Getting started as a host
Create your account, build your first listing step by step and mark it ready for launch day.
Hosting
Listing your place, photos, calendar and getting ready for launch.
What "ready for launch" means
The four listing statuses, what a listing needs before you can mark it ready, and what "Needed before launch" is asking for.
Photos and video that get bookings
How many photos to add, what to shoot, how to pick a cover, and how to film a 15 to 30 second walkthrough on your phone.
Setting your calendar and prices
Open the nights guests can book, set a nightly price, a weekend price and per-night overrides, and how the 60 open nights are counted.
The Property Personality quiz
Seven quick questions that describe the feel of your place, so the right guests find it.
Short-stay registration by state
What each state and territory asks of short-stay hosts as at September 2026, and exactly what OzGetaways does and does not do about it.
House rules, check-in and cancellation policies
Choose Flexible, Moderate or Strict, set quiet hours and pets, and know the 24-hour grace period that applies to every booking.
Editing your listing after launch
What changes straight away, what happens if you remove a registration number, and how to take a break.