The accommodation catalog on Ubytora.com

What it is

At ubytora.com/lodging there is a public list of our clients' properties. Guests can browse it, filter it and click straight through to your website.

The catalog is a signpost, not a booking portal. The guest completes the reservation with you, on your website, and the payment goes directly to you - we take nothing from it.

Why you need it

It is an extra source of visitors. A guest who did not know about you finds you through a search and clicks through to your website.

How to do it

1. Log in to ubytora.com and open your property detail.
2. Scroll down to the Ubytora catalog section.
3. Check the Shown in catalog switch. It is on automatically.
4. Choose the Property type - hotel, guesthouse, apartment, cottage or hostel. Guests filter by it.
5. Choose the Region and District.
6. In the Property amenities section tick everything you offer - WiFi, parking, breakfast included, pool, wellness, pets allowed and more. Guests filter by these, so the more accurate the better.
7. In the Show to guests section decide whether your phone, e-mail and address should be visible.
8. In the Map location section you can enter coordinates. You will find them on openstreetmap.org - right-click a spot and choose "Show address". Without both values the map will not appear.
9. Click Save settings.

Changes show up in the catalog immediately.

Property amenities versus room amenities

These are two different things and they often get mixed up:

• Property amenities are set here, on the portal, and guests filter by them in the catalog. For example a pool, a restaurant, parking.
• Room amenities are set in the administration of your website on the individual room. For example a balcony, a bathroom, a TV.

If your rooms suggest something to us, we will offer to add it with the Add to selection button.

Highlighted card

Cards of clients on the Premium plan can be highlighted with a gold border and a "Recommended" badge. The Highlighted card switch is in the same section; on lower plans it is locked.

When you will not appear in the catalog

All four conditions have to hold at once:

1. You have the Shown in catalog switch turned on.
2. Your property is not switched off.
3. Your subscription is active.
4. You have a website address set up.

If one of them does not hold, the system tells you the reason right there in that section. For example: "Until you have a website address set up, you will not appear in the catalog - the guest would have nowhere to click."

How to opt out of the catalog

Turn off the Shown in catalog switch and save. You disappear from the catalog immediately. You can turn it back on at any time.

Common problems

I cannot see myself in the catalog. Go through the four conditions above. The most common cause is a missing website address or an unpaid invoice.

I disappeared from the catalog even though I changed nothing. Check that your subscription is paid. With an unpaid invoice we take you out of the catalog - otherwise a guest would click through and land on an unavailable website.

The Highlighted card switch is not active for me. It is a feature of the Premium plan.

The map does not appear. You need both the latitude and the longitude filled in. With only one value the map will not render.

The rating on my card does not look right. The rating is calculated from published guest reviews, which you manage in the administration of your website. Reviews are a feature from the Standard plan up.