both. Read tools cover listings, calendar, reservations, messages, reviews, pricing rules and analytics. Write tools send messages, set prices and availability, create and update reservations, accept or decline requests, leave and reply to reviews, and update listing content and photos. Good AI clients ask you before every write.
Is there an extra fee for the API?
No. It is included in every paid plan for hosts, and partners pay the same per-listing price as our Pro plan. You pay for enabled listings, nothing else.
Does the host have to leave their current PMS?
No. For Airbnb and VRBO, the host stays on their PMS and connects to you through us. Only Booking.com requires Host Tools to be the sole connected system.
Doesn’t Airbnb block two systems on one listing?
Airbnb allows an additional connection for messaging, reservations, reviews and listing data. What it won’t allow is two systems writing availability and prices. That’s the one thing we don’t do in “alongside” mode.
How does VRBO work if the host is on another PMS?
The host signs in with their VRBO credentials through our connect flow. We then provide messaging, reservations and reviews over the API. No proxy-email parsing.
Will my customers see Host Tools?
No. No Host Tools login, no logo. You choose which channels appear in the connect flow.
How long does integration take?
Our first partner was live in weeks, not months. Most of the work on your side is handling webhooks.
Is there a contract or minimum?
No. Month to month, pay for enabled listings, prorated.
Can my listings show on Google Vacation Rentals?
Yes, once they’re published on a Host Tools direct booking site. Google needs a page where guests can check out and pay, and your direct booking site is that page, so it’s required. Set it up in the Host Tools app (it isn’t created through the API), turn it on, and we send every listing on it to Google with live prices and availability, usually within one to two weeks. Each listing needs an address with map coordinates. Because the direct booking site sells from the Host Tools calendar, this needs Host Tools as your PMS, not the alongside-another-PMS mode.
How do I get an API key?
Hosts don’t need one: use the MCP server, or the auth token from your Settings page. Partners building for other hosts book a call and we set up the partner account and keys on the call.
See it with your own listings
Hosts: start a free trial and connect your AI today. Partners and property managers: book 30 minutes, we’ll connect a test account live on the call and you’ll see messages flow before we hang up.
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