Your website
Making the site close the booking: rates above the fold, fewer clicks, photography that sells the stay.
Cabin booking software: thirteen systems, their published prices, and which suits a cabin
Thirteen systems a cabin or lodge owner would really run, each with the price its own page publishes and who it suits. Then the seven things cabins need that a hotel system never thinks about: seasonal minimum stays, deposit and balance schedules, off season closing, check-in with no signal, cleaning routes, damage deposits and whole property bookings.
Bed and breakfast direct booking: how a small B&B gets more of them
Direct bookings at a bed and breakfast come from people who already have your name. What it takes to catch them: a booking page that holds the date and takes a card, a clear read of what your Booking.com contract lets you charge, a deposit guests will finish, and somebody asking at checkout.
The best direct booking website builders for a small lodging operator
Houfy at $7.99 a listing, Guesty at $9 plus 1%, Lodgify from $14, OwnerRez at $40 for the first property, Hostaway's Pro site at $49 plus 0.5%, CraftedStays at $89.99. Ten builders with their published prices, who each one fits, and what the percentage plans really cost once your own site starts selling.
Which vacation rental website builder to buy, and what it costs
A builder is the right buy for almost every property of 8 to 25 units, and four are worth your time: Lodgify from $14 a month, OwnerRez at $40 for the first property, Hostaway's Pro site at $49 plus 0.5%, and Guesty at $9 plus 1% up to three listings. Paying for a build wins in one narrow case, when your pricing turns on a rule no builder will accept.
What a direct booking website needs, what it costs, and how to test yours
A direct booking website is your own site with a booking engine inside it, so a guest books and pays you with no commission on top. What the four parts cost, where fifteen systems put the guest's card, and a twenty minute test you can run tonight with your own card.
Small hotel booking software: what fifteen systems cost and how to choose between them
Fifteen systems a small hotel would really shortlist, with every price the vendor publishes, plus what a quote does and does not cover: the property system, the channel manager and the booking engine on your own site. Then four things to make a demo prove before you sign.