Your Booking System and Your Accounts Disagree. Which One Is Wrong?
Two systems, two totals, and no way to tell which is right. How to reconcile bookings against your ledger month by month, and what the gaps usually turn out to be.
Why don't my bookings match my accounts? →
South African Short-Term Rental Tax and Rates
Crossing Cape Town's 50% threshold makes you a commercial operator. Here's what changes for rates, income tax, VAT and capital gains — and what to track.
What tax and rates apply to a South African short-term rental? →
No-Shows and Guests Who Never Pay
Abandoned checkouts, offers that expire, and the stay nobody turned up for. What each one should do to your calendar, your books and your task allowance.
What should happen when a guest never pays or never arrives? →
What Happens to Your Invoice When a Guest Cancels
A cancelled booking can leave a live invoice in your accounts. Whether to delete, void or credit-note it depends on one thing: its real status.
What happens to the invoice when a guest cancels? →
Multi-Currency Airbnb Income in Xero
A foreign-currency booking involves three exchange rates, not one. Which rate belongs on the guest invoice, the payment and the Xero entry, and why.
How do I record foreign-currency Airbnb income in Xero? →
Import Airbnb Booking History into Xero
Importing years of past bookings can raise hundreds of draft invoices dated today. The safe order to do it in, and which bookings to leave out.
How do I import past Airbnb bookings into Xero? →
Know What the Import Will Cost Before It Runs
Running out of credits mid-batch is worse than being refused at the start. Airflow prices the work before it runs and refuses short batches whole.
How do I know what an import will cost before it runs? →
How to Record Airbnb Income in Xero (Without the Manual Entry)
How to record Airbnb income in Xero correctly: what a payout really contains, the right line-item structure for accommodation, cleaning and service fees, and how to automate it.
How do I record Airbnb income in Xero? →
Best Airbnb Accounting Software in 2026 (Xero, QuickBooks, Sage & FreshBooks)
The best accounting software for an Airbnb host is usually Xero or QuickBooks, whichever your accountant already uses. A plain comparison of Xero, QuickBooks, Sage and FreshBooks, and how to get your booking income into them.
What is the best accounting software for an Airbnb host? →
Get Paid in Kenya: M-Pesa Bookings With Real Books Behind Them
Kenyan and African hosts can take direct bookings paid by M-Pesa, card, or bank transfer through their own Paystack account — and the accounting draft and commission flow happen automatically. Live now in KES.
How do I take M-Pesa payments for bookings in Kenya? →
Owner Statements That Write Themselves — and Land in Xero
If you manage properties for owners, the monthly statement is the job everyone dreads. Airflow now builds each owner's payout statement automatically — rent collected, deductions, your management fee, net payout — emails it, shows it in a portal, and pushes it to Xero as a draft owner remittance. Live now.
How do I produce monthly owner statements? →
Automatic Accounting Sync
How Airflow automatically creates draft invoices in Xero, QuickBooks, FreshBooks, or Sage from your booking data — with correct line items, taxes, and FX.
How does Airflow create invoices in my accounting software? →
Airbnb Payouts Don't Match Your Invoices — Here's Why
The guest paid €1,200. After Airbnb's ~15% host-only fee and a currency conversion, your bank received £867. Your Xero invoice says something else entirely. Here's what's happening — and how to fix it.
Why don't my Airbnb payouts match my invoices? → Xero + Short-Term Rentals: The Setup Nobody Teaches You
Xero is powerful accounting software. But setting it up for short-term rental income — with multiple properties, platforms, currencies, and fee structures — is harder than it should be. Here's the right way.
How do I set up Xero for short-term rentals? →
Automated Accounting: From Booking Email to Draft Invoice in Seconds
How Airflow turns a forwarded booking confirmation into a categorised, tax-ready draft invoice in your accounting software — without you touching a spreadsheet.
How does a booking email become a draft invoice? →
Connect Everything: Xero, Stripe, Google, and Beyond
Airflow connects your booking channels to your accounting, payments, calendar, and email — without replacing any of them.
Does Airflow connect to Xero, Stripe and Google? →