Who is looking for promote your local accommodation, knows that there are various sites and platforms where you can effectively put a advertisement so that you can, with great ease, increase the visibility of your accommodation and consequently the number of reservations.
The truth is that there are so many websites, that often renters end up just putting their accommodation in one or two they think are the best to achieve their goals.
This way, we indicate the best sites and platforms to promote your accommodation.
You do not have to place an ad at all, but if you do, it will increase your stays dramatically.
The best sites to promote accommodation
Anyone who has a local accommodation knows that if there are no clients, business will not go well.
Nowadays, word of mouth is no longer enough for them to exhaust on most days.
Therefore, place a well-structured ad on a booking site, may be the impetus for exhaust your reservations.
Get to know some of the platforms where you should place your ads.
1 - Airbnb
Airbnb is an online community service that allows people to discover and book accommodation for their travels. It is a platform that allows the search and reservation between the host and the tourist who seeks accommodation for their travels. Here you can place an ad to rent a property or part of it.
Airbnb is a platform created in 2008 that allows the placement of a local accommodation advertisement (whichever it is) so that it can be rented by tourists from all over the world.
It currently covers over 500,000 listings in more than 35,000 cities and 192 countries.
In the first 4 years of activity, more than 10 million reservations were made.
It can be a great way to leverage your business.
How can you become a host?
To become an Airbnb host simply click on "Become a Host" and then "Host a house".
Airbnb will give you all the tips to build your ad, how to handle reservations, check-in and payment and how best to receive guests.
Airbnb Commission
Place your ad on Airbnb is free, and for each reservation Airbnb is 3% of the host service charge.
However there are other fees charged to the guest, keep this in mind because it will affect the final rental value.
Visit Airbnb!
2 - Booking
Booking is probably one of the most well-known temporary rental sites in the world, and there are few places for accommodation that do not have a record on this platform.
It was founded in 1996 in Amsterdam, and what started as a small Dutch start-up has grown to become one of the world's largest e-commerce companies in the field of travel.
The Booking platform is available in more than 40 languages and offers 1,496,665 accommodation and covers 121,991 destinations in 228 countries and territories around the world.
This is undoubtedly one of the best sites to promote accommodation and increase the number of clients.
Commission Booking
Putting the ad on the Booking is also free, and for each reservation the Booking is 15% of the host service charge.
Visit Booking!
3 - HomeAway
HomeAway is billed as a global network sites, which offers owners a way to advertise their accommodations and provides travelers with more comfortable experiences with more privacy and lower costs than traditional hotels and lodges.
HomeAway is a company founded in 2006 and belongs to the HomeAway.Inc Group.
It has monthly over 44 million visitors on all its websites that aim to lease a vacation home.
There are currently more than 2,000,000 vacation homes for rent in 190 countries, and operates on 50 websites in more than 23 languages.
If you want to increase the number of visitors, promoting the accommodation on this site is a great option.
How can you become a host?
Click in "Advertise your property"And you can create an ad with an interactive map, reservation calendar and photos. All booking requests are made to the host, who can exchange messages with the client.
HomeAway Holiday Rentals
The HomeAway has two payment methods:
a) For each confirmed reservation, where he pays 8% commission;
b) Annual payment, from € 199, where it has a flat rate, unlimited requests and reservations.
If you do not know which one is right for you, the HomeAway website has a simulator that allows you to put the price you want to charge for your property, the number of days you want to rent and calculate how much you will have to pay in commissions.
According to the value, the same suggests a modality of payment.
Visit HomeAway!
4 - Warmrental
Warmrental is a website for renting villas and apartments for short stays. Created with the goal of reaching the new generation of travelers that no longer searches only hotels or pensions as accommodation, this is an easy to use site with real-time availability.
Although it is not an accommodation platform with the same dimensions as those indicated above, Warmrental is also a very interesting option to promote accommodation.
Visit WarmRental!
5 - Rentalia
Rentalia is also a platform dedicated to the promotion of holiday accommodation and its main objective is to facilitate communication between the owner and the client.
House Rentalia
Become a host by clicking on "Add Accommodation"And choose one of the payment plans.
According to your choice, it will be defined how you will advertise your property.
Rentalia has three types of subscription: Classic, Premium and Platinum.
Classic - includes a free month and allows the publication of photos in unlimited number, translation of the advertisement in 7 languages and communication by email with potential clients.
Premium - allows the publication of the advertisement with unlimited photos, communication by email with travelers, make online booking, register various properties and allows you to have SMS alerts when receiving a contact.
On the other hand, Rentalia cobra 10% commission for each reservation.
Platinum - modality of annual payment (€ 195) which in addition to include all the advantages of the above modalities, allows for telephone communication with customers, publishing a featured offer and appear at the top of the search.
Visit Rentalia!
6 - Wimdu
Although not widely known in Portugal, Wimdu is one of the largest online privately-owned privately-owned online hosting platforms and was established in 2011.
It currently has more than 350,000 properties in more than 150 countries and has more than 2.5 million bookings made worldwide, totaling more than 10 million past nights.
Visit Wimdu!
There are several platforms you can use to promote hosting, not needing to restrict yourself to the more common platforms.
Put your house in the mouths of the world and increase your revenues considerably.
