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How to Set Up Your Shortlet Apartment Business on Lana
Set up your shortlet apartment business on Lana: add your units, photos, nightly and weekly rates, caution deposit and VAT, step by step.
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What you'll learn
Set up your shortlet apartment business on Lana. In this tutorial you'll add your first unit: its name, description, address, amenities and how many guests it sleeps. Then the nightly rate, with weekly and monthly rates entered per night, a refundable caution deposit, and a few photos that Lana resizes so your booking page loads fast. Finally, switch on VAT in Settings if you're VAT-registered; it's added on top of your rate, never on the deposit.
Chapters
Step by step
Your new workspace
This is your new workspace. Nothing is booked yet. That changes once your first unit is in.
Add a unit
Open Units, and tap Add Unit.
Name and details
Give it a name guests will recognise, a short description, the address, what's included, and how many guests it sleeps.
Nightly rates
Then the price for one night. Weekly and monthly rates are per night too: the discounted nightly price, not the total for the week.
Caution deposit
If you take a refundable caution deposit, enter it here.
Photos
Add a few photos. Lana resizes them, so your booking page loads fast.
Save
Tap Add Room, and your unit is ready to book.
VAT, if you charge it
Last, if you're VAT-registered, go to Settings and tick Charge VAT on bookings. Lana adds it on top of your nightly rate, never on the deposit.
Questions
How long does it take to set up a shortlet on Lana?
A couple of minutes per unit: name, details, nightly rate, caution deposit and photos. VAT is one tick in Settings, once.
Should I enter my weekly rate as a total or per night?
Per night. The weekly and monthly fields take the discounted price for one night, not the total for the period. A unit at ₦25,000 a night offering a week for ₦150,000 enters 21,400.
Is VAT added on top of my nightly rate?
Yes. When VAT is switched on it is added on top of the listed rate, and it is never charged on the refundable caution deposit.
Do my photos slow down my booking page?
No. Lana resizes every photo when you upload it and keeps a small preview, so the page loads quickly on a phone.
How do I get a Lana workspace?
Book a demo on the Lana website. New workspaces start on a 30-day free trial.