Author
Mara Santos is the Host Academy Editor at PinasBnb, helping Filipino accommodation hosts navigate direct bookings, payments, OTA strategy, marketing, and day-to-day hosting operations. Her articles focus on practical ways hosts can professionalize their rental businesses while keeping advice grounded in the realities of the Philippine market. Host Academy content is researched and produced by the PinasBnb editorial team. Technical, regulatory, tax, and legal information is reviewed against authoritative sources before publication.
Mara Santos
5 posts
A practical guide to starting a short-term rental business in the Philippines — costs, permits, listing your first property, and building beyond a single platform.
Mara Santos
Own a Philippine rental property but work abroad? Here's how OFW owners actually manage bookings, guests, and payments remotely — without depending on memory or relatives.
Mara Santos
Agoda, Booking.com, Houfy, or your own site — here's how to evaluate Airbnb alternatives as a Philippine host, not a traveler, and why diversifying beats replacing.
Mara Santos
Many Philippine hosts already get bookings through Facebook and Messenger. Here's the real workflow — and what happens when payment and calendar tracking stay manual.
Mara Santos
GCash, bank transfer, and QR are common payment options for Philippine guests. Here's the workflow hosts actually use — and where manual payment tracking falls apart.
Mara Santos
For Property Owners
PinasBnb helps Filipino property owners manage calendars, record bookings, collect guest payments through their own GCash, BPI, or QR methods, and upgrade to a branded direct-booking website when they're ready.
