Yes. You can start the Direct Booking course for free with no credit card. The free plan lets you start any course and keeps your progress, XP and streaks. Mondosol Plus (from €10 a month, €79 a year or €149 for lifetime access) adds the full library of 15 courses, live coaching sessions and language-travel programs. You can cancel anytime and every paid plan is backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee.

A direct booking is a reservation guests make with you — on your own website or channels — instead of through an online travel agency like Airbnb or Booking.com. You keep the commission the platform would have taken, own the guest relationship, and turn one-time travelers into guests who come back and book you again.

How to build a direct-booking website guests trust, set up your booking engine, price without OTA comparison, market your property directly (social media and email), run loyalty programs for repeat guests, balance direct bookings with the OTAs, cover the legal essentials, and track performance with analytics.

No. The course walks you through building your direct-booking page step by step, and it pairs with Mondosol’s Create Your Website course if you want to go deeper. If you can fill in a form, you can follow along.

No. The goal is balance, not abandoning the platforms: keep the OTAs for reach and visibility while you grow the share of guests who book you directly. There is a whole lesson on channel management and OTA balance.

It starts at absolute beginner (why direct bookings matter and what to know before you start) and moves through elementary and intermediate modules, from your first booking page to loyalty programs and analytics.

Elio, who has managed short-term rentals since 2014, with Jose alongside him in the welcome lessons. Everything is drawn from running real properties, not from theory.

About two to three minutes. Every lesson is bite-size on purpose, with a short quiz at the end, so you can finish one on a coffee break. Learn by doing: each lesson ends with something you can apply to your own listing the same day.

Yes. You earn a certificate every time you complete a Mondosol course, ready to share or simply feel proud of.