Carlos Chica

Director at Agencia Gestión PuertoBajo

Professional tourist accommodation manager and director at Agencia Gestión PuertoBajo, with years of experience in Spain's holiday rental sector: pricing strategy, sales channels and end-to-end management for property owners. On the blog he writes from an agency's day-to-day operations: what works, what costs money and what he would do differently.

Articles by Carlos Chica

A woman property manager with a folder under her arm walks a Spanish street between two shop windows of framed apartment portraits, one sparse and carefully arranged with plants and one crowded with frames and pennants with a clerk behind the counter; both windows have an empty slot; a cat watches down the street

Rental management

Airbnb or Booking? Where to List Your Rental in Spain

Carlos has managed nearly identical apartments on both platforms. He explains which one earned more, why he would start with Airbnb and when Booking makes sense.

July 16, 2026

A property manager with a folder under his arm thoughtfully compares a row of nearly identical old cars, each with a blank price card on its windshield, while the seller swaps one of the cards; a cat between the wheels, with rooftops, a church tower and pennant bunting behind

Rental management

How to Price a Vacation Rental in Spain

Carlos Chica walks through the six pricing mistakes he sees most among owners and shares the strategy his agency uses: a seasonal reference price, adjusted progressively.

July 9, 2026

A property manager with a folder under his arm thoughtfully watches a spice stall in a Spanish village square while the stallholder swaps the baskets' price flags; a cat walks past the stall

Rental management

Pricing Tool or Property Manager for Your Spanish Rental?

A working property manager on what PriceLabs and company get right, where their prices fail, and why the real question is not app versus person.

July 2, 2026