Hostaway automation for every booking, handled the same way.
For Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com hosts on Hostaway, every reservation sets off the same chores. Cronable starts a workflow the moment a booking lands: welcome the guest, brief the cleaner, ping your ops channel and keep the calendar priced.
A Hostaway workflow on the canvas
Each card is one job. A wire means the next job runs when the one before it succeeds, or when it fails.
Welcome the guest
Hostaway·Succeeded
After New booking (succeeded)
58s ago
Cleaning task
Hostaway·Running
After New booking (succeeded)
2s
Ping #ops
Slack·Idle
After New booking (succeeded)
New booking
Hostaway watch·Succeeded
On new reservation
1 min ago
New booking
Hostaway watch·Succeeded
On new reservation
1 min ago
Welcome the guest
Hostaway·Succeeded
After New booking (succeeded)
58s ago
Cleaning task
Hostaway·Running
After New booking (succeeded)
2s
Ping #ops
Slack·Idle
After New booking (succeeded)
“When a new Hostaway booking comes in, message the guest a welcome, create a cleaning task and ping #ops in Slack.”
Every Hostaway step Cronable ships
Actions
Steps a workflow can take in Hostaway.List and get reservations
Read recent reservations, or one reservation by ID with its guest and stay details.
Message a guest
Send a message in a guest conversation through the booking channel, email, SMS or WhatsApp.
Update the calendar
Block or open a date range on a listing and set the nightly price.
Create a task
Add a task, such as a cleaning or inspection, with a title and description.
Custom request
Any other Hostaway API endpoint.
Triggers
What starts a Hostaway workflow.New reservation
Hostaway watch starts one run per new booking, with the whole reservation passed on. It polls by default, so nothing has to be exposed; webhook mode lets Hostaway push instead.
Hostaway workflows worth automating first
Full turnover pipeline
A new booking fires Hostaway watch, and in parallel the guest gets a welcome message, the cleaner gets a task, Slack pings ops and a sheet logs the stay.
Gap-night filler
Each morning, read the next two weeks of reservations, let a Code step find unbooked nights, and get a Telegram alert to drop the price.
Pre-arrival check-in
Each morning, find guests arriving in two days and message each one check-in instructions, written by an AI step from your house notes.
Price and block dates
Block a listing’s calendar for maintenance or update nightly prices for an event weekend, on a schedule or on command.
How you connect
Connecting Hostaway
Hostaway connects with your account ID and an API key, pasted once.
- 1In Hostaway, create an API key and note your account ID.
- 2Store them as a username-and-password credential: the account ID as the username, the API key as the password. Cronable exchanges them for an access token itself.
- 3Pick the credential in the trigger and the action jobs. Optionally narrow the trigger to one listing.
Your Hostaway automation, on your own machine
Runs on your own machine
Install Cronable as a Mac or Windows app, or on a server you own. Your Hostaway jobs, secrets and run history stay on that machine by default.
Built from one sentence
Describe the workflow in plain English and the built-in assistant builds the jobs, the schedule and the failure handling for you to review on the canvas. On every plan, including Free.
Unlimited runs
Plans count the jobs you define, not how often they fire. A job that touches Hostaway every hour costs the same as one that runs once a month.
Credentials encrypted locally
Keys and tokens are AES-256-GCM encrypted in a local database, referenced from jobs by name and masked out of logs and run output.
Hostaway automation, answered
Can a new Hostaway booking trigger a workflow?
Yes. Hostaway watch starts a run for each new reservation, and only genuinely new ones, with the full reservation available to every job that follows.
Can Cronable message guests through Hostaway?
Yes. Message a guest sends into the guest’s conversation through the booking channel, email, SMS or WhatsApp.
Do I need a public URL for Hostaway?
No. The trigger polls Hostaway by default, so it works without any inbound connection. Webhook mode is available if you want Hostaway to push.
Where are my Hostaway credentials stored?
Your account ID and API key are encrypted in the credential store on your own machine and masked in logs.
Does it work with Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com?
Yes, through Hostaway. Cronable talks to Hostaway’s API, and Hostaway handles the channels your listings are on.
Related integrations
Solutions that use Hostaway
Anything you do twice in Hostaway is cronable.
Every booking needs the same five things done. All five are cronable.