Creating, Editing, and Publishing a Listing

A listing goes from draft to live in three moves: build it, submit it, and let the automated check publish it. This guide covers each one, what to do if the check turns something up, and how to change a listing that's already live.

Creating a listing

Open Listings in your host dashboard and click the + button. If you don't have any listings yet, the page shows a Create New Listing button instead. You'll be asked how you want to start:

• Import from Book Yoga Retreats to bring an existing listing across
• Duplicate an existing listing, which only appears once you already have one
• Create from scratch

Creating from scratch opens a step-by-step editor with the sections in order: Intro, Accommodation, Retreat Type, Location, Requirements, Itinerary, Food & Drinks, Extras, Inclusions, Booking Conditions, How to Get There, Photos and SEO. Each section unlocks when the one before it is complete. Your work saves automatically, and Save Draft is always there if you want to stop and come back. A draft isn't visible to guests, but you can open a preview from your Listings page to see how it will look.

Submitting for review

When every section is complete, Submit for Review appears. Submitting runs an automated check on the listing. It looks for the essentials: a name, introduction and location, at least four photos, a cancellation policy, a linked accommodation, session dates or a date range, at least one category, a way for guests to contact you, and map coordinates. It also checks the wording against Finding Retreats' content rules.

There are three possible results:

• Approved. The listing is published immediately and you get an email and an in-app notification.
• Flagged. Something needs a second look, so a member of the team reviews it and you're notified when they decide.
• Rejected. One or more required checks failed. See the next section.

If your listing is rejected

On your Listings page, click View Details on the rejected listing. You'll see an Issues to fix list, and each issue has a Fix it link straight to the section that needs attention. When you've fixed them, click Fix and Resubmit. Fixing everything on the list in one go matters, because three rejections of the same listing within 24 hours pauses submissions for 12 hours.

Editing a live listing

You can change a published listing at any time. Finding Retreats keeps your current version live for guests while you work on a draft copy, and the editor shows a banner to remind you. When you're happy with the changes, submit again. The same automated check runs, and if it passes, your updates replace the live version straight away. Your Listings page shows a View Live link while a draft copy is open, and every earlier version is kept under Version History in the editor.

Related help

For the screens step by step, see Create your first retreat, Edit a retreat listing and Preview your retreat listing in the Help Centre. To keep a live listing in good standing, see Maintain listing quality.