Expected in early 2027 for Premium Plan owners. A clean, brandable booking website for your property — so repeat guests and word-of-mouth referrals book direct, bypassing the 14–18% OTA fee. Each direct booking is pure margin improvement.
Every booking made through Airbnb or VRBO costs you 14–18% of the gross in platform commission. Direct booking is the same revenue, the same guest, the same property — without the commission. Over 2–3 years, mature listings typically shift 12–18% of bookings to direct channels. That's meaningful margin at scale.
We build a clean, professional booking page for your property — photos, description, amenity list, neighbourhood context, availability calendar, and booking form.
Stripe-powered checkout collects the booking payment direct to your account (minus a small Stripe processing fee of ~2.9%). No platform middleman.
After every Airbnb or VRBO stay, we send an automated post-stay note with your direct site and a small repeat-booking discount — capturing the second stay before they go back to OTAs.
Direct bookings sync to the channel manager immediately. No double-booking risk; all platforms update within 60 seconds.
Recovering a 14–18% OTA commission on a direct booking is pure margin — same revenue, lower cost.
Industry data shows mature listings (2+ years) shift 12–18% of volume to direct channels once a direct site is established and promoted.
Your direct-booking site has no monthly fee — it's included in the Premium Plan. Stripe processing (~2.9% + $0.30 per booking) is the only cost, charged to the booking total.
Returning guests who receive a discount for booking direct feel genuinely valued. A simpler booking flow and an established host relationship lower friction on every level — from booking to checkout to review.
Returning guests get a 5–10% discount for booking direct — they save money, you save the platform fee. Both sides win.
→Direct booking skips the OTA checkout flow. Faster, fewer screens, no service fee surprise at the end.
→You know this guest; they know your property. Lower anxiety on both sides → more relaxed stay → better review.
→Repeat guests who feel valued and frictionless consistently leave higher reviews than first-time OTA bookers.
Commission savings vary by booking value and Stripe processing costs. Industry-benchmark figures apply to mature listings.
Vancouver's tourism base includes a large share of repeat visitors — Asian families visiting relatives, US conference attendees, and BC residents who "staycation" regularly. These repeat guests are the ideal direct-booking target: they know the city, they liked your property, and they're planning to return.
Vancouver's short-term rental community is tight. A great stay gets mentioned in WeChat groups, Instagram stories, and email chains. A direct-booking link to share is much stickier than "search for my place on Airbnb" — you capture referral traffic that OTAs would otherwise take a commission on.
Metro Vancouver's tech sector (Microsoft, Amazon, Electronic Arts) and film industry generate steady furnished-rental demand from relocating employees — often 2–6 week stays that exceed Airbnb's comfortable booking flow. A direct site with a simple enquiry form captures this segment cleanly.
The direct site is the 5th channel — it complements Airbnb, VRBO, and Booking.com rather than replacing them.
Learn more →Great Airbnb reviews drive guests to book direct on their next trip. Reviews are the #1 reason a guest trusts a direct booking.
Learn more →Direct bookings appear alongside OTA bookings in your dashboard — one view of all your revenue, regardless of source.
Learn more →Fill out the form, get a written revenue estimate within 24 hours. We'll show you how many of your projected bookings would likely shift to direct over 2 years — and what that's worth in recovered commission.
