Listing Language

Haven detects the language of your listing the first time you import it (whether by URL or via a connected PMS like Hospitable) and stores it as the listing's canonical language. From then on, every Haven AI writing assistant — the per-field assistants in your editor, the edit-listing AI chat, and the background enrichment that fills in missing details — generates content in that same language.

The setting is per listing and per landing page. Today it controls AI generation only; existing scalar fields (title, tagline, description, etc.) stay exactly as you wrote them.

Supported Languages

Haven supports five languages for AI generation:

English
Spanish (Español)
French (Français)
Portuguese (Português)
German (Deutsch)

Listings whose language can't be confidently detected — usually because there isn't enough text yet — default to English for AI generation. You can change this any time from the editor.

Where to Find It

Per Listing

Edit listing > Settings > Language

You'll see a single-select list of the five supported languages. The currently selected option is the language your AI writing assistants and enrichment tasks use for this listing.

The same section has a Re-detect from listing content button that runs language detection over your title, tagline, description, and details markdown and updates the setting accordingly. Use this if you've rewritten major sections of the listing in a different language and want Haven AI to follow.

Per Landing Page (Property Group)

Landing page editor > Settings > Language

Landing pages have their own language setting that controls the AI assistants for the page name, tagline, description, the SEO meta description, and the smart property cluster names you see when grouping listings.

When a landing page is created from a set of attached listings, Haven infers its language from the most common language across those member listings. If the listings are split, the most common one wins; ties resolve to the first listing in member order. We deliberately do not recompute this whenever you add or remove a member listing — that would surprise you mid-edit. The Settings panel includes a Re-infer from properties button if you want to refresh it explicitly.

What the Setting Controls

Setting a non-English language conditions every AI prompt Haven sends on this listing's behalf. That includes:

Per-field writing assistants in the listing editor (title, tagline, description, location, welcome text, etc.)
Background enrichment that fills in property details, neighborhood descriptions, welcome text, and the local guide
The edit-listing AI chat, including any copy it proposes when you ask it to update a field
Photo alt text generated for new uploads (helpful for in-language image search)
Auto-complete listing when you run the full AI fill pipeline
Landing page assistants for name, tagline, description, meta description, and smart clusters

What the Setting Does NOT Do

The language setting only affects future AI generation. It deliberately does not:

Translate the existing title, description, or any other scalar field
Translate guest-visible reservation emails (those follow the guest's locale, not the listing's)
Translate the public listing page itself

If you need to update existing content in your new language, edit the fields directly or use an AI assistant in the editor.

Changing the Language

When you switch the listing or landing page language, Haven shows a confirmation modal explaining that the change only affects future AI-generated content. You can cancel from the modal. The change takes effect on the next AI request — no rebuild or background job is required.

Forward Note

This is the first stage of broader multilingual support for Haven. Soon you'll be able to keep a canonical language for your listing AND publish localized versions of the public page (with proper hreflang tags and per-language URLs). For now, keep this setting pinned to the language you actually write your listing in so AI never silently translates your work into English.