HomeBooking, manage short-stay accommodation

Essential10 minChecked on 10/30/2026

What you will have: Your properties are online, your bookings kept in a calendar, and each confirmed stay becomes an order in Genuka.

Nights enter the same revenue, the same cash register and the same accounting as the rest of the business, with no double entry.

Before you start

Lesson « Install and manage an app »

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Why it matters

A guest house or furnished-rental owner juggles a booking notebook, WhatsApp messages and a separate cash box. Double bookings happen, and nights do not show in the company's figures. HomeBooking keeps your properties, your calendar and your guests, and sends each confirmed stay to Genuka as an order.

Summary

HomeBooking is a free app from the Genuka App Store (booking.genuka.com). A property there is a listing; a confirmed booking becomes a Genuka order, and the guest becomes a Genuka customer.

In HomeBooking	In Genuka
Listing	A service-type product, priced per night
Confirmed booking	An order (nights × price, or a fixed amount for an hourly stay)
Guest	A customer

Prerequisites

The app installed from the App Store.
A Genuka shop that will carry the sales of your properties.

HomeBooking's interface is displayed in French without accents ("Reservations", "Parametres"): the labels below are written as they appear.

Steps

1. Install and choose the shop

Install HomeBooking from the App Store, then open it.
On first opening, the "Initial setup" screen asks you to choose the Genuka shop that manages your properties.

At installation, the app creates in Genuka the stay tracking stages: Pending, Confirmed, Arrived, Departed.

2. Add your listings

In Biens (Listings), click Ajouter un bien (Add a listing).
Fill in the type (house, apartment, villa, studio, room…), general information, location, capacity (guests, bedrooms, bathrooms), amenities, house rules, photos and the Price per night.
Tick Publish to make the listing visible on your public page.

Each listing becomes a product in Genuka.

3. Record a booking

In Reservations, click Nouvelle reservation (New booking).
Choose the listing, the guest (or create them), the arrival and departure dates and the stay type: Nuitee (per night) or A l'heure (hourly; the price is then to be entered). A Prix personnalise (custom price) is also possible. Add companions and ID documents if needed.
Save. HomeBooking checks capacity and refuses an overlap with another booking of the same listing.

A booking you enter is created as Confirmee (Confirmed) and goes straight to Genuka as an order.

4. Follow the stay

From a booking's page: Confirmer, Enregistrer l'arrivee, Enregistrer le depart or Annuler (Confirm, Record arrival, Record departure, Cancel). The statuses are En attente (Pending), Confirmee, Arrivee, Depart and Annulee. The Calendrier (Calendar) shows occupancy by listing, month by month, or all listings on a timeline.

5. Receive online requests

Your public page lists your published listings. A visitor chooses their dates and clicks Reserver (Book): the request arrives as En attente (Pending) in HomeBooking. It only becomes a Genuka order when you confirm it.

In Parametres (Settings), the public page tab sets its presentation (welcome text, "About", color, social networks), and the general tab sets the Genuka shop, arrival and departure times (2 pm and 11 am by default) and the sync with Genuka.

Edge cases & common errors

I am not notified of requests made on the public page. HomeBooking does not send notifications yet: check the Pending bookings regularly.
No online payment. The order is created in Genuka with a payment to collect; record the payment in Genuka when the customer pays.
No sync with Airbnb or Booking.com. Bookings taken on those platforms must be entered by hand to block the calendar.
A single price per night. No seasonal rate or rate by age; use Prix personnalise for a special case.
One listing = one bookable unit. A five-bedroom house rented room by room is created as five listings.
An order edited or cancelled in Genuka is reflected in HomeBooking.

FAQ

Do stays count in my Genuka revenue? Yes, as soon as they are confirmed: they are orders of the chosen shop.

Can a customer book by the hour online? No, the public page only offers nights. Hourly stays are entered from HomeBooking.

What is the difference with Genuka's bookings? Genuka bookings manage appointments on services (hairdressing, consultations…). HomeBooking manages accommodation by the night, with arrivals, departures and guests' ID documents.