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A door code for every guest, not just Airbnb's

Vrbo and Booking.com don't make codes for you. Make a dated code in your lock's app instead: put in the stay and get the exact times to set, the message to send and a reminder to delete it. Nothing leaves this phone.

Set this in your lock's app

  1. Open the lock's app, add a guest or temporary code, and pick the scheduled or dated option.
  2. Type the start and end above. Pick a code you've never used at this house.
  3. Name it after the guest and the dates, so you can find it later.
  4. If your app has no end date for a code, use the reminder below and delete it yourself.

The message to send

Swap [CODE] for the code after you paste. This page never asks for it, so a code never sits in a template every guest would get.
Is paid software worth it for me?

Rental software can make these codes for every booking on every site. It usually costs about $4 to $10 a lock a month, and many also need a paid plan for the whole account. Put in your numbers:

Price range from the per-lock prices on several rental-software and lock-service pages, seen Nov 11 2026. The $30 account plan is a placeholder: put in the real price of the software you're looking at. Moving Airbnb onto that software turns off Airbnb's free direct lock link. Airbnb Help 4163

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