As a short-term rental host, you want to expand your reach and maximize your property’s visibility, both key factors to upping your occupancy rates and income. One platform that’s getting considerable traction in the world of hosts and travelers is Holidu. In this guide, we explore Holidu, its growth and statistics, and give you a full step-by-step process for listing your property on this encouraging platform and effectively tapping into its potential.
What is Holidu?
Holidu was created by Johannes and Michael Siebers in 2014, which means it’s already been used by STRs to list their properties for a decade! The pair were inspired by their personal challenges in booking vacation homes, and that’s why they created Holidu- to ease the search and booking experience for travelers. Holidu has rapidly grown since its start, showcasing impressive statistics like:
- Holidu lists properties in more than 50 countries, offering hosts a worldwide audience.
- The platform boasts millions of vacation rental listings, ranging from apartments to luxury villas.
- Holidu attracts millions of users monthly, translating into significant exposure for listed properties.
- Hosts on Holidu often report higher conversion rates due to the platform’s user-friendly interface and efficient search engine.
Leveraging advanced price comparison technology, Holidu searches top vacation rental platforms, including Booking.com, Airbnb and Vrbo, to find travelers the most attractive deals. It states that using its service could lead to savings of as much as 55% on vacation rentals.
Who are Holidu users?
Holidu is the “everyperson” travel booking platform, catering to a wide range of travelers seeking to optimize their vacation rental experience. Users of Holidu are typically budget-conscious individuals, families, digital nomads, and even pet owners who appreciate the platform’s ability to search across multiple leading vacation rental sites to find the best deals. The site’s user-friendly interface, combined with its comprehensive filtering options, allows these diverse groups to tailor their search effectively, ensuring they find accommodations that best match their preferences and requirements.
- More than 30 million users visit Holidu each month and 100 million every year. (https://www.holidu.com/magazine/holidu-your-safe-bet)
- In a 2020, report, Holidu explained that its users were booking their vacations an average of 38 days in advance and paying an average of 154 euros per day for their stays.
- The Holidu app has over 1 million downloads.
How do you become a Holidu host?
Becoming a Holidu host is 100% risk-free according to the platform and requires just a one-time activation fee. The platform does take a commission per booking. Currently, Holidu accepts properties only from the regions list below:
- Spain: Cadiz, Malaga, Ibiza Formentera, Mallorca, Menorca, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Costa Brava, Costa del Garraf, Costa Blanca, Valencia
- Portugal: Algarve, Costa de Lisboa, Costa Atlântica
- Italy: Livorno, Grosseto, Chianti, Trentino, South Tyrol, Lake Garda, Riviera Veneta, Verona, Liguria, Lake Como, Sardinia, Ragusa Province, Messina Province, Trapani Province, Salento, Polignano a Mare, Monopoli
- DACH: Baltic Sea, Chiemgau Alps, Landkreis GAP, Landkreis Miesbach, Oberallgäu, Berchtesgadener Land, North Sea, Lake Constance, Zillertal
- France: Cote D’Argent & Basque, Haute-Savoie
- Greece: Corfu, Kefalonia, Lefkada
As a host, you can request that they open up more applications for the region you’re in. If you do offer an STR in one of these locations, visit https://www.holidu.com/host and fill in the form to apply. You’ll then need to create an account and configure your first property.
Listing on Holidu
Once registered, you can create a listing for your property. Make sure to enter detailed information about your property, including descriptions, photos, amenities, and availability. You can also set your rental prices and policies. Once your property is added, you can request publication from the team. They’ll review your property and if you’re set up correctly, they will take it live within hours.
They’ll send photographers to you – free of charge
One of the great features of listing on Holidu is that they send professional photos of your property, totally free. Available in all of their active regions, they do this to ensure every property that’s listed has stunning photos to accompany it and keep their site visually attractive to users.
Use the price comparison engine to understand the market
Holidu’s price comparison engine not only benefits guests but can also help hosts stay competitive by understanding pricing trends. This technology provides invaluable insights that let you strategically price your properties to know what other hosts are doing, attract more bookings, and maximize your revenue. That way, you can adjust your pricing in real time based on demand, seasonality, and other properties’ pricing.
The nitty-gritty of listing on Holidu
Here are some of the unique factors you should know about HomeToGo:
- Holidu offers hosts a dedicated team in over 20 global offices to support your business. You get a local account manager who can get your property live on the site and talk you through price recommendations, property performance and other metrics that let you make the most of the platform.
- Holidu offers a convenient app for hosts, which allows you to manage your listing on the go.
Why choose Holidu?
- Holidu has a huge potential guest reach. Its target audience is mainland Europe, and it has a strong presence in Germany, France, Spain, and the UK.
- The platform’s competitive pricing insights help you position your property attractively in the market.
- Holidu’s user-friendly interface and detailed listing options improve the guest experience, which means you’re more likely to get positive reviews and repeat bookings.
- Guests also enjoy the personalized recommendations they get on Holidu, which are powered by its artificial intelligence and machine learning.
How to use Guesty’s Channel Manager to manage your Holidu listing
We know that Holidu is just one of the channels you’re listed on. Manage your listing on this channel and others, with Guesty’s Channel Manager. It lets you automatically sync your property details, including calendars and pricing, update listing information, photos, and amenities in a click, and handle guest communication too.