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Vacation Rental schema

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type #

type

recommended

additionalType

The type of vacation rental listing. You can select from apartment, bungalow, cabin, chalet, cottage, gite, holiday village rental, house, villa, vacation rental.

info #

name

required

name

The name of the vacation rental listing.

brand

recommended

brand

The brand ID associated with this property.
Read more about how to to associate your properties to brands and how link your brand icons and display names to respective brand IDs in the Hotel Center documentation

identifier

required

identifier

A unique identifier for the property.

  • The identifier must be independent of the listing content; for example, it won’t change when the property owner updates the listing name.
  • The same identifier must be used for the same listing in different languages.

description

recommended

description

A description of the property.

languages

recommended

knowsLanguage

The languages the host can speak.

audience

audience

The target audience.

price range

priceRange

The price range of the listing, for example $$$.

accommodation #

additionalType

required

additionalType

This property is not directly visible to the user. It requires an Accommodation schema as a value. The sections accommodation and amenities, provide all needed properties for this Accommodation schema and that schema populates the containsPlace property (this happens in the background).

type

recommended

additionalType

The type of room for this accommodation. Takes of the following values:

  • Entire Place
  • Private Room
  • Shared Room

occupancy

required

occupancy

The maximum number of guests allowed to stay at the vacation rental listing.

floor size

recommended

floorSize

Size of the accommodation.

bedrooms / bathrooms / rooms

recommended

numberOfBedrooms
numberOfBathroomsTotal
numberOfRooms

The total number of each type of room.

beds

recommended

bed

Information about the type and number of beds in the listing.

check in time

recommended

checkinTime

The earliest time someone may check in.

check out time

recommended

checkoutTime

The earliest time someone may check out.

amenities #

additionalType

required

additionalType

This property is not directly visible to the user. It requires an Accommodation schema as a value. The sections accommodation and amenities, provide all needed properties for this Accommodation schema and that schema populates the containsPlace property (this happens in the background).

amenities

recommended

amenityFeature

Amenities the property has. You can select from the following values:
ac, airport shuttle, balcony, beach access, kids friendly, crib, elevator, fireplace, free breakfast, gym fitness equipment, heating, hottub, instant bookable, ironing board, kitchen, microwave, outdoor grill, oven stove, patio, pets allowed, pool, private beach access, self checkin checkout, smoking allowed, tv, washer dryer, wheelchair accessible, wifi.

internet type

recommended

internetType

The type of internet available on the property (free, paid, none).

parking type

recommended

parkingType

The type of parking available on the property (free, paid, none).

pool type

recommended

poolType

The type of pool available on the property (indoor, outdoor, none).

license number

recommended

licenseNum

The license number (tourist or business) required to be shown for properties in certain regions of the world. It could be repeated and, if multiple licenses exist, we suggest adding the authority of the license as context (for example: Paris: 123456ABC).

location #

Address

recommended

address

Physical address of the property.

Geographic Coordinates

required

geo
► latitude
► longitude

The geo coordinates of the property.

contact #

Emails

email

Email addresses.

Phones

telephone

Be sure to include the country code and area code in the phone numbers.

Fax

faxNumber

Fax numbers.

Contact Points

contactPoint

Contact points — for example, a Booking Support Line.

For each contact point you can provide a name, an email address, a phone number and a fax number.

reviews #

reviews

recommended

review

Detailed reviews and ratings of the listing.

name

author

Name of the review author.

published

datePublished

Date of review publication.

description

reviewBody

The review description.

rating

reviewRating

Rating of the item and values of the rating system.

rating

recommended

aggregateRating

The average rating of the local business based on multiple ratings or reviews

average

ratingValue

The overall rating value.

count

ratingCount

The total number of ratings for the item on your site.

best

bestRating

The highest value allowed in this rating system. If bestRating is omitted, 5 is assumed.

worst

worstRating

The lowest value allowed in this rating system. If worstRating is omitted, 1 is assumed

images #

images

required

image

Images of the listing. The listing must have a minimum of 8 photos (at least 1 image of each of the following: bedroom, bathroom, and common area).

Although 8 is the minimum recommendation, it is strongly recommended to provide 20+ photos.

Additionally, follow the Property listing image requirements.