Direct Booking Websites

Handle bookings online and take control of your vacation rental business!

Book Direct

Stop being at the mercy of Airbnb and Vrbo. With a custom website for your vacation rentals you can accept bookings directly online. This gives you freedom to market to your guests how you see fit.

Availability Calendar

Pricing

Accept Payments

Promos and Discounts

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Frequently Asked Questions

Find answers to commonly asked questions about direct booking websites.

How much does a direct booking website cost?

To answer that question, we need to break it down into two separate pieces. The first piece is the development of your website itself. That cost will depend on what website you choose. We have our website in a day service that costs $499 and is a great option for most. Custom websites are quoted on a per-project basis with prices starting at $1999. In either case, adding a direct booking option to a website we build for you is and extra $299 fee. This means you could get a website with the ability to book direct for a cost of $798.

Note: This price does not include hosting fees (required to keep your website online) and recurring maintenance fees (optional). See the section below regarding ongoing maintenance for additional information.

What maintenance plans do you offer and how much do they cost?

We offer monthly maintenance plans starting at $9.99 a month. These are optional plans that cover 1 free website update per month and all website security updates.

What Platform Management Systems do you integrate with?

We currently can integrate with Hospitable, Guesty, Lodgify, Hostaway, Hostfully, & OwnerRez. If you use a different platform, please reach out to us to see if we can help.

What if I do not use a Platform Management System (PMS)?

We recommend you strongly consider a PMS. If however you do not wish to do so, there are other options – although limited. For example we may be able to help get your calendar online and add a direct booking page but booking requests would have to be manually reviewed and processed. Contact us to discuss further.

What about Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?

Your website will be built with SEO in mind. Meaning it is fully ready to be part of a broader campaign to help get your site listed on Google search results. However we currently do not offer SEO services at this time. By focusing on website builds we feel we can offer the best product at a competitive price.

Are there any long term contracts or commitments?

Not for your website – it is fully yours. But domain and hosting purchases typically offer 1-3 year commitments. Since a domain is an important part of your business, we do recommend you see this as a long term commitment. For hosting you can choose to go monthly or with a 1-2 year commitment. There are generous cost savings by going with a yearly commitment as opposed to monthly. Don’t worry if all of this sounds complicated as we will guide you through the process of purchasing your domain and hosting.

What about marketing and promoting my website?

We currently do not offer marketing or website promotion. By focusing on website builds we feel we can offer the best product at a competitive price.

What if I already have a website?

If you already have a website, we may still be able to help add direct booking features to it. The possibility of doing so as well as price will depend on how your website was built. Reach out to start a conversation.

My Platform Management System (PMS) allows me to build websites. Why do I need you?

You may not. If you are perfectly happy with the website you built with your PMS then by all means keep using it. However most find the capability to customize these sites is limited. If this is you and you want more options, we may be a great fit for you.

What if I later decide to switch to a different Platform Management System (PMS)?

Each PMS has a slightly different way to integrate with a direct booking website. The good news is that the switch won’t mean an entirely new website. However it does mean we have to rewire your direct booking integration. This will result in a one-time fee of $299.

How do I update my website afterwards?

For those with the desire to do so, we can train you on how to perform minor content updates to your website yourself.

In all other cases you may reach out to us with update requests. For those on a maintenance plan, you get one free content update per month. For those not on a maintenance plan, you get three free content updates in your first year. After that updates are billed at an hourly rate. Please reach out to us for the current hourly rate.

Keep in mind that the site we build is yours forever so even if you decide to take your business elsewhere (we dont think you will), you can take your site with you.

I need a logo, do you do that?

No, we currently do not offer logo services. But we do have talented partners that can build a logo for you and are more than happy to help you connect.