Expedia sign-up guide for guesthouses and rental homes

This guide is for owners who have no Expedia listing yet. We run our own guesthouses in Busan and list them on the same OTAs, so the steps below follow the real sign-up flow as it looked on 6 October 2026.

Expedia at a glance

One listing shows on Expedia, Hotels.com and the rest of Expedia Group. Commission varies by market and is shared during contracting. Guests pay Expedia (Expedia Collect) or the property (Hotel Collect).

One listing shows on Expedia, Hotels.com and the rest of Expedia Group, which brings more travellers from North America and Europe.

Decide first which way you will register. Hotel-type means one address with several rooms (a guesthouse, hostel or hotel): one property on Expedia with room types inside. Unit-type means separate homes or apartments at different addresses: each address is its own property. Ten homes are ten properties, and one login is enough to manage them all.

Sign-up link and first screen

Open the official Expedia sign-up page in English: https://apps.expediapartnercentral.com/en_US/list/location. The screenshot at the top of this article is the real first screen. The steps after it only appear once you have an account, so they are described in text. OTAs rename menus from time to time, so labels may differ slightly.

What to prepare

🇰🇷 Properties in Korea — Booking.com and Agoda won't open a listing without a business report certificate (since late 2024). Also have your business registration and a bank account in the business name.

🇹🇭 Properties in Thailand — you may be asked for a hotel/operating licence or company registration. The payout account must match the property owner.

• Property name and address (in English)
• Photos — the more the better (rooms, bathroom, outside, common areas)
• Rooms — room types, beds, max guests, number of rooms
• Base price and policies — check-in/out times, cancellation, children/pets
• Payout bank account and contact details (email, mobile)

Before you start, put your photos, room details and house rules in one folder. The sign-up asks for them in the middle of the flow, and having them ready means you can finish in one sitting instead of saving a half-done listing.

Hotel-type: guesthouse, hostel or hotel

1. Open the sign-up page. It is a 3-step form: Step 1 of 3 – Where is your property located? → property details (type, number of bookable rooms) → contact details.
2. Pick guesthouse, hostel or hotel, and enter all your rooms as bookable rooms.
3. Verify your email and review the business terms (commission, payment model).
4. Add room types, amenities, prices per room, photos, fees/deposits, policies and dates.
5. When setup is done, you go live.

Unit-type: homes or apartments at different addresses

If you put ten homes at different addresses into one property as ten rooms, a channel manager cannot connect them per unit later. Register one property per address from the start.

1. Open the sign-up page and register one unit (address) at a time: location → property details → contact.
2. Choose an apartment/home type and 1 bookable space.
3. Verify your email and review the business terms (commission, payment model).
4. Add the unit details, price, photos and policies — then it goes live.
5. Register the next unit the same way. Each unit gets its own property ID.

After you go live: connect a channel manager

When the listing is live, choose Channex as the connectivity provider in the Expedia extranet and enter the property ID in Kimchee under Channels › Connect & Map. The full extranet steps, and the safe order if you already use another channel manager, are in How to switch your Expedia channel manager safely. The channel manager is included in the Kimchee plan at no extra cost; see pricing and the list of channels.

Frequently asked questions

How much commission does Expedia charge?

Expedia shows the rate for your market during sign-up or in the contract, so check it there before you accept. We do not quote numbers here because they differ by country and change over time.

How long until the listing goes live?

After email verification and setting up rooms, prices and policies, the listing goes live.

Do I need a channel manager from day one?

Not for a single channel. Once you sell the same rooms on two or more sites, a channel manager keeps availability in sync so one booking closes the room everywhere. How Kimchee works explains the setup.

Can I manage several properties with one login?

Register each property through the sign-up form. Each one gets its own property ID, which is what the channel manager connects to.

Questions about a specific setup? See the FAQ or contact us; we run guesthouses ourselves and answer from that experience.