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Several obligations come with it, they are unrelated to each other, and they are handled in different places — the premises being approved for the purpose, reporting foreign nationals to the immigration police, and keeping a guest register.",[11,141,142,145],{},[32,143,144],{},"Confirm the specifics with your own local authority."," They vary by municipality, by type of property, and by whether you host foreign nationals. This is an orientation, not legal advice.",[15,147,149],{"id":148},"the-accommodation-fee","The accommodation fee",[11,151,152],{},"Municipalities levy a stay fee per person per night. Each sets its own rate, so it varies between towns — and it changes.",[11,154,155],{},"Two things new operators underestimate:",[69,157,158,165],{},[29,159,160,161,164],{},"The fee is ",[32,162,163],{},"recorded as you go",", not reconstructed at the end of the quarter. The guest register doubles as the basis for calculating it.",[29,166,167,168,171],{},"There are ",[32,169,170],{},"exemptions",", typically by age or reason for stay. You need to be able to evidence them.",[15,173,175],{"id":174},"pricing-your-first-season","Pricing your first season",[11,177,178],{},"The most common mistake is pricing off the place next door. They have different occupancy, different costs, and possibly a different guest entirely.",[11,180,181],{},"A saner approach: work out how many nights you need to sell to cover fixed costs. That is your floor. You build seasonal pricing above it — not alongside whatever the neighbour charges.",[11,183,184],{},"Full at a low rate looks good in a spreadsheet and bad in the accounts.",[15,186,188],{"id":187},"direct-bookings-from-day-one","Direct bookings from day one",[11,190,191],{},"Portals will bring your first guests, and using them is sensible. The commission is what you pay for nobody knowing you exist yet.",[11,193,194],{},"The problem starts when, three years in, everything still comes through a portal — including guests who have stayed five times and would have come anyway.",[11,196,197],{},"So from the start it is worth:",[69,199,200,207,213],{},[29,201,202,203,206],{},"having a ",[32,204,205],{},"working booking form"," on your own site, not just a phone number and an inbox,",[29,208,209,212],{},[32,210,211],{},"collecting guest contacts"," with consent to contact them later,",[29,214,215],{},"giving returning guests a reason to book direct.",[11,217,218],{},"This is not about abandoning the portals. It is about the direct share going up rather than staying flat.",[15,220,222],{"id":221},"things-that-catch-people-out","Things that catch people out",[69,224,225,231,237],{},[29,226,227,230],{},[32,228,229],{},"Set cancellation terms"," before the first cancellation, not after.",[29,232,233,236],{},[32,234,235],{},"Double bookings"," come from lag between calendars. The fewer places availability lives, the better.",[29,238,239,242],{},[32,240,241],{},"Deposits"," should be sorted early, not after the first no-show.",[91,244],{},[11,246,247,248,251],{},"When you get to deciding where bookings, pricing and the guest register are going to live, ",[97,249,250],{"href":99},"get in touch",". 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