Bed & Breakfast

What Bed & Breakfast does

Bed & Breakfast, operating as Bedandbreakfast.eu, is a two-sided online marketplace headquartered in Eindhoven, Netherlands, that connects independent bed-and-breakfast, guesthouse, apartment, and holiday-home hosts with travelers seeking accommodations across Europe. Founded in 1999 by Hanny Arens, the platform lists thousands of properties in 13+ European countries and attracts millions of visitors annually, with localized versions in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, and Dutch. The company's core products include the public marketplace website, a centralized host management dashboard for listings, reservations, calendars, and pricing, and an embeddable reservation module that hosts can place on their own websites while routing bookings back through Bedandbreakfast.eu. Technology infrastructure is built on standard web tooling: Storyblok for CMS, Cloudflare for CDN and security, MapTiler for maps, and Google Analytics plus Meta Pixel for measurement; there are no disclosed proprietary AI/ML systems.

The company operates on a commission-free, fixed-subscription revenue model: hosts pay €99 per year (approximately €8.25/month, excluding VAT) for unlimited enquiries, calendar management, reservation tools, and SEO/AI-visibility optimization, while retaining 100% of booking revenue from guests. Distribution is entirely self-serve and product-led: travelers search and contact hosts directly through destination-optimized pages (Edinburgh, Dublin, Paris, Copenhagen, etc.), and hosts self-register through an online portal. Marketing relies on SEO-optimized destination pages, travel-inspiration blog content, and monthly newsletters rather than paid acquisition. The platform does not process payments intermediated and reservations are handled directly between host and guest.

Name

Bed & Breakfast

Website

https://bedandbreakfast.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bedandbreakfast.eu is a European online marketplace (founded 1999, Eindhoven) connecting independent B&B, apartment, and holiday-home hosts with travelers, operating a commission-free €99/year subscription model across 13+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Accommodation Marketplace

NAICS

Other Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services (56159)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHALAFAB

Hotel & Accommodation Booking Platforms

Travel & Hospitality/Travel Technology & Distribution Services/Online Booking Platforms & Marketplaces (B2C/B2B)

SECONDARYTHALAMAA

Online Booking & Reservation Platforms (B2B/B2C)

Travel & Hospitality/Travel Technology & Distribution Services/Travel Management Software

Keywords

• Bed and breakfast booking
• Accommodation marketplace
• Vacation rental platform
• Commission-free listings
• Host subscription service

Headquarters

HQ city

Eindhoven

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Annual Host Subscription: Hosts pay a fixed annual subscription fee of €99/year (€8.25/month) for listing their B&B, apartment, or holiday home on the platform. The fee covers unlimited enquiries, listing optimization, reservation tools, and calendar management. There are no commissions per reservation - hosts keep 100% of their earnings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Bedandbreakfast.eu operates a two-sided online marketplace that connects travelers with bed and breakfast, apartment, and holiday home hosts worldwide. Hosts pay a fixed €99 annual subscription to list their property with no per-reservation commissions, gaining access to a smart reservation system, an embeddable booking module, calendar management, and Google/AI-optimized listing visibility. Travelers browse and search listings by destination, amenity, and review score, then contact hosts directly to arrange reservations without platform-side payment processing.

Product overview

Bedandbreakfast.eu operates as a two-sided marketplace platform connecting travelers seeking B&B, apartment, and holiday home accommodations with property hosts worldwide. The core platform enables guest discovery and booking across thousands of properties, while a companion Host Management Dashboard provides listing owners with tools to manage reservations, calendars, and pricing. An optional Reservation Module extends the platform's functionality by allowing hosts to embed booking capabilities directly on their own websites, creating a seamless integration between the platform and host-controlled web presence. The platform's business model is subscription-based (€99/year for hosts) with no commission per reservation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bedandbreakfast.eu Marketplace Platform A global online marketplace connecting travelers with bed and breakfast hosts, apartments, and holiday homes. The platform enables users to search, discover, and enquire about accommodations worldwide, while hosts pay a fixed annual subscription (€99/year) to list and promote their properties commission-free.
• Host Management Dashboard A host-facing dashboard enabling B&B owners to centrally manage their property listings, reservations, availability calendars, pricing, and guest communications. Included within the annual host subscription.
• Reservation Module (Embeddable Booking Widget) An embeddable reservation calendar and booking widget that hosts can install on their own B&B websites, enabling direct reservations while syncing all bookings and availability through the central Bedandbreakfast.eu platform.

Quantifiable outcome

• Hosts receive 100% of reservation revenue (no commission deducted)

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/bandbeurope
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bedandbreakfasteu

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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