Rentiqa shows you a different set of pages, called a view, for each way you use it. One person can have several.
| View | What it is for | How you get it |
|---|---|---|
| Renter (guest) | Searching and booking short stays, saved lists, your trips; searching and applying for long-term homes | Every account has it |
| Host | Renting a place for short stays | Give the address of your first place: Become a host (start) |
| Landlord | Renting homes on a lease | Give the address of your first rental: Become a landlord (start) |
| Tenant | Your lease, rent, repairs and moving | Added when a landlord puts you on a lease |
| Contractor | Jobs for landlords and hosts you work with | Accept an invite from one of them: see Join from an invite |
Adding your first place gives you both the host and the landlord view; the form you used only decides which opens first. Nothing about a place is public until you publish it.
Where you land
A new account starts with the renter view and, after a plain sign-up, lands on Trips (signing up from a page such as "Become a host" brings you back there instead). When you have several views, you land on the most involved one: landlord, then host, tenant, contractor and renter. A view you switch to is remembered until you sign out. The Your views page (Welcome) shows the views you have, with a button to open each, and the ones you can add under Explore.
Switch view
- Everywhere: open your avatar menu (your picture or initials, top right, on a phone too). It shows your Active view; choose another under Switch to.
- On a phone you can also open More (or Profile in the renter view) in the bottom bar and tap a view under Your views. The contractor view has no More sheet: use the avatar menu.
Finding your way on a phone
Each view has its own bottom bar with the things you use most. Most also have a More (or Profile) sheet for everything else, your account, support and sign out; in the contractor view, those are in the avatar menu.
| View | Bottom bar |
|---|---|
| Renter | Explore, Saved, Trips, Inbox, Profile |
| Host | Today, Rentals, Bookings, Inbox, More |
| Landlord | Home, Properties, Money, Inbox, More |
| Tenant | Home, Rent, Requests, Inbox, More |
| Contractor | Jobs, Quotes, Schedule, Earnings, Inbox |
Get set up
Your Today page (hosting), Home page (landlord) or Jobs board (contractor) starts with a Get set up card until you have done the first steps: add a place, set up payouts, verify your identity, then the steps for what you do, such as check-in instructions and a published listing for a host, lease terms and a listing or lease for a landlord, or your business profile for a contractor. Each step has a button to the page that does it and is ticked when it is done. Where your state wants a lodging tax registration before a place is shown, that is a step too. Hide removes the card on this browser; every step is still on its own page.
Next: Your profile.