Guides, comparisons, and tutorials for vacation rental hosts and small businesses.
Step-by-step: build your own commission-free booking site in 15 minutes.
Why a purpose-built builder beats Wix, Squarespace, or WordPress.
Start your direct booking site free. Full features for 5 days.
Everything included: payments, calendar sync, legal waivers.
Launch a professional rental website with booking engine built in.
DIY your booking site — no code, no plugins, 15 minutes.
Accept direct bookings on your own site. Zero commission.
Purpose-built software for hosts who want to go direct.
Use your own domain. Free SSL, automatic setup.
Drop a booking widget onto any existing Squarespace/Wix/WordPress site.
Build a booking website without a PMS. Calendar sync + Stripe included.
Free advertising channels: marketplace listings, Google, past guests, and local partners.
Proven strategies to drive bookings without OTA commissions.
Create a free marketplace listing with direct inquiries and no host or guest commission.
Build a multi-channel listing strategy and keep availability aligned with iCal.
See who moved from Airbnb’s split fee to the 15.5% single fee, with verified dates and payout examples.
Understand common pay-per-booking components, examples, and account-specific caveats.
Learn how contract-based commission and commissionable amounts affect host costs.
The math: save $5,000+/year by going direct.
What Airbnb actually charges hosts — and how to avoid it.
Strategies to reduce or eliminate Airbnb's commission.
List your property and take bookings without paying a platform.
For UK short-let hosts: booking site with UK compliance.
UK holiday let owners: accept direct bookings, no commission.
Compare major OTAs, independent marketplaces, free listings, and direct booking sites.
Compare fees, audience, property fit, and host control in 2026.
Vrbo fees vs direct booking: which vacation rental strategy wins in 2026?
Side-by-side: what you keep on Airbnb vs your own site.
How DirectBookings compares to Lodgify, CraftedStays, and Boostly.
Add a free marketplace listing, keep Airbnb for reach, and pay no listing commission.
A simpler, cheaper alternative to Guesty for 1-10 properties.
Guesty for Hosts shut down. Here's where to go.
All the alternatives to Guesty, compared.
What Guesty actually costs — hidden fees and all.
More features, less cost. No per-booking fees.
A booking website without the enterprise price tag.
Simpler setup, same direct booking power.
$9/mo vs $30+. Same features, fraction of the price.
Purpose-built website builder at a better price.
Hardware-agnostic WiFi capture — no proprietary devices.
Capture guest emails through WiFi and drive direct re-bookings.
Turn café, restaurant, hotel & shop WiFi into a marketing channel.
The legal way to collect real guest emails during the stay.
Fill slow nights with promotions sent to your WiFi email list.
All-in-one WiFi capture + email campaigns for physical businesses.
Design a branded WiFi login page — templates for every business.
Set up a UniFi captive portal for your vacation rental or business.
Captive portal guides, splash page tutorials, and email capture strategies.
Why I replaced my smart lock — and the deadbolt + lever setup I'd buy again.
Timed emails at every stage — confirmation to checkout.
Auto-optimize nightly rates based on demand and seasonality.
Connect PriceLabs dynamic pricing with your VRBO listing.
Create promo codes for returning guests and direct traffic.
Show a promo code when visitors leave your site. Capture emails, convert browsers into bookings.
Comply with Spain's SES Hospedajes guest registration law.
Create a free Yelp profile and link it to your booking site. Zero commission on every Yelp booking.
Rank on Google Maps and get free traffic from search.
SEO strategies to rank your direct booking site on Google.
Most hosts never see their guests again. Every OTA stay should become your next direct booking — your website accepts commission-free reservations, your WiFi keeps your brand in front of guests long after checkout.
Guest books on Airbnb
You pay the OTA commission
Stays at your property
Their only visit — for now
Connects to your WiFi
Branded splash page
Email captured
Added to your guest CRM
Automated follow-up
Offers & seasonal discounts
Books directly next trip
Zero OTA commission
Accept commission-free reservations from day one. Your own branded site with payments, calendar sync, and automated check-in — live in 15 minutes.
Stop letting guests disappear after checkout. Capture their email when they log on to WiFi, then automatically invite them back to book direct next time.
One repeat booking often pays for your subscription many times over — there's no OTA commission the second time around. Bundle subscribers save 30% on Guest WiFi Marketing.
Build your booking website in 15 minutes. Zero commission. Free trial.
No credit card required · $9/month after trial