Verify Airbnb with a +1 number, and let guests, cleaners and repair people call you in an app wherever you live.
Hosts who live abroad and rent out a US home use a US virtual number for Airbnb's phone verification and for calls from guests, cleaners and repair people. The TripoSIM number receives Airbnb's 4-digit code, and TripoSIM tested Airbnb on October 3, 2026. It cannot send texts, so answer guests in Airbnb messages.
Airbnb asks hosts to verify a phone number before listing, and guests before booking. It uses that number for sign-in codes and for contact during a trip. If you live in Europe, the Gulf or Asia and host a place in Florida or Arizona, the people who keep the listing running are all in the US: guests, cleaners, a handyman, the neighbors. A +1 number is the one they expect to call.
The TripoSIM US Virtual Number runs in an app on your phone over Wi-Fi or mobile data. Calls ring like normal calls, and callers leave a voicemail when you are asleep.
When you verify a phone, Airbnb texts you a 4-digit code. The TripoSIM number receives it in the app. On desktop:
For two-factor authentication, Airbnb lets you pick a text or a phone call for the passcode, and the number takes both. Airbnb requires two-factor for hosts in the European Economic Area. Do this at home, before the season starts. The Airbnb guide has every step and what to do if a code does not arrive.
After a reservation is accepted, Airbnb shows the phone numbers on your account to the guest. For eligible reservations in the US and Canada, Airbnb may assign temporary numbers instead, so neither side sees the real one. Airbnb says they work for calls and texts until 48 hours after checkout, and WhatsApp is not supported on them. Its help page on temporary numbers explains how they connect.
| Caller | Why they call | What helps |
|---|---|---|
| Guests before arrival | Directions, parking, check-in time | Answer in Airbnb messages, so the details stay in the trip thread |
| Guests during a stay | Wi-Fi, appliances, something not working | A house manual answers most of it; your local contact handles visits |
| Cleaners | Access, damage found, supplies running low | A fixed call after each turnover |
| Repair people | Quotes, timing, getting in | Quotes and invoices by email as well |
| Neighbors or the HOA | Noise, parking, building rules | Your greeting says when you call back |
Pick an area code near the rental, so local callers see a familiar number; the area code guide lists them. Record a greeting with your name, the listing, the hours you call back in US time and your local contact for urgent problems. Voicemail messages can be up to 2 minutes, up to 30 a month, kept 30 days.
The number receives texts from US and Canadian senders, so you see a guest's or cleaner's message in the app. You cannot answer a text from it. Plan around that:
The TripoSIM number cannot call 911. Your guests call the US emergency number from their own phones, so put the full street address in the house manual where they can find it fast. Then plan two more things:
Calls guests and cleaners make to you are included up to a fair use of 300 minutes a month. Only calls you make, such as calling a cleaner back, use your 300 minutes to the US and Canada. Each outgoing call is rounded up to the next full minute; unanswered calls are free. Three typical hosts, worked out for a year:
| Example | Calls out to the US and Canada | Extra minutes | One year on the yearly plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| One listing | 3 calls a week, 5 minutes each: about 65 minutes a month | None: within the included minutes | $100 |
| Two listings in high season | 8 calls a week, 6 minutes each: about 208 minutes a month | None: within the included minutes | $100 |
| Plus repairs | the same, plus 2 calls a week of 15 minutes: about 338 minutes a month | 5 × $5 = $25 a year | $125 |
Incoming calls do not use your minutes (fair use 300 minutes a month). Each plan includes 300 minutes a month out; extra minutes are $5 per 100, and unused extra minutes carry over to the next month, so the year counts the packs for all 12 months together. Prices before tax.
The monthly plan is $12.99 with the same minutes, if you only host part of the year. Try your own numbers in the cost calculator. Have more than one listing? The same person can have as many TripoSIM US numbers as they like on one account, each with its own plan, minutes and voicemail greeting.
Two plans with the same number, minutes and app.
$100per year
About $8.33 a month, paid once a year
Renews yearly until you cancel
$12.99per month
Cancel the renewal anytime. $155.88 over 12 months
Renews monthly until you cancel
Prices in US dollars as published by TripoSIM. Payments are not refunded, except a full refund if your ID check fails or your number is not delivered within 72 hours, or where local law requires. Checkout continues on TripoSIM. Right after payment you complete an ID check with a selfie, then choose from the numbers available.