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Booking.com
25 posts on the RentTools blog tagged Booking.com.
Who collects tourist tax on Airbnb, Booking.com, and Vrbo (2026)
A practical map of where Airbnb, Booking.com, and Vrbo auto-collect tourist tax — and where they leave you on the hook. Rates by US city and EU country.
airbnbbooking-com
Short-term rental insurance: what AirCover doesn't cover
AirCover and damage deposits aren't insurance. What a real short-term rental policy covers — property, liability, lost income — and what it costs per year.
host-tipsairbnb
Seasonal pricing math: turn your booking history into a rate ladder
Most hosts charge one rate all year. Build a seasonality index from your own occupancy, turn it into monthly rate multipliers, and stop leaking margin.
pricinghost-tips
Same-day booking math: when the last-minute reservation is a trap
When a same-day Airbnb or Booking.com reservation is worth accepting and when it costs you a 3-star review. Cleaning slack, review-score drag, and the 3-hour rule that beats "always say yes."
host-tipspricing
Overbooking relocation cost: what it costs to walk a guest
When you can't honor a booking, walking the guest means paying the price difference for comparable accommodation. Three worked scenarios and the real bill.
double-bookingsbooking-com
Orphan nights: the gap-night revenue your minimum stay strands
A worked calc of how many nights a 3-night minimum strands as unbookable gaps each year — and the gap-only exception that recovers them without 1-night chaos.
host-tipspricing
Off-season math: close the listing or stay open?
Closing for the low season doesn't stop the insurance, the internet or the standing charges. The per-night contribution math on when staying open pays.
pricinghost-tips
iCal checkout day blocked? The off-by-one bug eating your nights
Your calendar syncs fine but the checkout day shows as booked on the other platform. Why iCal's exclusive DTEND and timezone drift quietly block a night you could sell.
calendar-syncical
Direct booking website math: when escaping OTA commission pays off
A worked P&L on Airbnb's host cut vs a direct site's 3% Stripe fee — and the repeat-guest rate that decides whether your own booking page pays off.
host-tipspricing
DAC7: Airbnb and Booking.com now report your income to the tax office
Since 2023 Airbnb and Booking.com hand every EU host's income to the tax authority under DAC7 — and rentals get no small-host exemption. Here's exactly what they send.
airbnbbooking-com
Chargeback on a direct booking: the host's win-the-dispute playbook
A guest disputed your direct booking with their bank. The reason codes hosts actually face, the evidence that wins, and the $15 fee you pay either way.
host-tipspricing
Booking lead time math: why an empty calendar isn't an emergency
How far ahead your bookings actually land, how to read your own pickup curve, and the pace test that says whether an empty calendar means discount — or just wait.
pricinghost-tips