How we rank

There is no paid preference. No commission, no rank to buy. What decides the order is set out here in full.

Ranking points

Within the results, homes with more points come first. Every host earns them the same way, and none can be bought.

100points

30points

Payouts set up with Stripe, so the home can be paid for and the host paid out.

25points

A BookNoFees minibar assigned to the home with at least one article in stock. We earn a share of every minibar sale, and we say so here.

20points

Guests may book free cancellation up to 24 hours before arrival. It is on unless the host switches it off.

  • 10

    A calendar that is right. Connected calendars count in full when all of them were fetched within 48 hours and a portal fetches ours; a broken or one-way link counts half. A home without a connected calendar counts in full while its calendar was looked after within 30 days (a date blocked, a booking, or "Calendar is correct"). Whoever rents out only on BookNoFees gets the full calendar points, for 60 days per confirmation. How many platforms you use plays no part.

  • 8

    Reviews: the average of published guest reviews; five stars earn the full 8.

  • 4

    A photo of the host.

  • 2

    Saved by signed-in guests. From ten saves on the points are full, so an early lead does not last forever.

  • 0.5

    The languages the host speaks.

  • 0.5

    An "About me" from the host.

What decides the order

  1. Fit with the search. Place, dates, number of people and bedrooms. Anything not free does not appear once dates are set.
  2. Distance. If you share a location or select a point on the map, nearer stays appear first. Distance plays no part without a location.
  3. New listings first, for 48 hours. A home that has just been published stands at the front for 48 hours, the newest of them first; the others move one place back.
  4. Ranking points. Homes with more points come first, as shown above.
  5. Price, when the points are equal. Of two homes with the same points, the cheaper one comes first. We compare the final nightly price guests see on the card, including the 6.9% cost contribution.
  6. Stable order. If homes remain equal, only their technical identifier decides. This stops results jumping randomly between pages.

What you can do about it

Nothing on this page can be bought. Several of the points above are in your own hands, and none of them takes more than a few minutes.

  • Set up payouts with Stripe. The largest single factor: 30 points, and guests can book and pay at once.
  • Set up a minibar. 25 points: assign a fridge to your home and stock at least one article. Your guests pay by QR code, and you receive your full price.
  • Keep 24-hour cancellation on. 20 points, and guests book more readily when they can still cancel.
  • Complete your host profile. A photo of you, your languages and a few words about yourself count for 5 points together, and a guest who has seen the host writes more readily.
  • Photographs a guest wants to save. Saving a home to a wishlist is the one thing on this list that guests themselves decide, and they decide it from the pictures: daylight, the whole room, the view out of the window.
  • Name a nightly price. Without one your home cannot take part in the price comparison at all, so it lands behind the homes that have one.
  • Keep your calendar right. Connect your other calendars, or, if you rent out only here, choose "I rent out only on BookNoFees" or tap "Calendar is correct". Both count in full.

Everything a host can do on BookNoFees, on one page

What plays no part

  • Whether bookings have already been paid or how much they were worth.
  • Whether a place is also listed on another site.
  • How long someone has been with us.
  • How many places an owner lists.
  • Whether BookNoFees or its operator owns the stay.

If this changes

Should highlighted placements be introduced, two things apply: they are marked as an Advertisement, and they change nothing about the order of the remaining results. We give hosts 15 days’ notice of any change to these criteria.

The homes with the most points

Live on BookNoFees right now, in the order of the same points the search uses.

Quiet room with a view of the garden and the forest, Sundern89.8pointsSundernQuiet room with a view of the garden and the forestfrom RM 145View stay →Quiet room in a well-maintained apartment with parking, Sundern72.6pointsSundernQuiet room in a well-maintained apartment with parkingfrom RM 145View stay →Spacious vacation rental with a rooftop terrace for groups, Stuhr66pointsStuhrSpacious vacation rental with a rooftop terrace for groupsfrom RM 1,226View stay →Boutique Luxury in Caleta de Fuste: Exclusive 2-Bedroom Apartment, Caleta De Fuste65.4pointsCaleta De FusteBoutique Luxury in Caleta de Fuste: Exclusive 2-Bedroom Apartmentfrom RM 484View stay →Villa Mila Kastela Deluxe Room, Kaštel Novi65.3pointsKaštel NoviVilla Mila Kastela Deluxe Roomfrom RM 291View stay →Villa Mila Kastela - Apartment, Kaštel Novi65.3pointsKaštel NoviVilla Mila Kastela - Apartmentfrom RM 727View stay →

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