Google Vacation Rentals and TripAdvisor are search and metasearch channels: they show your property, rates and availability to travelers who have not decided where to book. Optimizing them means accurate listing content and photos, rate parity and availability across channels, and a direct booking link that is competitive with the OTAs.
Milan sells mostly through Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo. Milan Airbnb revenue depends on reading the fair calendar further ahead than competitors. We load every major event at Rho Fiera and Fieramilanocity months in advance, set three or four night minimums for Salone and fashion weeks, and price units near the M1 line to Rho differently from leisure flats in Navigli. Outside events, weekday and weekend logic diverges by district, so we avoid a single city-wide day-of-week pattern.
Booking.com dominates fair and business travel, Airbnb is strong for groups of exhibitors sharing apartments and for weekend city-breakers, and Vrbo matters mainly for family travel and longer stays. We keep cancellation policies strict in fair weeks, use non-refundable rates where demand is certain, and maintain parity so corporate bookers do not shop around.
The full service is described on our other ota optimization page; this page covers how it applies in Milan.