Guides for vacation rental owners
Practical, fact-checked guides on direct bookings, platform fees, guest registration and running your rental — every number with its source.
How to get your holiday rental found on Google without paying for ads
Why a holiday home can’t have a Business Profile, how vacation rentals reach Google, and what you control on your own site — with a live Google result preview.
Read the guideWhat a good holiday rental website needs: a 10-point checklist
Ten points that turn a visit into a paid booking — from the full price up front to secure payment, a synced calendar and legal pages — with a score tool for your site.
Read the guide →Security deposits for holiday rentals: card hold or charge and refund?
What Airbnb and Booking.com allow, card hold versus charge and refund, how long a hold lasts, what each costs, and a planner for your own stays.
Read the guide →How to sync Airbnb, Booking.com and your own website without double bookings
How iCal links work, how long each platform takes to notice a booking, a double-booking simulator and five ways to close the gap.
Read the guide →Verifactu for holiday rental owners: does it apply to you?
Who has to use Verifactu from 2027 and who doesn’t, a one-minute checker, how the invoice chain works, the two modes, VAT and fines.
Read the guide →SES.Hospedajes step by step: how to register your guests in Spain
Sign up for SES.Hospedajes in four steps, the data to collect from every guest, a 24-hour deadline calculator, fines and the rules in Catalonia and the Basque Country.
Read the guide →Airbnb, Booking.com or your own website: what a €1,000 booking really costs
What you keep from €1,000 on Airbnb, Booking.com and your own website — extras like Genius and Payments by Booking, card fees, payout timing and a live simulator.
Read the guide →Direct bookings: how to stop paying 15% to Airbnb and Booking.com
How to take bookings without the 15% commission: a fee calculator, why platforms can no longer ban cheaper direct prices, and six ways to get direct bookings.
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