Industries ยท Short Term Rental Websites
Direct Booking Websites
That Keep The Fee.
Guests book on your domain, pay into your account and join a list you own, so the next stay costs you nothing in commission. Calendars stay synced with every channel you already list on.
Fixed scope and price in writing. You own the domain, the code and the accounts.
Quick Answer
What Does A Direct Booking Website Actually Need?
A direct booking site lets guests reserve with you instead of through a platform, so you keep the service fee and own the guest relationship. It needs a booking engine, a calendar synced to the channels you already list on, property pages that sell, and a payment processor. Wise Media builds and wires all four.
- Booking engine. Availability, rates and checkout running on a domain you own.
- Channel sync. Calendars stay in step with the platforms you already list on.
- Guest journey. Property pages, policies and local guides written to convert the browse.
- Starting point. Direct booking sites start at $3,500CAD, with portfolio tiers above.
Why Platform Bookings
Cost You Twice
The platform brings the first guest and charges you for it. Then it keeps the guest record, so when they want to come back they go through the platform again and you pay the fee a second time.
The fee is charged every stay.
Not just the first one. A returning guest costs the same as a stranger because the platform owns the relationship.
You never get the guest list.
No email, no phone, no way to tell last year’s guests that the dates they loved are open again.
Your ranking is theirs to change.
An algorithm decides who sees your property, and it changes without telling you.
No brand of your own.
Your listing sits in a grid beside nine others, judged on price and photos alone.
The Tools Your
Bookings Run On
Booking engines, channel managers and payment processors already in use across short term rental, wired into a site you own.
What A Direct Booking
Site Has To Get Right
A booking button is the easy part. The parts that decide whether direct booking actually works are underneath it.
One Calendar, Every Channel
The calendar is the thing that breaks trust fastest. A double booking costs you the stay and the review. The engine reads and writes the channels you already list on, so availability on your own site is the same availability everywhere else, without you blocking dates by hand.
Money That Comes To You
Payments run through a processor connected to your own account. Deposits, balance collection and damage holds follow the terms you already use, and the funds are not held by a middle party waiting on a payout schedule.
Guest Screening Still Happens
Going direct does not mean taking anyone. Identity capture, deposit rules and your house terms sit in the booking flow, so the screening a platform used to do is still being done, by you.
Being Found Without The Platform
A direct site only pays off if people reach it. That means property pages written for the searches guests actually make, local guides that rank, and a returning guest list you can email. We build the pages and the list, and we will tell you plainly that this takes time rather than promising a position.
What You Get
Six parts of every short term rental build, and the job each one does.
Book direct, no service fee at checkout.
Real time rates and availability with minimum stay, seasonal pricing and gap night rules applied before a guest ever sees a date.
Deposit, balance and hold in one flow.
Through your own processor, under your own cancellation terms, paid out to your account.
Pages about the area that bring the search.
Local guides that rank and give a guest a reason to book the stay.
One calendar, every channel.
The engine reads and writes the channels you already list on, so a date sold anywhere is blocked everywhere.
A guest list you keep, not one you rent.
Every direct booking adds an email you own and can market to next season, instead of paying the fee a second time.
Gallery and booking built for a phone.
Guests browse on mobile, so the gallery and the booking button are designed there first.
Built For The Size
You Actually Operate
One property and twenty properties are different problems. The build changes with the count.
Single Property
- One property, one brand, one booking flow
- Calendar synced to the channels you already use
- Local guide pages that bring in the search traffic
- A guest list you own from the first direct booking
Multi Property
- A property index with filters guests can search
- Shared booking engine across the whole portfolio
- Per property pricing, terms and minimum stays
- One inbox and one calendar view for the operator
Management Company
- Owner facing pages that win new management contracts
- Owner portal for statements and performance
- Property onboarding that does not need a developer
- A structure that holds as the portfolio grows
Short Term Rental Website Packages
Prices show in CAD for Canadian visitors and USD everywhere else. Booking engine and channel manager subscriptions are billed by those providers and are not included.
Host Site
$3,500CAD one timeFor one to three properties that need a brand and a direct booking path.
- Brand identity or refresh
- Direct booking engine on your own domain
- Up to three property pages
- Guest enquiry and booking flow
- Local SEO foundation and schema
- Mobile first build
Operator Site
$6,000CAD one timeFor a growing portfolio that needs channel sync and automation.
- Everything in Host Site
- Channel manager integration
- Up to fifteen property pages
- Automated guest messaging and digital guidebooks
- Upsell flows for late checkout and experiences
- Neighbourhood and experience landing pages
- GA4 conversion tracking on direct bookings
Portfolio Platform
$15,000CAD one timeFor operators and managers running a portfolio and owner relationships.
- Everything in Operator Site
- Portfolio site with search and filtering
- Owner portal and owner reporting
- Multi brand or multi market architecture
- Custom integrations with your property management system
- Ninety days of growth support after launch
Direct Booking Questions
What hosts and operators ask before moving guests off the platforms.
It is a site on a domain you own where guests check availability, see your rates and pay you directly, instead of booking through a marketplace. You keep the service fee, you own the guest record, and you decide the cancellation and deposit terms.
A platform brings you reach and a stream of first time guests, and charges a fee for it. A direct site costs you the marketing instead of the commission, and it is where repeat guests should land. Most operators run both and push returning guests to the direct channel.
Yes. The booking engine reads and writes the channel calendars so availability stays consistent and you are not manually blocking dates. Which engine we use depends on how many properties you run and which channels you are on.
Through a payment processor connected to your own account, so the money arrives with you rather than being held and released. Deposits, balance payments and damage holds are configured to match the terms you already use.
Usually not. One site with a property page per listing is easier to maintain and concentrates your search authority in one place. A separate site only makes sense when a property has a genuinely distinct brand.
Single property sites start at $3,500CAD, multi property at $6,000CAD and full portfolio platforms at $15,000CAD. Scope and price are agreed in writing before work starts.
Repeat and referred guests can book direct, and you build a guest list and brand that a platform cannot take away.
Yes. The Host Site covers up to three properties, the Operator Site up to fifteen and the Portfolio Platform adds search and filtering across the portfolio.
Yes. The Portfolio Platform includes an owner portal with owner reporting.
Yes. Every build includes a local SEO foundation and schema, and the Operator Site adds neighbourhood and experience landing pages.
Stop Paying Commission
On Guests You Already Earned.
Tell us how many properties you run and where they are. We will tell you which booking engine fits and what it takes to get there.