Are you running a property rental business like Airbnb? What if you can manage your entire business by sitting at one place using a desktop panel? Wonderful? We, at Space-O Technologies, design, develop, and deploy a complete vacation rental platform(Airbnb type apps) that streamlines your entire business.
Our mobile app development team has hands-on experience in creating property rental solutions, including an app for guests, an app for the host, and a web panel for admin of the business. We develop a hotel booking app using advanced technologies like Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence. We are dedicated to delivering a complete experience to your app users.
If you want to make home rental app like Airbnb, then here are the features that will make a difference in the hospitality industry. We have listed these features on the basis of our experience of developing over 20 successful Airbnb like apps. Here’s a complete list of the features: home rental apps
Key Feature
Guest Login
We have developed and integrated this feature in over 20 hotel apps, making it easier for users to log in to the app, entering only two things, including email address/contact number and password. Allow users to log in through their Facebook or Gmail account.
Key Feature
Search by Filter
After logging in the app, users can search the house for rentals, hotels and best property for rentals by applying filters like price range, type, facilities, rooms & beds, areas and a lot more.
Key Feature
360-degree Home/Room Tour
Another must-have feature for the house rental app is a 360-degree home/room tour so that guests can view the entire house/room, amenities, and facilities that host is claiming to have.
Key Feature
Favorites
Allow guests or app users to mark any home, house or hotels as their favorites so that they can book it in the future when traveling for holidays or business meetings. Users can maintain a complete list of favorites.
Key Feature
Facilities and Amenities
Make it easier for users to check complete facilities and amenities directly from the application. Users can select from amenities like general facilities, bathrooms, kitchen, and indoor living room and book any house, hotel room, and property.
Key Feature
Payment Gateway Integration
A safe and secure payment gateway integration is a must-have feature for your app like Airbnb. It allows users to make payments through cards, e-wallets, and net banking.
Key Feature
Booking details
After booking any house, room or any property, users can check the booking details with booking date, check-in, check-out date and time.
Key Feature
Deals & Offers
Include deals & special offer feature in your rental property app and allow your app users or guests with special deals that they can use while booking. They can get a discount on booking and share your app with friends and family.
Key Feature
Ratings & Review
Using a rating & review feature, the app users can share their review and give ratings accordingly. It will help users to share their experience whether it is good or bad, helping other users.
Key Feature
Push notifications & alerts
With real-time alerts and notifications, the users will be informed about their booking, booking confirmation, and cancellation. You can send deals and offers and inform your users.
Key Feature
Login
Provide your hosts with a simple and easy to use login so that they can log-in in the Airbnb like app with just a few simple clicks. Make sure that you provide social long options so that they can log in through Facebook and Gmail accounts.
Key Feature
Adding a Place
With this feature, hosts can easily add a property like a house, room or any place in the listing. The host only needs to apply directly from the app and will be notified once the added property is approved by an admin.
Key Feature
Add Pictures/Videos
Just like the Airbnb app, hosts can add pictures and videos of the property, allowing guests to view and check the room and entire house before it. Pictures and videos will give a complete idea about the home they are booking.
Key Feature
Bookings
Booking feature allows hosts to manage all the bookings by date, time, month and other important details. Under this feature, they can manage all the bookings, be it past and current.
Key Feature
My Earnings
Under My Earnings, hosts can manage total earnings from all the bookings. They can check earnings by date, month and yearly and generate a yearly report on it.
Key Feature
Price Management
This feature makes it easier for hosts to manage regular, holiday and weekend prices. The host can change the price according to festive and holiday season and handle everything with just a few clicks.
Key Feature
Ratings & Review
The rating & review feature is a must in the host app as it will allow hosts to know honest reviews and feedback from the guests. It will help hosts to keep enhancing the customer experience in the long run.
Key Feature
Real-Time Alerts & Notification
The host will get real-time alerts and notification about the new bookings, cancellation, payments and more.
Guest App
Guest Login
We have developed and integrated this feature in over 20 hotel apps, making it easier for users to log in to the app, entering only two things, including email address/contact number and password. Allow users to log in through their Facebook or Gmail account.
Search by Filter
After logging in the app, users can search the house for rentals, hotels and best property for rentals by applying filters like price range, type, facilities, rooms & beds, areas and a lot more.
360-degree Home/Room Tour
Another must-have feature for the house rental app is a 360-degree home/room tour so that guests can view the entire house/room, amenities, and facilities that host is claiming to have.
Favorites
Allow guests or app users to mark any home, house or hotels as their favorites so that they can book it in the future when traveling for holidays or business meetings. Users can maintain a complete list of favorites.
Facilities and Amenities
Make it easier for users to check complete facilities and amenities directly from the application. Users can select from amenities like general facilities, bathrooms, kitchen, and indoor living room and book any house, hotel room, and property.
Payment Gateway Integration
A safe and secure payment gateway integration is a must-have feature for your app like Airbnb. It allows users to make payments through cards, e-wallets, and net banking.
