For property owners

Want your Bulgarian beach apartment listed here?

Handpicked apartments within walking distance of the Black Sea coast, honest photos, and direct owner to guest contact. No surprise fees, no inflated ratings, no stock imagery.

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Why list on cheapbeachholiday.com?

Direct guest contact, no middleman commission

Guests email and WhatsApp you directly. You keep the relationship, the reviews, and the repeat bookings.

English-speaking bookings from UK, Ireland, Germany

Our SEO reaches the English-language market. You receive enquiries already filtered by language and expectation.

Honest listings: no stock photos, no inflated ratings

We verify photos, floor plan, beach distance, and Wi-Fi speed on site. Guests arrive with accurate expectations.

Curated directory, not a mass marketplace

We cap each town at a handful of listings so your apartment is visible, not buried on page twelve next to a thousand others.

Who do we accept on the directory?

The directory is capped at a handful of apartments per town along the southern Bulgarian Black Sea coast. Every entry must meet each of the attributes below, measured on site before publication.

What we accept

Beachfront studio, 80 m to sand
Coastal 2-bed, pool, 6 km inland
Seaside villa, sleeps 6
Location
Anywhere on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, from Durankulak in the north to Rezovo in the south, plus an inland belt up to 20 km from the shoreline. Varna, Golden Sands, Sunny Beach, Nessebar, Burgas, Sozopol, Tsarevo, and Ahtopol are our core catchment, but quiet inland villages with pool access and easy coast transfers are also welcome.
Beach distance tier
Every listing declares its door-to-shoreline distance on Google Maps. Properties under 1500 meters earn the Beachfront tier, with featured placement, a "walking distance" badge, and priority in seasonal campaigns. Properties further inland are published under the Coastal tier with transparent distance and transfer time.
Property type
Self-contained studios, one, two, or three bedroom apartments, and small seaside villas sleeping up to 8 guests.
Ownership
Verified title deed (нотариален акт) in the applicant's name, or a written long-term management agreement signed by the titleholder.
Language
Listing copy and guest communication available in English. Bulgarian is welcome as a second language.
Wi-Fi
Minimum 50 Mbps down, verified on Speedtest from the sofa, not the router.
Response time
Guest enquiries answered within 24 hours, year round, in English.
Photography
At least 8 daylight photos covering every room, the balcony view, and the route to the beach. No stock imagery.

What we decline

Generic stock imagery
Sunny Beach strip party flat
Inland city apartment, no beach
Outside our catchment
Anything more than 20 km inland from the Black Sea shoreline: Plovdiv, Sofia, Veliko Tarnovo, Bansko and other ski resorts, spa towns in the Rhodopes.
Room-only listings
Shared flats, guest rooms inside the owner's home, hostel beds, capsule stays.
Uncertain ownership
No title deed, expired management contracts, listings already reselling inventory from third party OTAs without consent.
Party apartments
Stag and hen weekends, hourly rentals, Sunny Beach strip flats marketed for clubbing above guest comfort.
Stock photography
Listings using generic stock images, heavy filters, or photos of neighbouring units.
Slow responders
Owners who reply after 24 hours, auto-responders only, or no English-language channel.
Aggressive pricing
Undeclared cleaning fees, city tax hidden at check-in, peak-week surcharges applied after booking confirmation.
Inflated ratings
Listings carrying reviews that cannot be traced to a verified stay, or portfolios shared across unrelated apartments.

What do we need from you to get started?

Gather these four things before you apply. It takes about twenty minutes.

8+ honest photos

Daylight, no filters, every room plus the view. Uploaded via Google Drive, Dropbox, WeTransfer.

A short, accurate description

300 to 600 characters. What is special, who it suits, what is within walking distance.

An availability calendar

ICS or Google Calendar link. We sync nightly so double bookings never happen.

Response time under 24 hours

Guests who wait longer book elsewhere. Fast replies are the single biggest conversion lever.

Fees and commission

No hidden costs. We only earn when you earn.

Listing fee

€0

Free during the beta period. No onboarding fee, ever.

Per booking commission

8%

Invoiced monthly based on confirmed bookings. You handle guest payments directly; we never touch the money. Booking.com typically charges 15 to 18 percent.

