What’s the difference between a co-host and hosting team?

There are two ways to get extra support hosting on Airbnb: hosting teams and co-hosts. A hosting team usually manages a listing owner’s place, their guests, and their online listing. It may be a business or team of people that you have a legal contract with. A co-host is often a friend or family member acting alone.

To help you choose, here are the differences between co-hosts and hosting teams:

Appearing as the primary host

• Co-hosts can be assigned to appear as the primary host by the listing owner, who is the primary host by default. In this case, guests are shown the co-host’s profile on the listing page.
• A hosting team won’t appear as the primary host; in this case, the listing owner is shown as the primary host.

Reviewing transaction history

• Co-hosts don’t have access to the transaction history at any time.
• A hosting team will have access to the entire transaction history for the listing.

Controlling listing access

• Co-hosts need to be invited one at a time, but you can have more than one. They will all be able to perform the same actions.
• All hosting team members with certain permissions will have access to manage your listing after you invite one person from a hosting team.