Direct booking guides

How to build a direct-booking website for your rental

Stack, content, payments, embed.

Direct booking vs Airbnb: fees, control, risk

When direct wins, when OTAs win.

Direct booking SEO: ranking your own website

Keywords, schema, internal links.

Google Business Profile for vacation rentals

Set it up, win local map pack.

Google Vacation Rentals listing setup

What it is and how to qualify.

Best payment processors for direct booking

Stripe vs Square vs Authnet for STR.

Direct booking cancellation policy template

Wording that protects + converts.

Damage protection for direct bookings (Safely, Waivo)

Replace AirCover for direct stays.

ID verification for direct bookings

Autohost, Superhog, Truvi compared.

Traffic channels that drive direct bookings

SEO, email, Insta, ads, partnerships.

Email marketing for vacation rental hosts

Lists, templates, segmentation.

Instagram strategy for direct bookings

Reels, hashtags, link-in-bio funnel.

Direct booking website builders compared

Hostfully, Boostly, Lodgify, StayFlow.

Rebooking past Airbnb guests directly

Compliance + email/script template.

Loyalty program for direct booking guests

Discount tiers + referral rewards.

Blog strategy that fills direct booking calendars

Topics, cadence, internal links.

Direct booking conversion rate benchmarks

What good looks like + how to lift.

Trust badges that lift direct booking conversion

Which badges, where to place.

Direct booking vs Vrbo for hosts

Fee math + audience overlap.