Free Holiday Rental Advertising The Leading Listings Sites in 2018
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Free Holiday Rental Advertising
The Leading Listings Sites in 2018
Here are just some of the world’s best listing sites where owners and
managers can list their holiday rental accommodation free of charge.
Whether you manage an apartment, boat, caravan, cottage, house, room or
villa, this list should give you a great starting point in finding the best ways to
advertise a holiday let for free across the internet.
These sites include completely free listings, commission-based ‘pay-per-
booking’ models and those offering free trial periods.HOMEAWAY - FREE LISTINGS
PAY-PER-BOOKING: 5% COMMISSION + 3% PAYMENT PROCESSING
HomeAway is the biggest global holiday
rentals network, now owned by Expedia.
Get exposure to over 44 million travellers
a month across the Expedia/HomeAway
family of 20 global websites spanning five
continents.
Properties advertised are generally ‘whole properties’ (not rooms) and include
houses, apartments, villas, barns, boats, bungalows, cabins, castles, chalets,
chateaus, cottages, estates, mansions, yachts and yurts.
Choose to decline or accept booking requests. Every advert includes a property
headline, description, 24 photos, guest reviews, interactive map, rental rates
table, availability calendar and more. Free SMS booking enquiry alerts.
The mobile app and mobile hospitality manager allows you to manage your
listings, guest communication and confirmed guest satisfaction.
HomeAway also offers an annual paid subscription of £249. This is a no
commission model where hosts can view guest contact details at point of
enquiry.
In addition to a standard listing on HomeAway.co.uk, your advert is also
published for free on over 20 other HomeAway sites worldwide, including
HomeAway USA, VRBO, HomeAway Canada, Abritel (France), Fewo-Direkt
(Germany), HomeAway Portugal, HomeAway India, HomeAway Spain,
HomeAway Italy, HomeAway Netherlands, HomeAway Norway, HomeAway
Austria, HomeAway Argentina, Alugue Temporada (Brazil), HomeAway Finland,
HomeAway Denmark, HomeAway Sweden, HomeAway Mexico, HomeAway
Australia & HomeAway Columbia.
GET YOUR FREE LISTING ON HOMEAWAY NOWBOOKING.COM - FREE LISTINGS
PAY-PER-BOOKING: 15-18%+ COMMISSION
Booking.com is the undisputed king of
short-term rental accommodation sites
confirming a staggering 1.5 million
reservations every day.
Listing your holiday rental home on Booking is FREE and gives you instant
access to a gigantic global audience. Join over 1.5 million other properties
around the world.
There are no sign-up fees or subscription costs when you become a partner.
Open and close your property when you want so you retain complete control
over your property.
We don’t add anything onto the price unlike other platforms which often
charge guests.
We offer 24/7 support by phone and daily local team support. Often
associated with hotels, the Priceline-owned company has taken big strides to
integrate holiday rentals over the last couple of years.
At Booking.com we actively market your property page on search engines such
as Google, Bing and Yahoo to make sure that it is visible to a global audience,
exposing you to the highest possible number of potential bookers.
GET YOUR FREE LISTING ON BOOKING.COM NOWAIRBNB - FREE LISTINGS
PAY-PER-BOOKING – 3-5% COMMISSION
(DEPENDING ON CANCELLATION POLICY)
Founded in 2008, Airbnb is now a global
phenomenon offering a network of local
rental accommodation. Advertising your
rental home is free.
Booking commission is just 3% and funds
are transferred directly.
Professional photography is also free in most areas. 24/7 phone support.
Both guests and hosts have a profile with picture alongside various levels of
user verification. After the stay both parties are invited to simultaneously write
a review about each other.
Reviews keep guests accountable for treating hosts and their homes with
respect and provide an owner with useful historical information.
The Airbnb ‘Host Guarantee’ protects your home and your stuff from
accidental damage. Every host with a listing on Airbnb is eligible for coverage
at no additional cost. You don’t have to do anything to sign up.
There are 3 categories of rentals – a shared space, private room or rental of a
whole property.
Airbnb now has over 3 million listings in over 65,000 cities in nearly 200
countries. Over 200 million guests have travelled with Airbnb.
GET YOUR FREE LISTING ON AIRBNB NOWTRIPADVISOR (FLIPKEY) - FREE LISTINGS
PAY-PER-BOOKING: 3% COMMISSION
Advertising your holiday rental free on
Flipkey will automatically list your
accommodation across the TripAdvisor
network of 12 international sites reaching
over 260 million travellers per month.
Managers of 1-4 rental properties can list for free and only pay 3% of each
confirmed booking.
Owners and managers can advertise everything from private rooms to castles,
apartments to cottages or houseboats to villas. Set up is straight-forward and
there is no on-going commitment, so you can deactivate your advert at any
time.
The $10,000 ‘Peace of Mind’ guarantee and verified stay reviews gives extra
confidence for guests to book. Travellers pay on the TripAdvisor platform.
Receive your income securely by either PayPal or bank transfer.
The mobile app helps keep track of all enquiries, bookings and guest
communication on a smart phone.
