Extract data from property bookings automatically

Are you a property owner or host who provides short term rentals or vacation rentals? Do you want to automate your property bookings so that you have more time to advertise your property?

Automation can streamline your processes and reduce human errors. This use case article will show how Parseur can automate data extraction from property bookings instantly.

The property booking market is growing

In March 2023, Booking.com recorded the most visits to its website, with 555 million visitors. With the pandemic, the travel industry suffered a huge reduction in bookings with regard to travel restrictions. But the industry has recovered with increased summer travel and the rise of digital nomads around the world.

89% of EU citizens book short-term rentals via booking platforms such as Airbnb or Booking.com.

In 2022, hosts earned up to $14,000 in supplemental income in the US.

What are the best vacation rental sites?

If you are a new host, choosing and listing your properties on the best rental sites is important so as to get the maximum reach and conversions.

  • Airbnb
  • VRBO
  • Booking.com
  • Expedia
  • TripAdvisor
  • Homestay
  • Agoda
  • Kayak

Those are the most popular ones and have the best reviews.

Do you receive (too) many booking confirmation emails?

If you've been a host for a while now, then you must have tons of booking confirmations landing into your inbox everyday. This is a good thing, of course! But going through those emails manually, retrieving key information, and adding it to a Google spreadsheet or CRM platform is time-consuming.

We believe that you'd rather focus your time and effort on implementing the best marketing strategies and improving the customer experience to attract more clients.

You can hire someone for this manual tasks, which will be an additional cost to your business and error-prone or you can opt for a cost-effective tool like an email parser.

Automating property bookings with Parseur

Parseur is a powerful email parsing tool that automates data extraction from emails and other documents. With Parseur, you can create an automated booking workflow from the moment you receive an email from VRBO (for example) until the data is sent to Google Sheets.

This whole process is easy to setup and requires zero coding knowledge. Parseur prides itself on template-based extraction which allows anyone to automate their manual tasks.

What booking platforms does Parseur support?

Parseur can extract data from those short-term rental sites, vacation rental platforms and hotel booking websites below.

Why use Parseur to automate your booking process?

Whether you are a property manager seeking to modernize your operation, or a host wanting to spend more time with clients and less time on data entry, Parseur can help you with that.

Time and cost efficiency

Time is something we can't get back. Spending time on manual data entry is tedious and boring. When you automate those tasks, there will be no human intervention and you can focus on other meaningful tasks.

Data accuracy

Unfortunately, you cannot avoid errors when processing data manually and double-checking requires more time. Parseur uses advanced algorithms to provide a high degree of accuracy.

Scalability

It's easier to grow your property business when you've invested in robust tech solutions that make your business run more efficiently. The future is already here and it's automation.

How to extract data from property bookings with Parseur?

In 3 simple steps, your property business can be 100% automated! Let's take a look at those steps in detail.

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Step 1: Create a property booking mailbox

Parseur has a free plan with all the features available for a limited number of emails, and then you pay as you grow). Our pricing is much more affordable compared to other parsing software.

Once you've signed up for a Parseur account, choose the correct mailbox for your use case "property bookings".

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Property booking mailbox

Forward one of your emails to this Parseur mailbox. Create an auto-forwarding rule from your personal inbox to this one.

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Example of an email from VRBO

Step 2: Data extraction from property bookings is done automatically

Parseur has a built-in template to process emails from different booking platforms instantly.

You also have the option to create your own template and teach Parseur which data to extract. You can create unlimited templates and the email parser will always select the right template.

The parsed data will look like this:

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Data extracted from property bookings

As you can see, Parseur can process emails in different languages and formats.

Step 3: Send the booking data to other applications

Your Parseur account has everything you need! There are different ways to use the parsed data:

Further reading

Extract data from Airbnb emails with Parseur

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about using Parseur to extract booking data from OTA confirmation emails and send it to your spreadsheets, PMS, or other tools.

Parseur extracts the booking fields you need from confirmation emails, including guest name, check-in and check-out dates, number of guests, property or listing name, reservation ID, payout amount, and platform fees. Its built-in AI reads the requested fields from any layout, so you do not need a separate template for each platform.

Parseur can export booking data to Google Sheets using default formulas, download it to JSON or CSV, or push it to thousands of apps through native integrations with Zapier, Make, and Power Automate. You can also send the data directly via API to your PMS, calendar, or CRM.

Yes. Parseur reads booking data from email bodies as well as attached documents, so reservation details delivered as a PDF voucher or attachment are extracted the same way. Forward the email to your Parseur mailbox and the data is captured automatically.

No. Setting up Parseur requires zero coding knowledge. You create a property bookings mailbox, forward your booking emails to it, and the data flows to Google Sheets or other tools, so hosts and property managers can build the workflow themselves.

Parseur is GDPR compliant, which matters when handling guest names and reservation details. Parseur is also SOC 2 Type II in progress, so its security practices are actively being audited.

Parseur supports short-term rental, vacation rental, and hotel booking sites such as Airbnb, Booking.com, VRBO, TripAdvisor Rentals, Priceline, Beds24, Duve, Eviivo, Guesty, and MyAllocator. It can also read Airbnb emails in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.

Yes. Parseur's built-in AI extracts the fields you ask for from any layout, so a redesigned confirmation email from Airbnb or Booking.com does not break your workflow. You do not need to build or maintain a separate template for every format or vendor.

Extraction happens automatically the moment a confirmation email reaches your Parseur mailbox. Set up an auto-forwarding rule from your inbox to your Parseur mailbox so every new booking is parsed and sent to your connected apps in near real time, with no manual step.

Parseur's AI delivers a high degree of accuracy and avoids the errors common to manual data entry. You can optionally review and correct extracted fields as a manual human step before the data is exported, which gives you full control over what reaches your downstream tools.