Payments

Direct

Guests pay you directly. Bank transfer, cash, Revolut, or whatever works for you. We never hold guest funds.

Instant estimate

Get an instant estimate for your holiday let listing

Enter a few property details to see a typical nightly range, a sample 7-night booking, and what our 8% commission means in practice.

Platform fee comparison

What the same booking could cost on larger platforms

Vrbo can look close on fee. The difference is control: we are a direct-booking marketing channel for Bulgarian beach properties, so owners keep the guest relationship instead of relying only on a marketplace algorithm.

Cheap Beach Holiday €0 8% commission, direct guest contact
Airbnb €0 15.5% single-fee model
Booking.com €0 to €0 10% to 25% commonly reported range
Vrbo €0 About 8% pay-per-booking, marketplace-owned demand

Indicative host-side fees only. Sources: Airbnb host service fee guidance, Booking.com partner commission guidance, and Vrbo pay-per-booking fee guidance. Cleaning, taxes, payment-provider charges, and your own running costs are not included.

What we bring to the table

We do the heavy lifting so you can focus on hosting.

We handle

  • SEO & English-language marketing
  • Professional listing copy & translation
  • Photo curation & optimisation
  • Guest enquiry pre-screening
  • Nightly calendar sync
  • Seasonal promotional campaigns
  • Multi-platform social presence

You focus on

  • Keeping the apartment guest-ready
  • Replying to enquiries within 24 hours
  • Managing check-ins and checkouts
Application

Submit your apartment for listing review

Every application is reviewed personally by our small editorial team, never a call centre or an automated filter. You get a written reply within three working days with one of three outcomes:

  1. 1

    A listing slot

    Your apartment meets every attribute. We schedule the site visit and your listing goes live within 10 working days.

  2. 2

    A short fixes list

    Close, not yet. We send a written checklist (photos, Wi-Fi, copy, pricing). Resubmit once fixed and you skip the queue.

  3. 3

    An honest no

    Not a fit today, with the specific reason named. No waitlist theatre, no "maybe next year" filler.

Cheap Beach Holiday editorial office in Aheloy, Bulgaria, with the brand logo on the wall and the Black Sea visible through the balcony door
The editorial team reviews every application from this desk in Aheloy. The sea on the right is the same coast your guests will stay on.

Draft saves on this device while you type. File uploads stay local until you submit.

Owner contact

Useful details include whether you meet guests in person, live nearby, manage the place yourself, or host in more than one language.

Property basics

These fields decide whether the property is publishable and how it will filter on the site.

Paste the share link from Google Maps if you have it. It gives the most accurate map preview.

Use this if the block entrance is hard to find or Google Maps lands on the wrong side of the building. Find it at what3words.com.

The preview updates from the address, the Google Maps share link, or the what3words reference. Use the address first. Only use manual coordinates if you know the exact entrance point.

Count every sofa bed, click-clack bed, or similar extra sleep surface that guests can use.

Core features

Tick every feature that is genuinely available to guests.

Building and access

Climate and comfort

Kitchen and laundry

Media and work

Bath and bedroom

Family

Safety

Pets

Photos and proof

Share a gallery link, upload photos directly, or do both.

Drop images here or click to browse

Up to 16 files, total upload budget about 18 MB. JPG, PNG, WEBP, HEIC.

Pricing and booking rules

Base pricing by season

Choose whether the number is per night, per week, or per month. If your pricing changes inside the season, explain it in the notes below.

Check-in window
Check-out window

Owner questions, answered

How long does review take?

Three working days. We visit or video call every apartment before publishing.

Can I list multiple properties?

Yes, up to three under one account. More than three and we ask for a management agreement.

Who owns the photos I send?

You do. We license them to display on the directory and social while the listing is live.

How do guests contact me?

Through an on-site enquiry form that forwards to your email and WhatsApp. No middle layer, no anonymisation.

Can I remove my listing?

Yes, any time. We honour existing confirmed bookings, then unpublish.

Do you handle payments?

No. Guests pay you directly by bank transfer, cash, or Revolut. We invoice you monthly for our commission. You keep full control of the money flow.

Prefer email? Write to listings@cheapbeachholiday.com with photos attached.