HomeToGo is a leading vacation rental platform with a strong presence in Europe and the U.S., attracting 50 million monthly users and offering over 15 million listings. Known for its intuitive search features, HomeToGo makes it easy for travelers to find your property with flexible options like pet-friendly and eco-friendly amenities. The platform also provides secure payment solutions to boost conversions and prevent fraud. As an innovation leader, HomeToGo is pioneering an AI-powered marketplace with tools like an AI travel planner and smart reviews, setting the standard in the vacation rental industry.
💡Minimum requirements to connect
Minimum number of properties: 1
Maximum number of guests is provided.
Geo-coordinates are provided.
Licence number is provided.
Photos: At least 4 photos are provided. The minimum resolution is 1024 (width) x 683 (height).
Prices are provided for some seasons in the future.
Cancellation Policy is provided.
Connecting to HomeToGo
Connecting to HomeToGo
For Existing Customers
For Existing Customers
Before integrating with HomeToGo, disconnect any active software integrations and notify their support team via email at [email protected] once it's done. This ensures HomeToGo can deactivate your account to prevent new bookings under the old software.
Once disabled, you may go ahead and connect to BOOM with the following steps:
Connecting with BOOM
In Boom: Open the Channels page and navigate to “Channels”
Select HomeToGo to connect the channel.
Your connection is now being validated in the background. If the validation is passed successfully, the Connection Wizard is launched and you can go to the next step. If you are not eligible to connect to HomeToGo, an error is displayed.
Eligibility errors indicate violating initial channel requirements that need to be met before you establish the connection. You will not be able to go to the next step and finish the connection process unless the eligibility error is cleared away. In order to resolve it, follow the instructions displayed on the screen. Please, see an exemplary eligibility error below.
You are presented with a brief description on how the HomeToGo works. Read it carefully and confirm that you agree with it by ticking the checkbox below. Do not worry, once all the steps of the Connection Wizard are completed, you will still be able to view the How it works content again. Click the Save & Next button on the bottom of the page to move to the next step.
Tip: On the top of the page, you can view the progress of the Connection Wizard. Depending on the channel, the number of steps may differ. You can stop anywhere along the process. Upon next time you open the Connection Wizard, you will continue at the last completed step.
Follow the next steps displayed in BOOM.
Compile a list of your properties along with their RentalsUnited (RU) IDs and send it via email to the channel onboarding team.
Along with the list, complete and submit the Connection Form provided by HomeToGo to confirm the integration.
For New Customers
For New Customers
In Boom: Open the Channels page and navigate to “Channels”
Select HomeToGo to connect the channel.
Your connection is now being validated in the background. If the validation is passed successfully, the Connection Wizard is launched and you can go to the next step. If you are not eligible to connect to HomeToGo, an error is displayed.
Eligibility errors indicate violating initial channel requirements that need to be met before you establish the connection. You will not be able to go to the next step and finish the connection process unless the eligibility error is cleared away. In order to resolve it, follow the instructions displayed on the screen. Please, see an exemplary eligibility error below.
You are presented with a brief description on how the HomeToGo works. Read it carefully and confirm that you agree with it by ticking the checkbox below. Do not worry, once all the steps of the Connection Wizard are completed, you will still be able to view the How it works content again. Click the Save & Next button on the bottom of the page to move to the next step.
Tip: On the top of the page, you can view the progress of the Connection Wizard. Depending on the channel, the number of steps may differ. You can stop anywhere along the process. Upon next time you open the Connection Wizard, you will continue at the last completed step.
Follow the next steps displayed in BOOM.
Adding Properties
Adding Properties
Connect the property.
Depending on whether you already have some properties connected to HomeToGo or not, you are presented with two different options:
If it is the first property to be connected, click the Connect your first property button.
If it is the next property to be connected, click the Add more properties button.
Choose the properties to connect to the channel. You have a few options available.
Option 1: Connect all properties to the channel by clicking Select all properties.
Option 2: Start typing (property name, location or full property ID) to filter out specific properties. Select the properties that you want to connect by ticking the checkboxes next to each of them. If you want to search for different properties using different keywords, just remove the text you are searching for and provide another. Newly selected properties will be added to the list.
If you want to connect all filtered properties, click Select all. Note that only properties on the first page will be selected. If there are more properties that you want to connect, click Select all X results in the search.
Option 3: Switch to the Enter multiple property IDs and provide a list of property IDs to be connected to HomeToGo. Separate the property IDs with a space, comma or new line.
Click Next. You will see here the summary of all selected properties. Review the list and check if all properties that you wish to connect are included.
Click Next to proceed. The content quality is then analyzed, which should take up to a few minutes.
The summary of properties’ content is displayed.
If some properties are not ready to publish, improve the content.
Check the content quality by unfolding the section with warning.
Verify if any data is missing or incorrect. It is possible to display the errors by unfolding the section. For more detailed summary of errors, download the XLSX report by clicking the Download Quality Check button.
Click the Improve button. The Edit property page is opened in a new tab.
Correct the content indicated in the report in the Edit property page.
Go back to the Property List and click the Re-check button. If no further errors are displayed, the property is ready to publish.
If the properties are ready to publish, adjust the markup for each of them. You can adjust the mark-up for each property one by one or apply the same mark-up value for all at once.
If the properties are ready to publish, adjust the markup for each of them. You can adjust the mark-up for each property one by one or apply the same mark-up value for all at once.
Click the Publish properties button.
The published properties enter the Pending status. The HomeToGo reviews the connections requests.
💡Tip: Hover over the
Pending status icon. You may provide the live link to this property being listed in the HomeToGo website. Rentals United does not have access to information whether it is live or not. Note it is not mandatory, but properties with no live link will not enter the 
Active status.
The property status changes to Active and you can receive reservations now.
💡Tip: It may happen that the verification reveals some errors. In such a case, perform the suggested steps. If the error persists, contact the HomeToGo Support Team in the first place.
Updating Listings
Updating Listings
Go to
module.Choose the listing you want to edit, by clicking on the
button.
Under the
menu, you can update your listings' calendar, general information, finance, amenities, images, and block rules. To learn more, check out this article.
⚠️ HomeToGo retrieves the property data per regular intervals. Hence, after the property content is updated in BOOM, it is the HomeToGo that is responsible for correct data retrieval. It is not possible to trigger the update from BOOM.
Unlisting from Channel
Unlisting from Channel
Search for the property you want to deactivate by scrolling down or filtering the property out.
Click the Manage button.
A property management page is opened.
Click the Disconnect button.
A pop-up window is displayed. Confirm the action by clicking the Yes, disconnect button.
🗒️Note: Now, no bookings can be made for this property through HomeToGo. HomeToGo will unlist your property. You can start advertising the listing any time by clicking the Activate button next to the property.