12 Booking.com Hacks Every Host Should Know | Serviced Accommodation UK

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Airbnb and Serviced Accommodation Hosts. Let me start this video by saying Booking. com doesn’t care about you or your business 😬. None of the booking sites do. Their list of priorities is themselves first ☝, guests second ✌ and us hosts last 🤏. Never mind cash cows, they see us as commission cows. They call us partners but we’re really just numbers that exist to house “their” guests 🙄.

But as much as I hate to admit it we need them, definitely not as much as they need us but we need them nonetheless. But let’s be clear. They work for us, not the other way around 💪.

In this video I’m going to show you some hacks and optimisations to use on Booking. com to make your life easier and your business better.

Now if you’re Mr or Mrs perfect and want to let Booking. com keep optimising your listing for their guests at your expense then this video isn’t for you. But if you’re willing to bend a few rules and think this giant is fair game then keep watching.

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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:58 - How to encourage family stays and discourage parties at the same time
02:14 - How to see a guests previous Booking. com history
03:09 - How to get cashback on your booking. com commission payments
03:38 - How to use your Booking. com listing to get direct bookings
04:26 - The incredible power of group listings
05:18 - How to hack the "Genius" programme
06:06 - How to use the Booking. com promos without reducing your rates
06:27 - How to categorise your property to show up in more searches
06:57 - How to hide your property's exact address
07:17 - How to appear higher in search result rankings
08:14 - How to convert Booking. com bookings to direct

[kcgl]

Thank you for the tip about children rates. Brilliant. Do you still have access to guest's history when you click the name? In my extranet names were never linked and I don't see this option at all.

[mohammeduddin]

Hi Dave. Thanks for the great tips. It was really helpful.
I've just started about 1 month ago. Guests don't seem to be leaving reviews. Is there anything I can do which encourages guests to leave a review?
Thank you

[NellyHaruna]

Thanks for your tips, they are helpfull. If you list 2 apartments as a group listing how to teilor automatic scheduled messages to particular apartment? Like the key box code is different for each apartment.

[kyronsadik]

Hi Dave. Would a group listing work for 2 different properties that are 5 mins walking distance from each other