Guides
Plain answers to the questions small hotels, guesthouses, activity businesses and photographers ask before taking bookings or clients directly. Written by the people who build Likwiid Direct and Likwiid Frame.
How to take a deposit on direct bookings
Deposit, full prepayment or card guarantee? How small stays and activity businesses can secure direct bookings, word a cancellation policy and handle refunds.
Read the guideRequest to book or instant booking: which one fits your business?
Request to book or instant booking? The trade-offs for small stays and activity businesses, hybrid options, and how to answer and decline requests.
Read the guideWhat Booking.com really costs a small stay
How Booking.com commission works, what it is charged on, how Genius and visibility programmes change it, and what a mix of channels costs per 100 of bookings.
Read the guideQuestions to ask any booking engine before you sign
Fees, payments, guest data, export, contract terms, calendar sync and your domain: what small stays and activity businesses should ask any booking engine.
Read the guideOwn your portfolio: subscription or one-time build?
What photographers really own on a subscription platform versus a site on their own domain: portability, stable URLs, long-term cost, proofing and image speed.
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