Airbnb Setup & Optimisation Course
🔒 Client lesson

Listing Setup : OwnerRez - Blocking the Calendar Before you go Live

Listing Setup: OwnerRez - Before you go live

In short

When OwnerRez is your channel manager, it is the source of truth for availability and pushes it out to Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo. Blocking a date directly on a platform can be overridden at the next sync, reopening the date to bookings. Blocking inside OwnerRez with a clear reason, then confirming the block appears on each channel, prevents accidental bookings and cancellations.

What this lesson covers

  • Why This Lesson Matters More Than It Seems
  • Understanding Calendar Hierarchy (Why Hosts Get This Wrong)
  • How the sync actually works behind the scenes
  • The Different Ways Dates Can Be Made Unavailable in OwnerRez
  • Block, owner stay or hold? A short decision guide
  • A simple naming system for your blocks
  • The Professional Blocking Mindset
  • Personal Stay
  • Maintenance or Contractor Access
  • Administrative Hold
🔒

The full lesson is for clients

Clients get every step, the live walkthrough videos and our exact settings and templates from Skye’s Beach House.

Get the full course I’m a client: sign in

Questions people ask

Should I block dates on Airbnb or in OwnerRez?

If OwnerRez manages your availability, block dates in OwnerRez. A block made only on Airbnb can be overwritten when OwnerRez syncs.

Why did a date I blocked on Airbnb reopen?

A connected channel manager usually has priority over the platform calendar, so if the date is open in the channel manager it can be pushed back as available.

Why label blocked dates in a channel manager?

Recording why dates are blocked, such as owner use or maintenance, keeps your calendar and performance reporting clear later on.

Watch a free lesson

Free lesson · IntroductionWhy Naming and Identity Shape Guest BehaviourYour Airbnb hosting identity is the name that sits above all your listings, and it becomes your email address. If you might ever own more than one pro…Free lesson · IntroductionFree Lesson: Airbnb Arbitrage – What It Is, Why Landlords Resist It & the Margin RealityAirbnb arbitrage means leasing a property long-term at a fixed rent, running it as a short-term rental with the landlord’s written permission, and kee…▶Free lesson · IntroductionFree Lesson: How We Get Our Airbnb Guests’ Reviews onto Vrbo (OwnerRez)Vrbo won’t import your Airbnb reviews, but it does accept reviews that guests leave on your own OwnerRez review form. Ask every Airbnb guest to review…