For UK holiday let hosts
Give your holiday let a beautiful home of its own.
We design direct booking websites that look as good as your place feels, so guests can find you, trust you and book with you.
Your listings find guests. Your website keeps them.
Airbnb and Booking.com are great at bringing people in. But the page, the rules and the guest relationship all belong to the platform. A direct booking website gives you somewhere of your own.
| Compare | Listing on a platform | Your own direct website |
|---|---|---|
| Your brand | A listing in the platform’s template | Designed around your place and your story |
| Commission | Platform fees on each booking | No platform commission. Card and software fees still apply. |
| Returning guests | Sent back to the platform | A place to come straight back to |
| House rules and policies | Within the platform’s rules | Set by you, within the law |
| Reach | Large built-in audience | You bring the visitors, so keep your listings too |
Direct booking websites
What your website can include
Designed for your brand
Built around your place, colours and tone of voice, not a template with your name dropped in.
Made for phones first
Lots of guests browse on their phones, so the booking button is always easy to find.
Live availability
Connected to your booking system, so guests see the dates that are really free.
How it works
Tell us about your let
Send us a message. We’ll ask about your home, your guests and how you take bookings now.
We design it around you
Your colours, your photos, your story. You’ll review it on a private test site first.
We connect the booking
Live availability and secure payments, tested before a real guest ever sees them.
You go live
Your site launches on your own domain, and you can add systems and automation whenever you’re ready.
Optional add-ons
Add the systems when you’re ready.
Once your website is live, you can add the systems and automation we use on our own holiday lets. You still run your own lets, and we help them run more smoothly.
- Guest messaging
- Guest feedback
- Maintenance reporting
- Maintenance and compliance checklists
- Online payments and balances
- Deposits and ID checks
- Host playbook
Built by hosts, for hosts.
We run Staynova, our own holiday lets in the Lake District and Scotland. We built its direct booking website and the systems behind it, from guest messages to payments, deposits and ID checks. Everything we offer started as something we needed ourselves.
Questions hosts ask
Do I have to leave Airbnb or Booking.com?
No. Most hosts keep their listings and add a direct website alongside them. If your booking system links your calendars, dates stay in step across every channel.
Do you manage holiday lets?
No. We build websites and set up systems. You stay in charge of your home and your guests.
Who owns the website accounts?
You do. Your domain, payment account and booking system stay in your name.
How do guests pay?
Through a payment provider’s own secure page, so card details never touch your website. Card fees apply, and the money goes to your own payment account.
Which booking systems do you work with?
Tell us what you use now and we’ll check whether it can connect. If you don’t have one yet, we can talk you through the options.
How much does it cost?
Websites start from £499 until 31 December 2026, and ongoing care starts from £29 a month. Your quote is tailored to exactly what you need, and it includes any ongoing costs so there are no surprises. See our pricing page for more.
Ready for a place of your own online?
Tell us about your holiday let and we’ll send you a clear quote, including any ongoing costs.