Booking details
After booking any house, room or any property, users can check the booking details with booking date, check-in, check-out date and time.
Deals & Offers
Include deals & special offer feature in your rental property app and allow your app users or guests with special deals that they can use while booking. They can get a discount on booking and share your app with friends and family.
Ratings & Review
Using a rating & review feature, the app users can share their review and give ratings accordingly. It will help users to share their experience whether it is good or bad, helping other users.
Push notifications & alerts
With real-time alerts and notifications, the users will be informed about their booking, booking confirmation, and cancellation. You can send deals and offers and inform your users.
Host App
Login
Provide your hosts with a simple and easy to use login so that they can log-in in the Airbnb like app with just a few simple clicks. Make sure that you provide social long options so that they can log in through Facebook and Gmail accounts.
Adding a Place
With this feature, hosts can easily add a property like a house, room or any place in the listing. The host only needs to apply directly from the app and will be notified once the added property is approved by an admin.
Add Pictures/Videos
Just like the Airbnb app, hosts can add pictures and videos of the property, allowing guests to view and check the room and entire house before it. Pictures and videos will give a complete idea about the home they are booking.
Bookings
Booking feature allows hosts to manage all the bookings by date, time, month and other important details. Under this feature, they can manage all the bookings, be it past and current.
My Earnings
Under My Earnings, hosts can manage total earnings from all the bookings. They can check earnings by date, month and yearly and generate a yearly report on it.
Price Management
This feature makes it easier for hosts to manage regular, holiday and weekend prices. The host can change the price according to festive and holiday season and handle everything with just a few clicks.
Ratings & Review
The rating & review feature is a must in the host app as it will allow hosts to know honest reviews and feedback from the guests. It will help hosts to keep enhancing the customer experience in the long run.
Real-Time Alerts & Notification
The host will get real-time alerts and notification about the new bookings, cancellation, payments and more.
This is like an Airbnb clone app that mainly focuses on chalet bookings. The most unique feature of this app is the 360° VR tour. Most hotel booking apps show a glimpse of the hotel rooms and sometimes lobby. We took this a notch up. How? Well, our developers have integrated a feature that allows the guests to have a virtual tour of the property before they book a chalet. This makes this app one of a kind.
This app comes in two variants: Nuzhah for guests and Nuzhah for hosts. Guests can browse, take tours, view reviews and handle bookings all in one place. Hosts, on the other hand, can submit property, manage bookings, cancellations, earnings and even the availability of their chalets. Here are some of the key features of this app:
Some of the key features of this app
If you have made up your mind to develop another app like Airbnb or the apartment finder app, then the first question that comes to your mind is, how much will it cost to me? To give an answer to your question, we have created this table that will give you estimated hours.
Hours that require to develop vacation home rental apps like Airbnb. These estimated hours are written with the help of our Sr. app consultant who has over 13 years of experience in the mobile app development industry.
Deliverables | Description | Estimated Man Hours | ||||
Development | Graphics Design | QC/Testing | Project Management | TOTAL | ||
(I) iOS Application | 1. Base Code & Architecture | 24 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 33.6 |
2. Intro (How It Works) | 8 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 11.2 | |
3. Authentication: | ||||||
3.1. Login | 8 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 11.2 | |
3.2. Register | 12 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 16.8 | |
3.2. Social | 12 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 16.8 | |
4. Main Screen: | ||||||
4.1. List | 40 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 56 | |
4.2. Search | 12 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 16.8 | |
4.3. Popular Destination Details: | ||||||
4.3.1. Filters | 60 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 84 | |
4.3.2. Map | 12 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 16.8 | |
4.3.3. List | 6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 8.4 | |
4.4. Listing Collection Details | 12 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 16.8 | |
4.5. Listing Details: | ||||||
4.5.1. Main Screen | 60 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 84 | |
4.5.2. Reviews | 18 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 25.2 | |
4.5.3. About This Listing & Policies | 12 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 16.8 | |
4.5.4. Photos View | 6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 8.4 | |
4.5.5. Map View | 15 | 2.25 | 2.25 | 1.5 | 21 | |
4.6. Saved trips | 12 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 16.8 | |
4.7. My Trips | 12 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 16.8 | |
4.8. Inbox | 16 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 22.4 | |
5. Host: | ||||||
5.1. Contact | 12 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 16.8 | |
5.2. Request to Book | 12 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 16.8 | |
6. Profile: | ||||||
6.1. View (Mine / Host) | 40 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 56 | |
6.2. Edit | 24 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 33.6 | |
7. Wish Lists: | ||||||
7.1. My | 24 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 33.6 | |
7.2. Friends | 12 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 16.8 | |
8. Messages | 40 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 56 | |
9. Your Trips | 40 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 56 | |
10. Hosting View: | ||||||
10.1. Hospitality | 24 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 33.6 | |
10.2. List Your Space | 60 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 84 | |
10.3. Reservation Requests | 12 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 16.8 | |
10.4. Your Listings | 8 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 11.2 | |
