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How to Request to Book a Vacation Rental on Housing Market Portals

Tutorial 10 of 115 · 58 s

Open the product

This tutorial requests a vacation rental stay on a Housing Market portal. On the rental page we pick a check-in and check-out day in the availability calendar, read the quote, fill in name, email, phone, guests and a message, pass the security check and send the request. The owner has 72 hours to confirm or decline, and the dates are held for you in the meantime. No payment is taken through the portal: once confirmed, you arrange payment and check-in directly with the owner, whose contact details you then receive.

In this tutorial you will learn

  • How to choose your dates
  • How the quote is calculated
  • What to include in the request
  • What the 72-hour hold means
  • How payment is arranged

Follow along: the steps

  1. Open the vacation rental you like.
  2. Scroll to Availability and booking request.
  3. Click your check-in day…
  4. …and your check-out day.
  5. The quote shows the nights and the total.
  6. Enter your name, email and phone.
  7. Add a message for the owner.
  8. Tick I am not a robot.
  9. Click Request to book.
  10. Your dates are held for 72 hours while the owner decides.
  11. No payment is taken — you arrange it with the owner.