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Direct bookings, no hot air

We write about what actually costs a holiday rental owner money. With one rule: no figure without its source cited and dated, and if we could not verify something, we say so instead of filling the gap.

Screenshot of the direct-booking website for Villa Blanca Talaia, built with Bellevila from its listing.
Commissions

What a Booking or Airbnb reservation really costs you

Airbnb publishes its host service fees. Booking does not publish a percentage: it puts yours in your contract. Here is where to find it and how to do the maths with your own numbers.

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Screenshot of the Villa Serena Cala Nova website with its gallery and availability search.
Your website

What a holiday rental website in Spain actually needs

A short list of what the law requires you to be able to show, what a traveller looks for in thirty seconds, and what people will try to sell you that you do not need.

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Screenshot of the Villa Marea website with the availability section and direct contact.
Loyalty

The guest is only yours if you have their details

The law requires you to collect and keep the details of every traveller for years. The question is not whether you have them, it is whether you may use them.

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