Tips for hosts
Practical tips for holiday-home hosts in Belgium and the Netherlands. Calendars, synchronisation, booking management and more.
Registering a holiday home in Flanders: how to declare your accommodation
Renting out a holiday home in Flanders, even occasionally through Airbnb or Booking.com? You then have to declare your accommodation to Toerisme Vlaanderen. Here is how to handle the registration and what the basic standards are.
Preventing double bookings at your holiday home
A double booking happens when two guests believe they are entitled to the same property at the same time. You prevent it by synchronising your calendars on all platforms through one central availability calendar. Here you read how that works and what you set up step by step.
How much commission does Booking.com charge hosts?
Booking.com usually charges hosts a commission of 15 to 18 percent on every booking. Over a year that quickly adds up to hundreds or thousands of euros. Direct bookings through your own website or calendar cost you no commission.
BELWAL registration: declaring your holiday home in Wallonia (2026)
Anyone renting out a holiday home in Wallonia is required to register and apply for a BELWAL registration number. You have to mention that number on all listings and booking platforms. Here you read why the requirement exists, what it means in practice for hosts, and where you sort out the registration.
Renting out a holiday home in Belgium: practical tips for hosts
Renting out a holiday home in Belgium sounds simple. You have a lovely property, you put it on Airbnb, and the guests come by themselves. In practice it does not quite work like that. Here are the things every host runs into sooner or later.
Showing your holiday home's availability on your own website
Guests who enquire with you directly are the most valuable guests. They call or email because they already know your property, they ask about a specific period, and if you can answer quickly and clearly, they book. An availability calendar on your own website makes that process a lot smoother.
iCal synchronisation with Airbnb and Booking.com: how it works
Your holiday home is on Airbnb and Booking.com. Fine, more reach. But now there are two calendars to keep up to date, and the risk of double bookings grows with every day you forget to update a platform. iCal synchronisation solves that.
Availability calendar for your holiday home: how to get it right
If you rent out your holiday home in several places, you know the problem: you have to keep track everywhere of when the property is free. A paper diary or Excel sheet works at first, but you soon run into its limits.
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