How we rank accommodation

1. 1.Listing completeness and qualityapproved photos, description, translations, verified registration number and prices
2. 2.Calendar freshnesshealth of connected iCal feeds; manual availability without iCal receives the same baseline value
3. 3.Claimed host profilea profile claimed and confirmed by the owner
4. 4.New listingsa short-lived boost for new listings that fades over six months

When you search, we also consider how well a property fits the number of guests, and with dates selected we show properties with no recorded calendar overlap; availability is not guaranteed and iCal is not real-time.

Paid placements, where they exist, are shown separately from organic results and are always clearly labelled “Sponsored”, together with the advertiser’s name.

Hosts can improve their position with a complete, accurate listing and healthy connected calendars. Completeness has the greatest influence, followed by calendars, a claimed profile and the new-listing boost. Responsiveness is not currently used for ranking.

How we order attractions

Attractions with an approved photo come first; the organic score orders each group. Attractions in a place are ordered by an organic score. The starting value comes from popularity — Wikipedia article views over the last 12 months in eight languages — and editors may adjust it with a recorded reason.

Visitor votes ("Recommend" / "Not for me") can move the score by at most 30%, and only gradually: a handful of votes barely changes it. One vote per visitor; suspicious waves of votes are discarded.

Paid placements: an attraction may book a position in the list of one town and, optionally, of nearby places within a set radius. Such cards are always labelled "Sponsored" with the advertiser's name, there are at most three per list, and they do not change the organic score of other attractions.

Rules version: 2 (3. 10. 2026.) · poi-organic-v1 (2026-09-30)