diff --git a/parsers/ChangeLog b/parsers/ChangeLog
index 8569d9f7..c0e88c51 100644
--- a/parsers/ChangeLog
+++ b/parsers/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ xxx
     * Improvements:
         - muc::user::Item: Added with_ helpers
         - Correct cargo doc warnings
+        - Presence now has constructors for each variant so you don't have to import presence::Type, where Presence::available represents type None (#79)
+        - Presence::with_payload builds a payload into the presence (#79)
     * Breaking changes:
         - Removed the 'serde' feature. Add it directly by using 'jid'.
         `jid = { version = "*", features = ["serde"] }`.
diff --git a/parsers/src/presence.rs b/parsers/src/presence.rs
index fcd81b96..7ceb20cf 100644
--- a/parsers/src/presence.rs
+++ b/parsers/src/presence.rs
@@ -191,6 +191,41 @@ impl Presence {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Create a presence without a type, which means available
+    pub fn available() -> Presence {
+        Self::new(Type::None)
+    }
+
+    /// Builds a presence of type Error
+    pub fn error() -> Presence {
+        Self::new(Type::Error)
+    }
+
+    /// Builds a presence of type Probe
+    pub fn probe() -> Presence {
+        Self::new(Type::Probe)
+    }
+
+    /// Builds a presence of type Subscribe
+    pub fn subscribe() -> Presence {
+        Self::new(Type::Subscribe)
+    }
+
+    /// Builds a presence of type Subscribed
+    pub fn subscribed() -> Presence {
+        Self::new(Type::Subscribed)
+    }
+
+    /// Builds a presence of type Unavailable
+    pub fn unavailable() -> Presence {
+        Self::new(Type::Unavailable)
+    }
+
+    /// Builds a presence of type Unsubscribe
+    pub fn unsubscribe() -> Presence {
+        Self::new(Type::Unsubscribe)
+    }
+
     /// Set the emitter of this presence, this should only be useful for
     /// servers and components, as clients can only send presences from their
     /// own resource (which is implicit).
@@ -224,6 +259,12 @@ impl Presence {
         self
     }
 
+    /// Set a payload inside this presence.
+    pub fn with_payload<P: PresencePayload>(mut self, payload: P) -> Presence {
+        self.payloads.push(payload.into());
+        self
+    }
+
     /// Set the payloads of this presence.
     pub fn with_payloads(mut self, payloads: Vec<Element>) -> Presence {
         self.payloads = payloads;