More visibility for your holiday home

Would you like to offer your holiday home on popular booking platforms such as Airbnb or Booking.com? Then you reach a large international audience and increase your chances of bookings.
Through Sun&Sea Holidays we can publish your property on several booking platforms and combine this with direct bookings via your own booking website.
This not only increases your online visibility, it also helps you earn a higher return.

What is the best choice?

That depends on your situation:

• Do you want convenience? → platform
• Do you want maximum returns? → (partly) rent out yourself
• Do you want balance? → combination

The most profit is often found in a smart combination

Why rent out via several booking platforms?

Every guest books in a different way. Some guests search on Airbnb, while others prefer to book via Booking.com or a specialised holiday platform.

By offering your holiday home on several booking platforms:

• you reach a larger audience;
• you increase your chances of bookings;
• you depend less on a single platform;
• your property stays more visible throughout the season.

Which booking platforms are there?

There are various platforms on which you can offer your holiday home. Each platform has its own audience, reach and advantages.
By publishing your property on several platforms, you increase your chances of bookings and reach both domestic and international guests.

Well-known booking platforms include:

• Airbnb – one of the largest holiday rental platforms in the world.
• Booking.com – popular with holidaymakers and business travellers.
• Vrbo – specialised in entire holiday homes for families and groups.

Through Sun&Sea Holidays we can publish your holiday home on one or more platforms. Combined with direct bookings via your own booking website, you benefit from a wider reach and a higher return.

Channel connections prevent double bookings

When your holiday home is listed on several platforms, it is important that availability is updated automatically everywhere.

With a channel connection, reservations are synchronised directly between the different platforms.
As soon as a guest books, the property is automatically blocked on the other connected platforms. This greatly reduces the risk of double bookings.

Prices and minimum stays can also be managed centrally, so you have to make fewer manual changes.

Renting via a Platform

Many property owners choose well-known rental platforms.

Advantages:

• Large reach
• Quick visibility
• Less marketing required

Disadvantages:

• High commissions (often 10–25%)
• Less control over pricing
• Limited direct contact with guests

You are therefore paying for convenience, but sacrificing profit and control

Central reservation management

All reservations are managed centrally in one clear reservation system.
As an owner, you also have access to a personal owner portal where you can always see:

• current availability;
• upcoming reservations;
• guest details;
• prices and booking conditions;
• financial overviews and payouts.

In the owner portal you can easily follow the planning and always stay up to date on the rental of your holiday home.
That way you have all the important information in one central place, while the day-to-day management stays clear and efficient.

Renting out your holiday home yourself

Renting it out yourself means more freedom.

Advantages:

• No commissions
• Direct contact with guests
• Full control over pricing and availability

Disadvantages:

• More time and organization required
• You have to handle promotion yourself
• Managing bookings

This can be interesting, but it does require effort

Combining booking platforms with direct bookings

Many owners choose a combination of booking platforms and direct bookings via their own booking website.
Platforms such as Airbnb and Booking.com provide a large international reach and bring new guests to your property.
Direct bookings, on the other hand, give you more control and a higher return.

With the Sun&Sea Holidays direct booking system you have your own reservation system that lets guests book with you directly. You pay no commission to Sun&Sea Holidays on direct bookings.
As a result, the monthly fee of €34.95 is often already earned back after one extra direct booking.

Your own booking website offers even more advantages:

• no commission on direct bookings;
• returning guests can easily book directly again;
• friends, family and business contacts can book without a booking platform;
• a personal promotion link to share your property easily by email and social media;
• a professional reservation system with live availability and online payments.

You do not need to worry about setting up booking platforms, reservation systems or connections.
We set everything up for you and make sure your property is presented professionally.
That way you can focus on your holiday home while we take care of the online rental process.

By combining booking platforms with direct bookings, you get the best of both worlds: a large international reach through the platforms and a higher return through your own booking channel.

One extra direct booking a year is often enough to cover most or all of the €34.95 monthly subscription.
Every direct booking after that earns you extra return straight away.

Who is this suitable for?

Would you like to offer your holiday home on popular platforms without spending time managing different accounts, calendars and reservations? Then this solution is ideal.

Sun&Sea Holidays takes care of publication, reservation management and synchronisation between the different platforms.
You benefit from a large international reach, while the day-to-day management stays clear and efficient.

Yes. You can use several platforms at the same time. We publish your holiday home through our own platform accounts and manage all reservations centrally. Already have your own Airbnb or Booking.com account? You may keep renting through it, but you enter those bookings manually yourself. We do not offer connections with your own accounts, because they are not reliable enough.

Yes, that is actually a smart strategy. Platforms provide extra visibility, while direct bookings via your own booking page mean lower commission costs and a higher return. All reservations are managed in one overview.

Yes, but then you manage the listing and reservations on that account yourself. You enter bookings from your own account manually in our system, so the calendar is correct everywhere.
Would you like Sun&Sea Holidays to take care of this? Then we publish your property through our professional platform accounts, so we can manage everything centrally.