OTAs (booking platforms) and delisting

An OTA (Online Travel Agency) is where the guest finds and pays for the villa. Fees: Airbnb ~3% from the host plus a guest service fee (or 14–16% host-only), Booking.com 15–18% from the host. In Bali the vast majority of nightly bookings come via OTAs; direct sales are repeat guests and long stays.

The 2026 delisting: since 31 March platforms remove listings without the permit package; since 1 August they do so from tourism-ministry lists (about 1,600 properties in the first wave, Bali among five priority destinations). Checked: an NIB, the right KBLI and an NKU registration number. How the mechanism works, what the platform checks and how to restore a listing — in the article.

A 4.8+ rating and Guest Favourite status on Airbnb are a listing's main asset: the algorithm ranks by them, not price. Delivered DOMA-partner villas hold 4,000+ reviews combined.

Read more in the blog

• Your villa was removed from Airbnb or Booking: how delisting works and what to do
• Rating 4.9: reputation as an asset
• Dynamic pricing for a villa

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Updated: 2026-09-20. Not a public offer. Regulations change — we cite enacted acts only and update the entry when they do.