9 min read
Security, Data
Booking.com account scams: how to protect your property and your guests
How criminals get into a property's Booking.com account, scam guests through Booking's own chat, and what a small hotel or quinta can do this week.
Articles
Practical notes for people who run a property.
Booking accounts, e-mail, legal notices, websites and direct bookings, explained with sources and with what to do this week. Written by João Galhardo, who built and runs the operations software of Livin Stays Algarve, in Tavira.
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7 min read
Security, E-mail
Fake e-mails in your hotel's name: SPF, DKIM and DMARC without the jargon
Any mail server can put your hotel's address in the From line. What SPF, DKIM and DMARC do, a two-minute check, and how to reach reject without losing mail.
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8 min read
Legal, Websites
Mandatory legal notices on a Portuguese holiday property's website in 2026
Complaints book, CIMAAL, AL number, privacy, cookies and accessibility: what a hotel, quinta or holiday let's website in Portugal must show, and the fines.
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11 min read
Websites, E-mail, Legal, Data
What we found on 109 accommodation websites in the eastern Algarve
We checked the 109 websites that hotels, quintas and country houses in the Sotavento list in Portugal's tourism register: speed, e-mail, legal notices, booking.
Next step
Find out where your property is exposed, outside and in.
The Raio-X Digital is free and sees what anyone can see online. The on-site Raio-X, quoted for your property, looks at the computers, the network and the team’s accounts.