Booking.com: A Breif History

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Booking.com is one of the world’s largest online travel agencies, offering millions of accommodation options to travelers around the world. The company was founded in 1996, in the Netherlands, and has since grown to become one of the leading players in the online travel industry. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at the … Read more

How do I increase my genius level on booking.com? (Good for hosts to know)

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Booking.com is a leading online platform for booking accommodations, with over 28 million listings worldwide. As a frequent user of the platform, you may be interested in increasing your “genius level.” Here are some tips on how to do so: Make frequent bookings: The more bookings you make on Booking.com, the higher your genius level … Read more

How to rank higher on booking.com

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One of the reasons I prefer booking.com to Airbnb is the huge amount of tools they provide you to help you sell more nights at your property. In this article, I would like to address the specific question of how to rank higher on booking.com’s search results page and include my own experiences of achieving … Read more

Reasons not to host on Airbnb (use these platforms instead)

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This article is about solid, specific reasons to investigate hosting on other platforms, and the problems that there are with just relying on Airbnb with specific reasons. Airbnb’s Vetting Process Airbnb substantially limits your own vetting process for guests. You have to rely on their vetting system, which gives you a microscopic about of information … Read more

21 Things You Can Do Cheaply To Make Your Airbnb Shine

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Guests love thoughtful details. When you stay in a hotel and there are chocolates beside the bed, doesn’t that make you feel good (appreciated)? Yes of course. In this post, I’ve got 40 ideas for you to really make your short term rental shine which is really very inexpensive. And of course, the more you … Read more

10 ways to market your Airbnb (that are guaranteed to work in 2022)

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This article covers 10 different ways to promote your listing on Airbnb that will result in more customers paying higher prices and staying for longer. This is an in-depth article of all of the things that most Airbnb hosts don’t do. They’re leaving money on the table. If you do these things, I would bet … Read more

Check out all your options to bill short rental guests

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Many people don’t realize that you have many options as to how to charge your guests for their stay with your short-term rental. It’s true that with some platforms you only have one option, but generally, this just refers to Airbnb. This article is all about the different ways that you can charge guests and … Read more

21 Common Mistakes Airbnb Hosts Make. Let’s fix them!

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Airbnb hosting isn’t for everyone. Many people think they’ll be able to run an Airbnb business and then struggle. In this article, we examine the common mistakes Airbnb hosts make when they starting out (and when they’ve been doing it for a while) and offer solutions to each problem. 1. Not trying out Airbnb yourself … Read more

How to get more bookings for your short-term rental!

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This is the question I hear everyone asking. “How do I get more bookings on Airbnb”. This article isn’t going to address how to write a great Airbnb profile, that’s covered elsewhere, we’re going to look at expanding your horizons, and then looking at some actionable tips. But really simply, if you want more bookings … Read more

How to get more Bookings on Booking.com in 2022

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Booking.com is by far the most profitable channel for me. Almost 8 out of every 10 of my bookings are from booking.com. They have a fantastic, highly sales focussed infrastructure which includes free promotions, google ads, and more. They have been the largest online travel agency (see this article) for more than two years in … Read more