Your rental's website doesn't have to be a project. It can be a simple page with your photos, your calendar and a button to book, or a complete site with a gallery, several languages and your own domain. On Amplistay both are just as easy to build, and both come with their own link to take direct bookings.
Plenty of hosts don't have a website because it sounds like developers, templates and weeks of work. Meanwhile, the guest who messages them on WhatsApp or Instagram to come back ends up booking on Airbnb or Booking again, commission included.
Simple: just enough to book
If what you want is to start taking direct bookings, the minimum is enough:
- Your rental's name and a few photos.
- Your calendar, connected by iCal to Airbnb, Booking or your channel manager, so bookings never overlap.
- Your prices.
That already gives you your rental's website, with its availability calendar and a button to book and pay. And you get its link: the one you send on WhatsApp to whoever messages you, put on your Instagram or print on a card in the house.
Complete: the full website, without the usual work
Whenever you feel like it, the same website grows:
- Gallery, description, house rules and anything else you want to tell.
- Several languages, for guests from abroad.
- Your own domain (yoursite.com) instead of an Amplistay subdomain.
- If you have several cabins or apartments in the same place, all on one website.
No starting over, no template switch: it's the same website with more in it. And the link you already shared keeps working.
You decide how guests book
Simple or complete, your rental's website can:
- Take the payment directly, through Stripe or your bank's card terminal. The money goes to your account.
- Just receive requests, with a contact form, if you prefer to close each booking yourself.
- Send guests to your booking platform, such as AvaiBook, if you already charge there.
And with the same link, a guest who is already staying, whether they came from Airbnb, Booking or direct, can extend their stay: an extra night, early check-in or late check-out, checked against your calendar and paid on the spot.
What it costs
Building and trying it is free, with no time limit. When you want to publish it: $19 / €19 per month per property, everything included and no commission. Stripe or your bank charge their own fee per payment, and Amplistay keeps nothing.
Start simple
It takes about 10 minutes and no coding. Build the simple version today, share its link and complete it whenever you have time.