For holiday lets, cottages and self-catering owners
A holiday let website that takes the booking without the platform fee
Guests who find you on Airbnb look for your own site to save the fee. If it has a synced calendar, real photos and a clear price, they book direct.
One job, done properly
Holiday let guests know the platform fee is large and look for the owner's own website to avoid it. If they find a site with a live calendar synced to the platforms, real photos of the actual property, inclusive prices and a clear booking flow, they book direct and both sides save. If they find a brochure with a contact form, they go back to the platform.
We build holiday let sites to win that booking. Calendar synced through Lodgify, Hostaway, Uplisting, Smoobu or Beds24. Property pages with real photos and floor plans. Inclusive pricing. Local guides. House rules and policies. Reviews imported from the platforms. And a repeat-guest offer.
The problems we hear most from holiday lets and self-catering
Platform fees on repeat guests
A synced calendar and direct booking on your site.
Guests unsure what they are booking
Property pages with real photos, plans and inclusions.
Fee shocks at checkout
Inclusive pricing shown up front.
What a holiday let website must get right
Synced calendar and booking
Lodgify, Hostaway, Uplisting, Smoobu or Beds24.
Property pages
Photos, plans, inclusions.
Inclusive pricing
Cleaning and fees shown.
Local guides
Search traffic and character.
Policies
House rules, cancellation.
Reviews and repeat offer
Imported; direct perk.
Works with what you already use
If your team already knows one of these, you keep it. We embed it, style it to match, and connect the calendar.
- Lodgify
- Hostaway
- Uplisting
- Smoobu
- Beds24
Related specialisms
The same build, tuned for a neighbouring practice type. Or go back to hospitality and experiences in general.
What holiday lets and self-catering usually ask first
How does the calendar stay in sync with Airbnb and Vrbo?
Through a channel manager or booking system such as Lodgify, Hostaway, Uplisting, Smoobu or Beds24, which syncs availability across platforms and takes direct bookings on your site.
How do guests find the direct site?
Google searches for your property name and area, local guide pages, and a card or note left for past guests. Repeat guests are the direct-booking base.
Inclusive pricing?
Nightly rates with cleaning and any fees shown up front, as the law requires in most countries and as guests expect after platform fee shocks.
Several properties?
A property page each with its own calendar, and a search across them.
Built to the rules and payment habits of your country
Price display law, accommodation licensing, food safety and consumer cancellation rights differ by country. The country pages below cover what applies where you operate.
- United StatesNine to twelve hours ahead of the US. Your morning is our evening, and we keep those hours for US calls.
- CanadaNine to thirteen hours ahead of Canada. Your morning is our evening, and we keep those hours for calls.
- United KingdomFour to five hours behind us. We overlap for most of your working day.
- AustraliaFive to seven hours ahead of us. Your afternoon is our morning.
- NetherlandsThree hours ahead of you. We overlap for almost the whole working day.
- IrelandFour to five hours behind us. We overlap for most of your working day.
- New ZealandSeven to eight hours ahead of us. Your afternoon is our morning.
- DenmarkOne Danish client already.
- SingaporeThree hours ahead of us. We overlap for almost the whole working day.
- United Arab EmiratesOne hour behind us. We overlap for the entire working day, and we work a Sunday-to-Thursday week when you need it.
- PakistanOur home time zone. Same hours, same city for many of you, and calls or visits are straightforward.
- South AfricaThree hours behind us. We overlap for the whole working day.
- IndiaHalf an hour ahead of us. Same working day, same evenings.
- MalaysiaThree hours ahead of us. We overlap for almost the whole working day.
- SwedenWe work in English.
- NorwayWe work in English.
- GermanyWe work in English.
- AustriaThree to four hours behind us. We overlap for most of your working day.
- SwitzerlandThree to four hours behind us. We overlap for most of your working day.
- BelgiumThree to four hours behind us. We overlap for most of your working day.
- FranceThree to four hours behind us. We overlap for most of your working day.
- SpainWe work in English.
- PortugalFour to five hours behind us. We overlap for most of your working day.
Tell us about your holiday let
What you do, how people book you now, and what is going wrong. You get a fixed price and a live date within one business day, and if we are not the right studio for it, we say so.