Guides for hosts who want direct bookings.
How direct booking works, what it costs, what the platforms allow, and how the tools compare. Written plainly, with sources, by the people who build direct booking sites for hosts.
Guides
- Direct booking website for Airbnb hostsThe complete guide: what you need, what it costs, the mistakes that cost the most.
- How to get direct bookingsWhere direct guests come from, and what to do in your first ninety days.
- Vrbo and direct bookingWhat Vrbo, Airbnb and Booking.com allow, and what gets a listing suspended.
Tools
Comparisons
- All comparisonsOne page with every alternative and who each one suits.
- Lodgify alternativeIncluding Lodgify vs Hospitable.
- Hospitable Direct alternativeAn automation tool with a site, or a site made for you.
- OwnerRez alternativeA deep PMS, or a site you never have to configure.
- Guesty alternativeFor managers who don’t need an enterprise platform.
- Hostaway alternativeA full PMS and channel manager, or just the direct site.
- Boostly alternativeDirect booking coaching and sites, compared.
Smart locks
- Smart locks for vacation rentalsWhat to buy, what to avoid, and how codes follow your bookings.
- Schlage Encode for Airbnb hostsAirbnb’s own integration, and what changes with direct bookings.
- Yale Assure Lock 2 for rentalsWhich version to buy, and why Wi-Fi matters.
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