Your own domain for your vacation rental website
Connect your custom domain to your DirectBookings site. Professional branding, better SEO, free SSL. Guests book at your URL — not a generic platform subdomain.
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See your property as a direct booking website
Paste your Airbnb or VRBO link. Free preview in 2 minutes, no account needed.
lakecabin.com
Property name
athenszenhouse.gr
Country domain
stayatthebeach.co
Creative .co
marbella-villa.rentals
Niche TLD
mountainretreat.house
.house TLD
costa-brava-rental.es
Spanish domain
Why use your own domain?
A custom domain is the difference between looking like a hobby and looking like a business.
Professional branding
Guests see your domain — not a generic platform URL. Builds trust and makes you look established. First impressions matter when someone is about to pay $2,000 for a week.
Better SEO rankings
Your own domain builds authority over time. Google ranks branded domains higher than subdomains. Every booking, review, and backlink strengthens your domain — not someone else's.
Free SSL certificate
HTTPS is auto-provisioned the moment your domain is verified. Guests see the padlock icon. Required for Stripe payments. No extra cost, no manual renewal.
Easy to share
Print it on business cards. Put it in your Airbnb listing. Text it to repeat guests. A clean URL like lakecabin.com is memorable — a subdomain is not.
Any domain extension
Works with .com, .co, .house, .rentals, .gr, .es, .it, .fr — any TLD. Use a country domain for local SEO or a creative extension that matches your property.
5-minute setup
Add your domain, copy one DNS record, paste it at your registrar, click verify. That's it. No technical skills, no waiting for support tickets, no downtime.
Connect your domain in 4 steps
No technical skills needed. Takes about 5 minutes.
Buy a domain
Pick a memorable domain from any registrar (Namecheap, Cloudflare, Porkbun). Costs $10-15/year. Choose something guests will remember — your property name works great.
Connect it in DirectBookings
Go to Website Builder → Domain. Type your domain and click Connect. We'll show you the exact DNS record to add — just one CNAME record.
Add the DNS record
Log into your registrar, go to DNS settings, add the CNAME record we showed you. Takes 30 seconds. DNS propagates in 1-10 minutes (sometimes up to 48 hours).
Verify and go live
Click Verify in DirectBookings. Once confirmed, your site is live at your custom domain with SSL. Guests can book directly at your branded URL.
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Frequently asked questions
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