How much do you pay Booking.com every month?
Between 15% and 25% of each booking goes to Booking. With your own website and booking system, those commissions stay with you.
Sound familiar?
Three realities that Alpujarras hotels and rural houses face every day.
Booking takes your margin
15-25% commission per booking. With 10 bookings per month at €80, that's €120-200 you lose. Every month. That's €1,500-2,400 per year.
You don't have a website (or it's not convincing)
45% of guests check the property's website before booking. If you don't have one, or it's outdated, they go back to Booking. You pay the commission.
Check-in is chaos
Paper guest registration, police reports by email, Excel spreadsheet for accounting. All manual, all slow, all required by law.
Do the math
Bookings/month via Booking
10
Average price/night
80 €
Booking commission (18%)
-144 €/month
Per year
-1.728 €
Direct Booking costs from €1,150. One time.
It pays for itself in less than 8 months.
What's included in Direct Booking?
Everything for guests to book with you directly — no middlemen.
Direct Booking — Core
The essentials to stop depending on Booking
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Multilingual website (ES / EN / NL)
Rooms with photos, amenities, prices, and everything the guest needs to decide. In their language.
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Direct booking system
Availability calendar and booking form. The guest books with you, no commissions involved.
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Optimized Google Business
Professional photos, hours, link to your website. When they search "rural house" + your village, you show up.
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Automated reviews
After each stay, the guest gets a message to leave a Google review. More reviews = more trust = more bookings.
Direct Booking — Full
Everything in Core + full automation
Everything included in Core, plus:
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Digital check-in (SES Hospedajes)
The guest fills in their details before arrival. The police report is sent automatically. You comply with the law without paperwork.
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Automatic pre-arrival messages
The guest receives instructions, directions, entry code, and local recommendations. Without you doing anything.
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Email campaigns
Seasonal offers to past guests. "Come back in autumn with 10% off." Bookings that come back on their own.
Don't leave Booking. Use Booking to your advantage.
We're not asking you to leave Booking. Booking is your showcase: 45% of guests who see you on Booking check your website before booking.
If they find a professional website with direct booking and a better price, they book with you. No commission.
Booking brings you visibility. Your website brings you the money.
You might be thinking...
"I already get enough bookings through Booking"
And you pay between €1,500 and €2,400 a year for them. It's not about leaving Booking, it's about capturing direct bookings without commission. Each direct booking is pure margin.
"€1,150 is a lot"
That's what you pay in 6-8 months of Booking commissions. After that, every direct booking is net profit. It's an investment, not an expense.
"I don't have time to manage a website"
You don't have to manage anything. We deliver the website working. If you need a change — a new photo, an updated price — message me on WhatsApp and I'll do it. I'm right next door.
"My guests don't speak Spanish"
That's why the website is multilingual: Spanish, English and Dutch as standard. Guests see your website in their language and book without barriers. I speak all three languages personally.
1.200+
hotels in Spain are suing Booking.com over abusive commissions.
You don't need a lawyer. You need your own website with direct bookings.
Want direct bookings?
From €1,150. Ready in 2 weeks.
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