# For hosts

Source: https://app.rentiqa.com/help/hosts

A host on Rentiqa rents a place for short stays. The typical path: add your place, set prices and rules, connect the calendars of other sites you list on, take bookings, look after guests and turnover cleaning, and get paid after each stay.

## Guides

- [List your first place](https://app.rentiqa.com/help/hosts/list-your-first-place.md): Give the address of your first rental to become a host, then add the details, photos and check-in instructions guests need.
- [Set prices and availability](https://app.rentiqa.com/help/hosts/set-prices-and-availability.md): Weekday and weekend prices, cleaning and extra-guest fees, minimum stay, special prices for date ranges, and blocking dates.
- [How guests book](https://app.rentiqa.com/help/hosts/how-guests-book.md): Choose instant book or request to book and a cancellation policy, make the place public, and check why a public place might still not take bookings.
- [Today and your bookings](https://app.rentiqa.com/help/hosts/today-and-your-bookings.md): Your Today screen, approving or declining requests, what guests see, double bookings, and messaging guests.
- [Lodging taxes](https://app.rentiqa.com/help/hosts/lodging-taxes.md): Who collects and pays the lodging tax for your address, adding your own local taxes, registrations, and your tax statement.
- [Sync your Airbnb and Vrbo calendars](https://app.rentiqa.com/help/hosts/sync-your-airbnb-and-vrbo-calendars.md): Connect calendars both ways so a night booked on one site is blocked on the others.
- [Import from Airbnb or Vrbo](https://app.rentiqa.com/help/hosts/import-from-airbnb-or-vrbo.md): Copy your existing Airbnb or Vrbo listings into Rentiqa with the Rentiqa Importer browser extension, then review them before anything is saved.
- [Smart locks and door codes](https://app.rentiqa.com/help/hosts/smart-locks-and-door-codes.md): Connect supported smart locks so every guest, cleaner and contractor gets their own door code for their stay or visit.
- [Cleaning between stays](https://app.rentiqa.com/help/hosts/cleaning-between-stays.md): Each check-out creates a cleaning task. Schedule it, give it to your cleaner, and sign it off before the next guest.
- [Deposits and damage claims](https://app.rentiqa.com/help/hosts/deposits-and-damage-claims.md): How a security deposit works on a stay, filing a damage claim after check-out, and what happens when the guest accepts or disputes it.
- [Cancellations](https://app.rentiqa.com/help/hosts/cancellations.md): Declining requests, letting a request expire, what happens when a guest cancels, and cancelling a confirmed stay.
- [Reviews](https://app.rentiqa.com/help/hosts/reviews.md): Read what guests wrote after their stays and reply to them.
- [Get paid](https://app.rentiqa.com/help/hosts/get-paid.md): Set up your payout account, understand when booking money is released after each stay, and route each place to the right account.