GET YOUR FREE LISTING ON TRIPADVISOR NOWOWNERS DIRECT (HOMEAWAY) FREE LISTING
PAY-PER-BOOKING – 5% COMMISSION + 3% PAYMENT PROCESSING
Owners Direct is part of the HomeAway
group. It is one of the largest UK based
holiday rental sites with over 48 million
visits last year and has featured in the top
10 Best Villa Rental Companies category in
the Conde Nast Readers Travel Awards.
Free (pay-per-booking) holiday rental listings. Properties advertised are
typically whole homes. 500,000 holidaymakers book via Owners Direct every
year. Over one million holiday rental listings in 190 countries.
As part of the HomeAway group, listings will receive exposure to more than 44
million travellers per month across the United States, France, Brazil, Australia,
Germany, England, Canada, Mexico, Spain, Italy and many more countries.
The dashboard and mobile app help owners manage listings, calendars,
payments, bookings and guest reviews.
Advertising Options Free Listings (Pay Per Booking) OR Annual Subscription for
£249 – No commission. Unlimited enquiries/bookings. View guest contact
details at point of enquiry.
GET YOUR FREE LISTING ON OWNERS DIRECT NOWFEATURED SITES
theholidaylet is an independent UK based website
focusing on holiday properties DIRECT FROM THE
OWNER. Our site has excellent search facilities and
navigation and is designed for owners who wish to manage their own
advertising, enquiries and bookings. We do not charge commission or fees.
We offer the 1st year’s advertising at £30 and the 2nd year is free. Adverts
are comprised of up to 28 large images, video, google map, guestbook,
automatic currency converter and website link. Availability calendars can
be synched via iCal and advertisers with more than one property can also
link their ads together.
Brighton Getaways is the leading holiday rentals
company in Brighton & Hove. We offer guaranteed
rental plans and full management at the lowest
commission rate around. Free photography. Let us
take care of your Brighton apartments or holiday home and provide you
with huge rental returns.OTHER FREE ADVERTISING SITES
Here is a list of other listing sites that also offer free advertising options for
holiday rental home accommodation.
• 411chalet.com offer owners to add up to 2 cottages for free for 1 year.
Then we have a flat 20$ fee per cottage if they want to continue with us.
We are targeting Quebec province but accept all of Canada for now.
• A1Vacations – List your vacation rental for free. Over 14,000 vacation
rentals and growing. Increase your bookings through promoting your
vacation rental home to millions of travelers from around the world for
free. Easy to use, No Booking Fee, No Communication Restrictions.
• Acomodo – Acomodo Holiday Villas has 3400 holiday home adverts. We
offer property owners a free online advert for your holiday home. We’re
listed on the major internet search engines, eg. Google and Yahoo!
Search for holiday villas, holiday homes and apartments to rent. For
holiday cottages, rentals, villas and self-catering holidays. The holiday
homes shown are advertised direct by their owners or agent.
• Connecting Rentals Worldwide offers free vacation rental listings for
property Owners. The site provides advanced search refinements to help
Travelers find the perfect Vacation Rental for their next trip.
• Domegos – List your vacation rental for free. Over 15,000 vacation
rentals and growing. Increase your bookings through promoting your
vacation home to millions of international travelers for free.
• Easytour – Easytour provides online booking service for holiday
houses in New Zealand. The landlords who own a rental
property in New Zealand are warmly welcomed to list your house on
our website. Landlords can also rent out their idle cars to the guests
along with the bach to earn extra income. Join us today and list your
bach with no commission for 3 years!
• Euro Direct Rentals – We offer holiday property owners or agents the
perfect option to advertise your rental(s), a single property can be listed
FREE (forever), we take no commission, no forwarding fee and no
subscription, bookings are made directly with the owners. We also use
our social media links to promote rentals.
• Go To Mauritius – We are a young start up just launched on a world-
wide basis. We offer up to 5 free listings, no commissions or service
charge, with complete back office, iCal to sync your calendars, add on
service modules, multi-lingual and currency. List free of charge now!• Lets Let Algarve is an owner-direct listing site for villas and apartments in
The Algarve, with no commission and no traveller booking fees. We
offer an initial no-commitment free trial, after which you simply pay an
annual subscription to advertise your property. Visit our site to sign up
online, then create your listing(s) using our speedy control panel!
• Ski Lettings – A website dedicated to helping fellow owners promote
their accommodation online. More than a listing website, we are about
to launch a new service helping owners establish a true online presence,
with web design, hosting, management and experts on-tap for all your
techy questions. We’ll look after the tech, you take care of your guests.
• Vacation Cluster is an essential website for rental managers, holiday
makers, travelers, home seekers and people searching for vacation
rental homes for their family. We allow property owners to list their
vacation rental properties free of cost.
• Villamaid.com is a property management company based in
the Axarquia area of southern Spain and are offering free advertisement
listings for owners of Spanish villas, village houses and apartments for
holiday and long term rentals. The website offers the benefit of an
attractive web portal with easy search tools.
Please note that the majority of companies listed above have provided the website details.
Links will take visitors to third party websites. We will not be held responsible for any
changes to advertising terms and conditions or issues which may result from your listings
with the above companies/websites.
Information correct at time of website publishing.
For full and open transparency, NeedMoreRentals may receive a very small commission for
sign-ups with a few of the above listing sites. This simply keeps our site running and there is
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