What gets in the way for a B&B or holiday cottage
A commission on every stay
Rental platforms charge fees on the stays they bring you. A guest who comes back the next year, or who found you on Google, has no reason to go through them again.
The fear of double bookings
As soon as you open a second channel, the same weekend can be booked twice. That fear is often what stops owners taking direct bookings.
Requests by email and phone
Availability, rates, number of guests: every direct request takes several messages before it is confirmed.
Stay rules of your own
Two nights minimum at weekends, check-in from 4 pm, closed in January: these rules should apply before the guest even writes to you.
How it works with Voxtya
- Describe your rooms and units. One type per room or cottage: name, description, capacity, how many units of that type and a nightly price (indicative, paid on site). Up to 30 types.
- Set your stay rules. Check-in and check-out times, minimum and maximum nights, closing dates and how far ahead guests can book.
- Sync Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo. Voxtya reads your listings’ iCal calendars (1 to 5 per type) every hour and blocks the nights already taken. The other way round, you paste each type’s Voxtya iCal link into your listings, so nights booked direct are blocked there.
- Guests book their nights. They pick dates, the room type and the number of guests; only free nights are offered. They get the confirmation, then a reminder the day before arrival.
- Stay in control. With manual confirmation you approve each request. A whole-property link adds your stays to your Google Calendar.
Try the example
Try booking a stay in the demo
Hôtel Belvédère, our demo property in Aix-en-Provence, uses the stay mode with 4 room types. It works the same for two guest rooms or a cottage: pick dates and see which nights are free.
In practice
| Rental platform | Voxtya booking page | |
|---|---|---|
| Commission per stay | Yes, depending on the platform | No, fixed monthly price |
| Reach to new travellers | Strong | Your website, Google listing, social media |
| Online payment | Yes | No, paid on site |
| Guest contact details | Often hidden | Yours |
| Shared calendar | Via iCal | Via iCal, both ways |
How much it costs
Bookings
€29/month
€23/month billed annually
Website + Bookings
€49/month
€39/month billed annually
No commission, no commitment, 30-day free trial (card required, nothing is charged before the trial ends). All prices: Pricing page.
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Booking software · B&B and holiday cottage
Direct bookings, Airbnb and Booking.com calendars synced by iCal, no commission.
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