Direct booking page for short stays
Each stay unit can have its own booking page to share on your website or social pages. Guests pick dates, see the price and send a request. It arrives as a reservation for you to confirm, with no channel commission.
PLANSScale only
The problem it solves
- Repeat guests book through a site and you pay its commission every time.
- Guests who find you on social media have to call or message for a price.
- Prices quoted by phone do not match the nightly plan.
How it works
- On a stay unit, press Make Booking Link. The Direct Booking Link appears; put it on your website or social pages.
- The guest opens the page: the unit's photo, permit number and house rules.
- They pick arrival, departure, adults and children. The page checks the dates are free, the stay rules and the most guests, and shows the price night by night.
- They give their name, email, phone, arrival time and requests, and press Request This Stay.
- The request arrives as a draft reservation, booked through Direct, and the property's manager gets a to-do to confirm it.
- Confirm it as any reservation. For payment, send a pay link from the reservation with Ask for Payment.
Everything it does
The page
- One page per unit at an address with a secret key; not listed in search engines
- Works on a phone
- Shows the unit's photo, holiday home permit and house rules
Checks before a price is shown
- Departure after arrival
- No more guests than the unit's most guests
- The nightly plan has prices for the dates
- Shortest stay, arrival and departure days and closed dates
- The unit is free on those nights
The request
- Name and email needed; phone, arrival time and requests optional
- Becomes a draft reservation with source Direct
- A to-do for the property's manager to confirm it
- The guest sees a thank-you with the reference; the email comes when you confirm (Stay Confirmed)
Payment
- Not taken on the page; send a pay link through your payment provider from the reservation
Who uses it
Lease ManagerMakes the booking link and shares it.
Reservations teamConfirms requests and asks for payment.
GuestPicks dates, sees the price and sends the request.
Where you use it
- Web: Make Booking Link on the unit's Short Stay tab
- The public booking page on your SmartMy address
- Not a full booking engine: no instant booking and no card payment on the page
What you control
Settings
- Booking link: made per unit when you press Make Booking Link
Notifications
- A to-do for the property's manager for each request
- Stay Confirmed: to the guest when you confirm, by email and in the app
Questions
Is the booking instant?
No. The guest sends a request; it arrives as a draft reservation and you confirm it. Two guests can request the same nights, so confirm the first and decline the other.Can guests pay on the page?
Not on the page. Send a pay link from the reservation with Ask for Payment, through your payment provider.Is the price the same as on the channels?
The page uses your nightly plan: night price, weekday and date prices and stay discounts. Channel prices are set on each site.Can people find the page on Google?
No. It is left out of the sitemap and has a secret key in its address. Share the link where you want guests to find it.Which plan has it?
Scale.Related features
SHORT STAYShort stays: nightly rates, reservations and guest listsLet serviced apartments and holiday homes by the night next to your long leases. You get nightly rates with seasons, reservations with guest lists, house rules and a guide, cancellation policies, and guest messages.SHORT STAYAirbnb and Booking.com calendars through iCalLink each stay unit to the calendars of the booking sites you use. Their bookings are read every 30 minutes and block the unit here. Each site gets a calendar of your bookings and blocks, so a night sold anywhere closes everywhere.LEASES AND RENTRent paid online through pay linksTenants pay their rent bills online through your own payment provider, from their web page or the app. You can also send a pay link for any amount, take a deposit online, or charge a saved card or mandate on each bill.SHORT STAYNightly price hints, occupancy, ADR and RevPAREach day SmartMy Lease looks at the next 60 nights of your stay units. It suggests lowering slow nights, raising busy ones and cutting short gaps between bookings. Short Stay Measures show occupancy, ADR, RevPAR and the direct share by property.SHORT STAYDoor code per stayA confirmed stay gets its own six-digit door code for its dates. The guest gets it the day before arrival and sees it in the app. It ends with the stay's dates, or when the booking is cancelled.
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