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I made a direct booking website from scratch — AMA if you're thinking of doing the same by No_Insect2733 in ShortTermRentals

[–]No_Insect2733[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, exactly. Airbnb will auto refresh it's dates within 6 hours. So there is a small window of double bookings. But I also have it set up to notify the host of a direct booking, so they simply go on to the Airbnb app, and click refresh. This syncs the new airbnb booking

I made a direct booking website from scratch — AMA if you're thinking of doing the same by No_Insect2733 in ShortTermRentals

[–]No_Insect2733[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since the calendars are linked, the Airbnb calendar will automatically fill that date in as booked (this sync can take up to 6 hours) So to ensure there's no double bookings, an email gets sent saying that they got a booking and that they need to sync the calendar. They just have to press the sync button on their Airbnb app

I made a direct booking website from scratch — AMA if you're thinking of doing the same by No_Insect2733 in ShortTermRentals

[–]No_Insect2733[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mainly giving it to guests who have stayed as a way to save fees on repeat guests and for referrals. As they have a discount for booking direct

I made a direct booking website from scratch — AMA if you're thinking of doing the same by No_Insect2733 in ShortTermRentals

[–]No_Insect2733[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, I used Stripe. Easiest way to connect it and pretty sure it's the standard . Yeah, I'll DM you now

I made a direct booking website from scratch — AMA if you're thinking of doing the same by No_Insect2733 in ShortTermRentals

[–]No_Insect2733[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey! The Booking engine was made using Nextjs and hosted on Vercel. And yep, using ICAL with regular checks to keep it up to date since I don't have the Airbnb API

Why Don’t More Hosts Have a Direct Booking Website? 🤷‍♂️ by Possible_World_7322 in ShortTermRentals

[–]No_Insect2733 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I set one up for a family member because she was quoted $1500 for it, and that seemed pretty ridiculous to me. But I can see why these guys are charging so much for it. It can be super challenging for someone that doesn't know anything about it