Airbnb Tests New Feature That Makes It Easier for Multiple Hosts to Manage Listings
Photo Credit: The new Additional Hosts feature that Airbnb is testing out makes it easier for couples, roommates, relatives, and friends to manage a single listing. Airbnb / Airbnb
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Being able to include Additional Hosts for a single listing makes a lot of sense in many cases, but we wonder if this feature could also make it easier for so-called "professional hosts" or commercial operators to manage their multiple listings on the platform as well.
On March 29, embedded in a blog post on "New Developments," Airbnb announced that it would be testing out a new feature called Additional Hosts.
With this new feature, an Airbnb host can add up to three other hosts to a single listing, making it easier for hosts to manage their listings. For now, the new feature is being rolled out to a random sample of about 10 percent of Airbnb hosts around the world.
Here's how it works: For example, if a married couple is renting out the spare bedroom in their shared house or apartment, both spouses can now be added as hosts for that room listing. Without the additional hosts feature, only one spouse would be able to be on the listing, and the other spouse would have to log in as the other person to manage the account and listing. The new feature also a
