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Optimize your property listing on your direct site

Photos, copy, amenities and house rules: best practices to build trust and fill the calendar.

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The hero photo does 80% of the work

Pick a bright landscape image showing the main asset: view, living room, pool or facade. Avoid blurry or dark shots.

Complete with an ordered gallery: living areas, bedrooms, bathroom, outdoor space. Reuse your best OTA photos if quality is good.

Write copy that converts

Structure in three parts: hook (why your place), details (spaces, capacity, key amenities), neighbourhood (shops, beach, transport).

Be specific: “140 cm sofa bed” beats “comfortable sofa”. Adapt your OTA tone for direct booking.

  • Exact capacity and bedroom layout
  • Differentiating amenities (parking, A/C, fibre wifi…)
  • Walking or driving distance to highlights

Amenities and house rules

Tick every amenity actually available — guests mentally filter by needs (cot, washing machine, BBQ…).

Clear rules reduce friction: check-in/out times, parties, pets, smoking. Better to lose an incompatible booking than manage conflict on site.

SEO and keywords

In Hostiv admin, set title and meta description for Google: property type + city + “direct booking” works well.

Example: “Pool villa in Nice — direct booking”. Avoid keyword stuffing — one natural sentence is enough.

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