Grow your vacation rental business with Booking.com

Becoming a Booking.com host goes beyond providing a welcoming place to stay for travelers 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

vacation rental guests since 2010

2/3

of vacation rental guests return to book with us again

48%

of nights booked by travelers 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 travelers before your first Booking.com guest leaves a 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 set-up to attract more guests.
Ratings
Get discovered fast with our innovative quality rating system that helps travelers find your property even if you don’t have any guest reviews yet.

Host with ease and efficiency

Easy property import

Quickly import your vacation rental info 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 program*, which adds flexibility to some of your existing cancellation policies to attract more guests. If a guest books but then cancels, we’ll look for a replacement.

*Eligibility for the program depends on certain conditions

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

Zoey Berghoff

Vacation rental host, US

Parley Rose

Vacation rental owner, UK

Stay in 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 neighbors up to €/$/£1,000,000 for every reservation.
Understand what and who 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 you accept 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 have 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 only takes 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 total control over your property, past and upcoming reservations, and guest communications.

Pulse. Stay organized 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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questions?

We operate on a commission-based model, where you pay a set percentage on each reservation, including non-refundable bookings, which will be charged whether or not a guest stays. You'll receive a monthly invoice via email. You can pay in single monthly installments. Find additional details and payment history under the Extranet’s “Finance” tab. Learn more about commission at Booking.com.
Before travelers can find and book your property on our platform, you have to complete all the registration steps. Once your status is set to open/bookable, you can see your property page on our platform as available for bookings. Learn more about becoming open/bookable.
After listing your property, you’ll need to confirm your property’s location to verify it exists, and to ensure guests can find it easily to provide them with a positive experience. We use different methods to confirm your property’s location based on your property type and location. If your property’s location remains unverified, we’ll temporarily close your property, meaning 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 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 potential income loss. 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 info 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, where guests are required to send a booking request 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 don’t finish right away. We’ll inform you periodically if anything is missing so 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 you’ve already received must be honored. Learn more about snoozing your listing.