Grow your holiday rental business with Booking.com

Becoming a Booking.com host goes beyond providing a welcoming place to stay for travellers worldwide. It empowers you to run a unique and fulfilling business – on your terms.

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Host a global customer base

45%

of partners get their first booking within a week

1.1 billion +

holiday rental guests since 2010

2/3

of holiday rental guests return to book with us again

48%

of nights booked by travellers at the end of 2022 were for international stays

Charming lofts host managing property listing

Host your first guests fast

Review scores
Convert and display your property’s review scores from other websites to attract travellers before your first Booking.com guest leaves their review.
New partner label
Stand out in search results with the ‘New to Booking.com’ label on your property.
Property checklist
Our listing strength checklist helps you complete your property setup to attract more guests.
Ratings
Get discovered quickly with our innovative quality rating system which helps travellers find your property even if you don’t have any guest reviews yet.

Host with ease and efficiency

Easy property import

Quickly import your holiday rental information from other travel sites.

Robust support

We offer customer support in 45 languages and provide partners with our booking management app, Pulse.

Streamlined work

Manage your property efficiently by working with one of our 600+ trusted Connectivity providers.

Flexibility

Sell up to 30% more nights with the Smart Flex Reservations programme*, which adds flexibility to some of your existing cancellation policies to attract more guests. If a guest books and then cancels, we’ll look for a replacement.

*Eligibility for the programme is dependent on certain conditions

There’s a huge amount of international traffic and exposure that comes from Booking.com. Even though we are listed on multiple channels, the majority of our traction comes from Booking.com.

Zoey Berghoff

Holiday rental host, USA

Parley Rose

Holiday rental owner, UK

Keep control of your property and finances

Get guaranteed payouts and fraud protection with Payments by Booking.com.
For extra reassurance, let us facilitate damage payment requests on your behalf in case of damage.*
Protection against liability claims from guests and neighbours up to €/$/£1,000,000 for every reservation.
Understand what and whom you’re paying with transparent commission.
Choose how you prefer to receive bookings – either by letting guests book instantly, or by reviewing booking requests before accepting them with Request to Book.

*Damage payment requests up to €/$/£500 facilitated via Payments by Booking.com.

Become a host in four easy steps

1

Add your property’s name and location. Be sure to pinpoint it accurately on the map!

2

Describe facilities and amenities. Do you offer a pool? A garden? An espresso machine? Mention it!

3

Upload property photos. Capture guest attention with high-quality images.

4

Update pricing and availability. Set your property’s nightly rate, select your calendar options and more.

Registration is free and takes only 15 minutes to complete. For more information, here's all you need to know about setting up your property listing.

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Get the most out of your property with our tools

Simplify your hosting experience with our professional tools

Extranet. Our administrative dashboard gives you complete control over your property, past and upcoming reservations, and guest communications.

Pulse. Stay organised and easily communicate on the go with our free and easy-to-use app, available on iOS and Android.

Partner Hub. Use our partner resources to get support, hosting tips, industry insights, and expert advice to help you meet your goals.

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We operate on a commission-based model, where you pay a set percentage on each reservation, including non-refundable bookings, which will be charged regardless of guest stay. You'll receive a monthly invoice via email and payment can be conveniently made in a single monthly instalment, with additional details and payment history accessible in the 'Finance' tab of your extranet. Learn more about commission at Booking.com.
Before travellers can find and book your property on our platform, you must complete all essential registration steps. Once your status is set to open/bookable, you can see your property page on our platform as available for booking. Learn more about becoming open/bookable.
After listing your property, you’ll need to confirm your property’s location to make sure guests can easily find it on arrival and verify that it exists to provide guests with a positive experience. We use different methods to confirm your property’s location based on your property type and property location. If your property’s location remains unverified, we’ll temporarily close your property and you won’t be able to receive new bookings. Learn more about verifying your property’s location.
We have teams dedicated to creating, maintaining and improving controls to mitigate and prevent fraudulent bookings. There are also measures that you can take to protect your business and ways to report a suspected fake booking.

To make sure you receive real bookings from real people, you can set up your property to only accept reservations from bookers with a verified phone number and/or home address. Cancellation policies and fees can also help protect you from a potential loss of income. Learn more about identifying, preventing and reporting fake bookings.
You can add a variety of content to give your listing more detail and make it more attractive to potential guests. We use your facilities, location details and other items from your property information to auto-generate a property description containing the most relevant information for potential guests. Learn more about updating your property page.
In most cases, once your status is set to open/bookable, you can see your property page on our platform available for bookings, starting with the first day you set available in your calendar. If you prefer to have more control over your bookings, depending on your property type you may be able to use the Request to Book feature, with which guests are required to send a booking request that you can accept or decline. Read more about it and the eligibility criteria here.
You can come back to your registration at a later time if you do not finish in one go. We will inform you periodically if anything is missing, so that you can successfully complete your registration. Click here to continue your registration.
You can pause (snooze) your listing for specific periods after finishing your registration and going open/bookable. However, any bookings that you have already received must be honoured. Learn more about snoozing your listing.