In short
For hosts of a cabin, a guesthouse, a B&B, a handful of units or a single rental who also list on Airbnb or Vrbo. You get a booking website of your own with live availability, secure deposits and payments, and automatic guest emails, so returning and referred guests can book you directly. It works alongside your listings: calendars stay in sync with Airbnb so you never double-book, and you manage rates and blocked dates from one dashboard.
You put real care into your place, and it shows in the reviews. But the messages never stop, and the guests who loved their stay — or who found you on social media — have nowhere to book except through a platform. Airbnb and Vrbo are great at bringing new guests in. A site of your own gives returning and referred guests a direct way to reserve, and it works alongside your listings, not instead of them.
Your site reads your Airbnb calendar automatically, about once an hour, and blocks any dates already taken there. Nights booked directly on your site show up as unavailable on Airbnb the same way, so a night booked on one side is closed on the other.
To be straight with you: this is syncing on a schedule, not an instant connection. In the rare case two guests grab the same night within that short window, you’ll see both bookings and can cancel and refund one before anyone packs a bag.
Cair Paravel Farmstead hosts guests across several stays. In this demo / showcase build, every unit is booked, priced, and managed together on one site.
See the demo site → Demo only: no real bookings or payments are taken.
Hosts who already have an Airbnb or Vrbo listing and own or manage:
A direct booking site won't replace the platforms for finding new guests, and it's not meant to. It gives the guests you already reach a way to book you directly:
Over time, more of your repeat business books on your own site, with no platform fee and with the guest's email kept on your side.
Missing some of it is fine. We fill the gaps together during the project.
How quotes work and what changes the price is on the pricing page.
Tell me about your rental, how guests book today, and what takes up most of your time. I’ll follow up with honest thoughts and a clear quote.
No. Your direct booking site works alongside your listings. Keep getting guests from the platforms, and give returning guests and people who find you on social media a way to book with you directly.
It's rare. The site reads your Airbnb calendar about once an hour and sends your direct bookings back, so a night booked on one side closes on the other. In the short window between syncs, two guests could grab the same night; you'd see both and can cancel and refund one.
Guests pay by card on your site, as a deposit or in full. The money goes to your own Stripe account and is paid out to your bank on Stripe's schedule, usually within a few business days.
No. There's no per-booking fee from me. You pay for the build, and each booking only carries Stripe's standard processing fee.
Yes. Cleaning fees and house rules can be part of every booking. Lodging taxes depend on where your rental is, so you tell me your rates and I'll add them at checkout.
More questions? See the full FAQ.