Stop handing up to 18 % to Booking.
Guests discover you on the platforms, but they can book directly with you: same calendar, secure payment, automatic confirmations. You keep the commission.
Cautious assumption. Work out your own numbers below.
In short: direct bookings let B&Bs and farm stays keep the commission that now goes to platforms, usually 15 to 18 %. You need a booking engine on your own website, a synced calendar and secure online payment.
Your own direct channel, complete.
Booking engine
Live availability and prices, in Italian, English and German.
Synced calendar
Connected to Booking and Airbnb: no double bookings.
Online deposit
PayPal, card, Apple Pay, Google Pay. Your cancellation terms.
Automatic messages
Confirmation, directions, check-in and local tips by WhatsApp and email.
Reviews and return visits
Review request after the stay and an offer to come back, direct.
Found on Google and AI
Pages by area and experience: found outside the platforms too.
How much do you leave to the platforms?
on the table, which a digital ecosystem can win back.
- Lost enquiries recovered–
- Commission saved–
- Time freed up–
- The Booking System pays for itself in–
Cautious assumptions: you win back half the lost enquiries, move 30 % of platform bookings to direct and halve the admin time. An estimate, not a promise.
Direct bookings for B&Bs
How much can direct bookings save?
Do I have to leave Booking or Airbnb?
How do I avoid double bookings?
Let's talk for 15 minutes. Free, no strings.
Tell me how you work today. I'll tell you honestly whether a digital system pays off, and by how much. If it doesn't, I'll tell you that too.