# PriceLabs and Volty > Guests on Messenger ask about a short stay, and Volty reads the listing's PriceLabs price and minimum stay, while revenue managers ask where the gaps are. Short-term rental hosts who set prices in PriceLabs let guests asking about a weekend get the listing's current nightly price and minimum stay from PriceLabs itself. Talk to Volty · Free trial Updated 2 Nov 2026 ## A two-night ask on a three-night minimum A guest asks for a short stay. Volty reads the price and minimum stay. BM Brandon Mitchell Messenger · Guest Can we book the Downtown Studio for just Friday and Saturday, Nov 20 and 21? Checked PriceLabs · Downtown Studio · Nov 20 to 23 · $164, $178, $132 · 3-night minimum Volty Hi Brandon, that weekend has a 3-night minimum. Friday to Monday morning is $474 for the 3 nights before cleaning and taxes. Would that work? Yes, let's do that Volty Great. Here's the booking link for Nov 20 to Nov 23 at the Downtown Studio. Google Sheets PriceLabs · Downtown Studio | | Night | Price | Min stay | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2 | Thu Nov 19 | $121 | 2 | | 3 | Fri Nov 20 | $164 | 3 | | 4 | Sat Nov 21 | $178 | 3 | | 5 | Sun Nov 22 | $132 | 3 | Row 3 added by Volty ## What Volty does with PriceLabs PriceLabs is the dynamic pricing and revenue tool many short-term rental managers and small hotels use to set their rates. Volty uses the PriceLabs Customer API, with a key your account owner generates under API Details, for the listings you choose. A guest asking about a long weekend hears the current price and minimum stay, and a revenue manager can ask Volty in team chat which listings have open nights coming up. - The price PriceLabs set today · Each night is read from the listing's PriceLabs prices, overrides included. - Minimum stay checks · A request shorter than the minimum gets dates that fit. - Open nights for the team · Staff ask which listings have gaps and get the list. - Overrides approved by revenue · A date override drafted in team chat reaches PriceLabs only after the revenue manager says yes. Connects with PriceLabs Customer API, owner-generated key Volty reads Listings, nightly prices, minimum stays, reservations Volty can change Date-specific overrides, revenue manager approves Setup Our team, with the account owner Category Hospitality, food & events A Friday-Saturday ask meets a three-night minimum, and Volty offers the Monday checkout instead. ### Where are the gaps A revenue manager asks Volty before the weekly pricing review. Revenue Volty · Team chat MP Monica Patel Which listings have two or more open nights in the next 10 days? Checked PriceLabs · 18 listings · open nights Nov 2 to 11 VoltyAPP Four do: Downtown Studio (3 nights), River Loft (2), Oak Street 2BR (4) and Garden Suite (2). Oak Street has the longest gap, Nov 8 to 11. ## As an automation Describe it to Volty in a sentence; it drafts the automation and an admin turns it on. Weekly gap report - When · Monday, before the pricing review · Volty pulls the 10-day window - Step 1 · Counts unbooked nights · Per listing, with today's price - Step 2 · Ranks the longest gaps · Oak Street first, in the Revenue thread - Step 3 · Drafts an override if asked · Held for the revenue manager A one-night return visit answered with the nights that actually fit. ## How Volty connects to PriceLabs PriceLabs offers a self-serve Customer API key, billed by PriceLabs per syncing listing. Our team builds the custom connection on that key, and an admin approves it in Volty first. - 01 · Generate the key · In PriceLabs, the account owner opens Account Settings, then API Details, and clicks Get PriceLabs API Key. - 02 · Know the PriceLabs charge · PriceLabs bills $1 per listing per month for listings syncing through the API. That is PriceLabs' fee, separate from Volty. - 03 · Pick the listings · Volty reads prices, minimum stays and reservations for the listings you name. - 04 · Approve and switch · An admin approves the connection in Volty. Add date override starts Off. ### The tools Volty gets Each one is a switch on the Sources page in Volty. - Match listing · Reads - Read prices for dates · Reads - Read minimum stay · Reads - List open nights · Reads - Add date override · Changes Reading tools can be turned on straight away. Anything that changes PriceLabs starts Off, and once on it can be set to check with staff, so each change waits for a colleague. ## Common questions ### How is the PriceLabs API key created, and what does PriceLabs charge for it? In PriceLabs, an account owner opens Account Settings, then API Details, and clicks Get PriceLabs API Key. PriceLabs charges $1 per listing per month for listings syncing through the API in a billing month. That charge is PriceLabs' own and separate from Volty. ### How fresh are the prices Volty quotes? Volty reads the listing's prices from PriceLabs when the guest asks. PriceLabs refreshes its recommended prices about once a day, and date-specific overrides you set take effect in what Volty reads. Volty tells the guest the final price shows at checkout. ### Can staff add a date override from team chat? PriceLabs supports date-specific overrides through its API, so we can agree an override tool for your workspace. It starts Off. Set it to Check with staff and the revenue manager approves each one before PriceLabs sees it. ### How much does it cost to connect PriceLabs with Volty? Every Volty plan includes seats, active contacts and AI credits and starts with a free 7-day trial, and the plan prices are on voltade.com/pricing. Meta bills message charges separately for WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger. ## Related integrations - Beyond Pricing Hospitality, food & events - Hostfully Hospitality, food & events - Breezeway Hospitality, food & events - Cloudbeds Hospitality, food & events - Facebook Messenger Messaging channels All integrations ## Start your free trial Talk to Volty · Start your free trial Sign up for our 7-day trial. No credit card needed. ## Not convinced? Hear more from our CEO and Volty The Leonard and Volty Show · 8 October 2026 ### Meta now charges for WhatsApp replies The Leonard and Volty Show · 1 October 2026 ### Too busy to hire? The Leonard and Volty Show · 21 September 2026 ### From $500 chatbot jobs to agentic AI The Leonard and Volty Show · 10 September 2026 ### Your AI is a new employee The Leonard and Volty Show · 4 September 2026 ### Trust in the AI world The Leonard and Volty Show · 29 August 2026 ### Does the AI model matter? The Leonard and Volty Show · 19 August 2026 ### What are AI agents? Meta now charges for WhatsApp replies. Here's what it means for your business, 8 October 2026 ## Links - [Hospitality, food & events](https://voltade.com/integrations?category=hospitality) - [Beyond PricingHospitality, food & events](https://voltade.com/integrations/beyond-pricing) - [HostfullyHospitality, food & events](https://voltade.com/integrations/hostfully) - [BreezewayHospitality, food & events](https://voltade.com/integrations/breezeway) - [CloudbedsHospitality, food & events](https://voltade.com/integrations/cloudbeds) - [Facebook MessengerMessaging channels](https://voltade.com/integrations/meta-messenger) - [All integrations](https://voltade.com/integrations)