Your complete toolkit for direct
booking success
Every booking from every source. End-to-end direct reservation management.
Get more from your direct bookings
Increase your direct revenue
Maximize your revenue potential
Create rate strategies, utilize dynamic pricing, and eliminate OTA fees with a broad range of solutions that help you drive revenue.
Every booking from every source
Whether you’re designing a new website, connecting a booking engine to an existing one, or booking a walk-in guest, find support for every type of direct reservation.
Create custom experiences
Enjoy the flexibility that comes from direct reservations with tools that allow you to override pre-set business rules and offer customized quotes and promotions.
maximum reservations, maximum reliability
The direct reservations journey, covered in full
Your brand, your way
- Customizable templates built for STRs
- Localization and translations
- AI-powered SEO optimization to drive discoverability
- Import reviews from major OTAs to boost credibility
- Customizable templates built for STRs
- Localization and translations
- AI-powered SEO optimization to drive discoverability
- Import reviews from major OTAs to boost credibility
- End-to-end website creation by professionals
- Full design services customized to your needs
- Continuous updates, management, and troubleshooting
- Connect to any website with Booking Engine API
- Customize to match your brand
- Add filters and sorting for easy property search
- Accept payments and offer upsells and extras
- Easily accept walk-in and phone reservations
- Draft quotes and rental agreements
- Sync bookings in real-time to OTA listings
- Adjust cancelation policies, fees, and more
The power of direct reservations
"Guesty gives us the highest quality website and direct booking engine in the industry."
"Chaletô has been able to increase its brand presence pretty significantly with Guesty."
Guesty is trusted by property managers across the globe to manage 500K+ listings
Frequently asked questions
Here is what some of our customers needed to know
What are direct reservations?
Direct reservations are bookings that don’t come through the online travel agencies (such as Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo, and others). They can refer to reservations that are made through your property management website, by guests who call to inquire, or even by walk-in guests.
Why should I accept direct reservations?
Simply put, direct reservations let you earn more money by bypassing the fees charged by OTAs. Whatever nightly rate you charge, goes directly into your pocket.
Why do I need to use a PMS to manage direct reservations?
A property management system will ensure that your direct reservations will sync with any reservations that come in through your OTAs. As soon as a reservation is made through your Guesty booking engine, or is manually blocked on your Guesty Multi-Calendar, those dates are also blocked on the OTA calendars, eliminating the risk of double bookings.
How does the booking engine work?
The Guesty Booking Engine powers the checkout experience on your website. It shows real-time availability and rates for your listings; applies your pricing rules, fees, and policies; confirms reservations instantly; and syncs automatically with your Guesty calendar and operations.
Can I use Guesty’s booking engine on my own custom website?
Yes. Guesty’s booking engine can be embedded into Guesty Website Builder sites, custom-built websites, and partner or regional sites. This allows you to accept direct reservations while maintaining a consistent backend in Guesty.
Are phone, email, or WhatsApp bookings considered direct reservations?
Yes. Bookings made via phone, email, walk-in, Whatsapp, or corporate and repeat guest agreements are all considered direct reservations when entered manually into Guesty, as long as they did not originate from an OTA.
What are the benefits of direct reservations?
Direct reservations help you boost your revenue by avoiding OTA commissions. In addition, they let you own the guest relationship and data, control pricing, policies, and communication, and build a stronger brand and repeat business.