{"id":220,"date":"2022-11-18T00:14:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T08:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/?p=220"},"modified":"2025-07-10T19:20:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T02:20:06","slug":"auto-reply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/auto-reply\/","title":{"rendered":"How to automatically reply to guest inquiries?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Effective and fast communication is essential to successfully renting out your property. Guests expect prompt replies to questions and queries, and the speed of hosts\u2019 responses will directly impact the ranking of their listings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Hostex&#8217;s smart messaging system, you can automate guest messages, and save up to 70% of your daily communication work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to set an auto-reply?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click the <strong>Automated Messaging<\/strong> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/hostex.io\/app\/automation\/messaging\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Automation<\/a> section.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the <strong>\uff0b<\/strong> button to create a rule.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create an <strong>AI Recognition<\/strong> or <strong>Keyword Matching<\/strong> rule.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Save your rule.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-40-1024x546.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-40-1024x546.png 1024w, https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-40-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-40-768x409.png 768w, https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-40.png 1417w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"610\" src=\"https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-36-1024x610.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-36-1024x610.png 1024w, https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-36-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-36-768x457.png 768w, https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-36.png 1179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hostex.io<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things to keep in mind&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>When you set a delay in sending a message rule, if there are other replies during the delayed period, they will no longer be sent.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When auto-reply is enabled, if multiple rules are hit, the system will only choose one rule randomly to execute.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can click the \u201cTest this rule&#8221; button to check the accuracy of the AI Recognition while setting the inquiry question.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"544\" height=\"874\" src=\"https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-37.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-914\" style=\"width:295px;height:474px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-37.png 544w, https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-37-187x300.png 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-hostex-support-center wp-block-embed-hostex-support-center\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"uqhKCRcpWi\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/send-messages-automatically\/\">How to automatically send messages to guests?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; 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Guests expect prompt replies to questions and queries, and the speed of hosts\u2019 responses will directly impact the ranking of their listings. With Hostex&#8217;s smart messaging system, you can automate guest messages, and save up to 70% of your daily communication work. How [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,47,31,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inbox","category-automated-tools","category-messages","category-automations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1496,"href":"https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions\/1496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}