Renting out your holiday home in Belgium
Practical answers to the questions that come up once you decide to rent out your property. Written from what we run into with the hosts on our own platform, not copied from elsewhere.
Registering your holiday rental: what you need in each region
Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels each have their own rules for renting out a holiday home. What to apply for, what it costs and how long it takes.
Connecting your calendar: how iCal works and where it breaks in practice
An iCal link keeps your availability the same across several sites. What it does and does not do, and the five ways it stops working in practice.
What does it cost to let your holiday home through a platform?
Commission per booking or a fixed amount per year. What each model costs on a real booking, and what you get back in practice.
Why booking requests expire, and what that costs
One in three booking requests expires without an answer. What that costs in euro, why it happens, and what the hosts do where it does not happen.
Setting your prices without leaving money behind
Three ways to set a price, and the four places where hosts lose money in practice. With the figures from our own 222 properties.
What belongs in your holiday rental listing
Photos, description and reviews. What our 222 properties show in practice, where the gaps are, and what a guest misses when something is absent.