10.5. Track Earnings | 24 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 33.6 | |
10.6. Availability | 24 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 33.6 | |
10.7. Invite Friends | 12 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 16.8 | |
10.8. Helper Views | 6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 8.4 | |
11. Groups: | ||||||
11.1. List | 12 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 16.8 | |
1.2. Details | 18 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 25.2 | |
11.3. Members | 12 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 16.8 | |
11.4. Post | 12 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 16.8 | |
12. Sharing | 24 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 33.6 | |
13. Settings | 24 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 33.6 | |
14. Push Notifications | 12 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 16.8 | |
15. Graphics Design Integration | 80 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 112 | |
Subtotal: | 925 | 138.75 | 138.75 | 92.5 | 1295 | |
(II) Android Application | 1554 | |||||
(III) Backend Web Services (API) | 1. Base Code & Database | 24 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 30 | |
2. Web Services (API): | ||||||
2.1. Auth | 8 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 10 | ||
2.2. Destinations | 12 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 15 | ||
2.3. Hosts / Booking | 24 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 30 | ||
2.4. Profile | 8 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 10 | ||
2.5. Search | 8 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 10 | ||
2.6. Messages | 32 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 40 | ||
2.7. Your Trips | 16 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 20 | ||
Subtotal: | 132 | 0 | 19.8 | 13.2 | 165 |
First, our sales team will get in touch with you to comprehend your requirements. The team will know your business in detail, comprehending the scope and goal of your project. It will help us to deliver your project as per your expectations.
Once we comprehend your business requirements, we will create concrete strategies and tactics. According to your project requirements, we will finalize team members who will work on your project.
It’s time to prepare wireframes of your app like Airbnb. Our business analyst team will make a wireframe of each screen of your room reservation app, showing you all the screens, features and functionalities.
Our UX/UI designer team will enter the process. Our UX designers will take care of the interaction between design elements whereas our UI designers design the look and feel of the app with perfect color combination and iconography.
Once the designing part is completed and approved by you, our developers will start developing your app, including exclusive features and functionalities. You will regular updates about the status of your project.
Testing your developed application is the most important step of the process. At this stage, our quality assurance team ensures that your developed hotel app runs smoothly without any glitch. Our QA team checks usability, compatibility, and performance.
It’s time to deploy your developed Airbnb like app. Our team will take care of deploying your hotel booking platform on App Stores, including the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
We do also provide post-production support for 3 months after deployment. Here, we will solve any queries that you may have about the functioning of your app and resolve it instantly.
iOS
Android
Programming Language
Swift
Objective C
Java
Kotlin
IDE
Xcode (iOS)
Android Studio (Android)
Mobile App Design
Photoshop
Illustrator
Screen Designing Tool
Photoshop
Wireframe Design Tool
Balsamiq 3.5.15
HTML – CSS Conversion Tool
Dreamweaver 18.0 (2018)
Web Development Language
PHP
Database
MySQL
Hosting Server
Ubuntu 16.04
Experienced Mobile App Developer TeamWe do have an experienced mobile app development team that has special expertise in designing and developing apps like Airbnb. Our team has already delivered over 10 hotel booking app development projects successfully.
Flexible Hiring ModelsWe do provide flexible hiring models, including a dedicated team model, fixed price model, hourly model, and on-site model. As per the project requirement, we will be suggesting one that meets your needs.
100% TransparencyWe, at Space-O Technologies, believe in complete transparency throughout the project and keep updating our clients about the project progress during the entire app development cycle.
Total Technical SupportWe do provide 3-month technical support after the delivery of the project. Throughout this period, we make sure to answer each and every query related to their solution.
I do have one app idea like Airbnb with a unique concept. Should I develop it?
Yes, of course. If you have an app idea that’s too with a unique concept, then you should definitely discuss it with us as we are a leading mobile app development company and will cross-verify your app idea and validate it, suggesting you the best possible solution.
Is there any process that you follow to keep my app idea secure?
Yes, we do sign a non-disclosure agreement(NDA) with our all clients, ensuring them that their app idea is safe and secure with us.
Will you provide documentation for my home rental app?
Yes, of course. We provide complete documentation for all the mobile apps and solutions that we develop for our clients.
How will I communicate my requirements to assigned designers and developers?
We will be assigning one point of contact, who will communicate your requirements with the assigned developer and designer. In fact, he/she will keep updating you on a regular basis for your project.
What are the security measures you take to keep my app secure?
Here are some of the security measures we take to keep your home, home, apartment booking app safe and secure:
Will you assist me to upload my app on the App Stores (Google Play Store and Apple App Store)?
Yes, of course. We will take care of uploading your app on the Apple App Store as an app development process. So, there is no need to be bothered about the deployment part.
Do you provide any support after my app gets released?
Yes, our team will support you even after your application gets live in the Apple App Store. We provide 90-days free support, so you can get in touch with us even after your app gets released in the App Store.
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Australia
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Singapore
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Bulgaria
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