- ADR · Average Daily Rate
- Average price per night sold: accommodation revenue divided by the nights occupied. It shows how much you charge, but not how many nights you sell.
- AIMA · Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum
- The agency that, since 2023, has held the administrative powers of the former SEF, including SIBA. Read the SIBA guide.
- Alojamento Local (AL)
- Paid, temporary accommodation for tourists that is not a tourist establishment (empreendimento turístico). It must be registered, and its registration number has to appear in its listings. How to open an AL.
- Lead time · booking window
- Number of days between the booking and the arrival. It helps you see when guests book and adjust your prices.
- Guest registration form (boletim de alojamento)
- The record of each foreign guest reported in SIBA, with their ID document details and the dates of the stay.
- Unified inbox
- All the messages from your channels (Airbnb, Booking, email, SMS, WhatsApp, calls) in one place, grouped by guest. See the feature.
- Channel manager
- A tool that syncs prices, availability and bookings across several sales channels, to avoid double bookings. See the channel manager.
- Online check-in
- The guest's registration before arrival, on their phone: details, ID document and signature. It feeds SIBA and INE.
- Last-minute discount
- An automatic price cut on nights still unsold close to the date, to avoid empty nights.
- Minimum stay
- The minimum number of nights required for a booking. It can vary by season or day of the week.
- Smart lock
- A lock opened with a code or an app, which lets you create access for each booking that only works during the stay. See smart locks.
- INE · Statistics Portugal (Instituto Nacional de Estatística)
- Receives monthly statistics on overnight stays and guests from tourist accommodation, including short-term rentals (AL).
- Cleaning gap · turnover time
- The time between one guest's departure and the next guest's arrival, available to clean and prepare the home.
- OTA · Online Travel Agency
- An online booking platform such as Airbnb, Booking.com or Expedia, which charges a commission per booking.
- PMS · Property Management System
- Property management software: bookings, calendar, guests, team and invoicing in one system.
- Base price
- The reference price for a night, from which dynamic pricing goes up or down.
- Dynamic pricing
- Prices that adjust themselves to the season, demand, lead time and day of the week, within a minimum and a maximum. See dynamic pricing.
- Rate plan · pricing plan
- The set of selling conditions for a rate: price, cancellation policy, meals included.
- Regulation (EU) 2024/1028
- The European regulation on collecting and sharing data on short-term rentals, applicable since 20 May 2026. Read the guide.
- Direct booking
- A booking made on the property's own website, with no platform commission. See the booking website.
- RevPAR · Revenue per Available Room
- Revenue per available unit: accommodation revenue divided by all available nights, sold or not. It combines price and occupancy in one number.
- SIBA · Sistema de Informação de Boletins de Alojamento
- The platform where accommodation providers report foreign guests, within three working days. Read the guide.
- Occupancy rate
- The percentage of nights sold out of the nights available in a period.
- Tourist tax
- An amount charged per guest per night in several municipalities, which the property collects and pays over to the city council (câmara municipal).
- Upsell · selling extras
- Selling extra services on top of the stay, such as late check-out, transfers or breakfast. See the upsell store.
Keep reading.
GuideSIBA and AIMA: reporting foreign guestsWho to report, by when, what data and how to stop doing it by hand.Read the guide ›GuideThe EU short-term rental regulationWhat Regulation (EU) 2024/1028 changes for hosts and platforms.Read the guide ›ChecklistHow to open a short-term rentalFrom registration to your first guest: the steps and obligations, in order.See the checklist ›