Ue their infrastructure for searching and then, call the place you wanna book
this post was submitted on 13 May 2026
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You can still use booking. You just don't need to do the booking via booking. Most Hotels have their own Homepage. Just book from them. It's cheaper anyway. For Airbnb I see no real alternative. You might search for camping places via your preffered map app. They are often not listed on either platform.
Sooo, it is not as convenient, but I usually search for ho(s)tel/B&B/etc. on openstreetmap and then check their own website or call them directly when I found something in the correct area.
Local rental agencies are usually good.
FairBnB
Home2Go (uses X payment provider)
HostelWorld
Vrbo (Expedia / Texas owned)
homestay.com
This site shows a lot of options : https://travelfreak.com/airbnb-alternative/
I used to browse traum-ferienwohnungen.de for Germany and Austria some years ago. But that seems to be owned by an Indian corporate which is backed by Airbnb and before that Axel Springer, what a clusterfuck: https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/01/airbnb-backed-oyo-moves-into-europe-acquires-leisure-from-axel-springer-for-415m/ So really not an option anymore.
Great, I switched traum-ferienwohnungen lately only to learn now it's almost as bad.
hrs.com is german and has a similar world offer like booking.com
Hrs has this stupid "self inspected" thing too now and you can't exclude it.
If you know what region you want to go to, look for a local tourism bureau website. Its often good enough these days and usually has offers from locals