Booking.com

The latest developments in Booking.com’s hotel alternatives business, from holiday rentals and self-catered accommodations, B&Bs and villas. This category provides vacation rental managers and short-term rental managers with valuable insights into Booking.com’s extranet tools, cancellation policies, host payout structures, and sustainability programs. Stay informed on Booking.com’s travel trends and financial performance to make the most of this platform’s vast reach in the short-term rental market.

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FinTech by Booking, Revolut Stays, Dtravel: Payment solution hype vs real-world problems

Thibault Masson

The topic of payment is so important that Airbnb, and now Booking.com, have set up entire FinTech units. Things are ...

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Airbnb and Booking targets of G7 push for higher taxes for multinationals and EU focus on restraining gatekeepers

Thibault Masson

Property managers and vacation rental owners operate businesses that are fundamentally local. As such, they pay taxes in the cities, ...

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US vacation rental boom favors Vrbo while Booking.com falls short due to lack of inventory.

Thibault Masson

Both Expedia Group (Vrbo’s parent company) and Booking Holdings (which includes Booking.com) have released their Q1 2021 financial performance. Neither ...

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How to prevent parties at vacation rentals (with Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo tips)

Thibault Masson

Vacation rental owners and managers are bracing for a rise in unauthorized parties at their properties for New Year’s Eve. ...

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Minimum Cleanliness Score: Booking.com to de-rank and de-list dirty properties

Thibault Masson

Booking.com has launched a new procedure targeting less than clean vacation rentals and short-term rentals. What should you make of ...

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Should you list on Airbnb + Booking.com + Vrbo/Expedia?

Thibault Masson

As the Airbnb IPO is upon us, data companies have been gathering insights from different angles to help investors price ...

Travel Trends 2021 post-Covid

Travel Trends 2021 post-Covid 19: What Booking.com’s predictions mean for short-term rentals

Thibault Masson

We’ve looked at the nine 2021 travel trends predicted by online travel agency Booking.com. For each of them, we’ve analyzed ...

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Inclusive Travel: Booking.com Launches its Travel Proud Program

Thibault Masson

Booking’s mission to make it easier for everyone to experience the world just got bolder. This online travel agency wants ...

Booking.com weekly monthly rate plans

Booking.com launches weekly and monthly rental rates to cater to the needs of short-term rental operators

Thibault Masson

Will we soon be able to reserve monthly rentals on Booking.com? On August 25, 2020, the company announced that it ...

How to sync your Airbnb calendar with Vrbo and Booking.com with iCal

How To Sync Your Airbnb Calendar With Vrbo And Booking.Com With ICal

Adrienne Fors

If you’re considering listing your vacation rental on more than one site, you may be wondering how you can prevent ...

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While Booking.com launches a “Work-Friendly Program” for homes and apartments, Airbnb reduces Airbnb for Work into a more nimble “Laptop-Friendly Workspace” requirement.

Thibault Masson

Vacation rentals have been great places where to work for a very long time. Witness Ian Fleming’s Goldeneye villa in ...

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Airbnb, Booking, Expedia, and Trip endorse WTTC’s Safe Travels protocols for Short-Term Rentals

Thibault Masson

This is no small feat: Getting arch-rivals Airbnb, Booking, Expedia, Trip to agree to have a common stance on something. ...

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Property managers found Vrbo’s response to COVID-19 crisis the best, while trust in Airbnb collapses, Survey finds

Adrienne Fors

This survey is a snapshot taken in late March, at the peak of the havoc created by the coronavirus COVID-19 ...

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Covid-19: Booking.com rolls out Health, Safety, and Cleaning guidelines and mentions on property pages

Adrienne Fors

Booking.com is now allowing its partners to indicate on their listings which health and safety, physical distancing, and food safety ...

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5 Tips to Land a Job at Booking.com’s Homes and Apartments Division

Thibault Masson

I had the pleasure to speak at several vacation rental industry events, such as the VRMA National Conference in Phoenix and the ...

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Booking.Yeah: Why my joining Booking.com Homes & Apartments division could be good for you

Thibault Masson

If you have been a subscriber to the RentalPreneurs newsletter or a member of the RentalScaleup Club, you may not ...