How we sort the properties
In a search, the site shows the properties that match what you enter: the place and radius, your dates, the number of people and the filters you switch on. With flexible dates you also see properties that are free a few days earlier or later. The rules below then decide the order.
Two spots for featured properties
Owners can buy the Featured option. Their property can then get one of the top two spots, but only if it matches your search: within the radius and at most 30 km from the place you searched, with room for your group without being far too big, and in a search on dates only if we know it is free. It always carries the 'Featured' label on the photo. If there are more featured properties than spots, they change every day.
The rest of the list
If you choose a number of people, bedrooms or bathrooms, the properties whose size fits best come first. Apart from that, featured properties within 30 km of the place you searched go ahead of the others, even if those are closer. Beyond 30 km this option gives no priority. Without a searched place, featured properties always go first. Within each group the closest property comes first. When two are equal, the completeness of the listing decides: the Google rating and number of reviews, reviews on this site, the number of photos, the description, the amenities, a filled-in price, the location on the map, a connected calendar, whether the property is new and whether a last-minute discount is running.
In a search on dates
Properties whose availability we do not know come after those we know are free. That also applies to featured properties.
What has no influence
The owner's annual subscription does not buy a higher spot. The 'verified' mark does not count. We charge no commission on bookings, so a more expensive property earns us nothing extra.
Sorting yourself
If you sort by price or newest first, only that choice applies, except that in a search on dates properties whose availability we do not know stay at the end. If you choose the lowest price promise, those properties come first, followed by the usual order. In both cases there are no fixed spots for featured properties.
On the last-minute page
Properties with a paid last-minute promotion come first there, marked with a red ribbon, then the biggest last-minute discount. The Featured option gives no fixed spots on that page.