Direct booking for vacation rental hosts · Private beta
Keep more of every booking.
Your own booking page, e-signed rental agreements and payments straight to your account. Keep Airbnb and Vrbo for new guests, and take repeat and referral guests direct.
What the host keeps
3 nights at $300 + $150 cleaning = $1,050
+$130.38 more per stay than Airbnb
The platforms are taking a bigger cut.
Airbnb: 15.5% from hosts, including your cleaning fee. All U.S. hosts moved to this fee by September 15, 2026.
Vrbo: a single 12% commission since October 29, 2026, and guests still pay a service fee on top.
Everything a direct booking needs
From the first inquiry to the last load of laundry.
Your booking page and calendar
A booking page for each property, synced with Airbnb, Vrbo and Google Calendar so you're never double-booked. Link to it from anywhere or embed it on your website.
Request to book, with ID
You approve every stay. Guests upload an ID with their request, and it's deleted automatically 30 days after checkout.
Your rental agreement, e-signed
Upload your own Word contract. Guests sign it online with the dates, guest count and payment schedule filled in, and the signed PDF is saved to your Google Drive.
Deposits and payment plans
Take a deposit at booking and the balance later, or let guests split it into payments. The money goes to your own PayPal. Zelle, Venmo and Cash App payments can be recorded too.
Guest emails from your Gmail
Confirmations, payment reminders and arrival instructions go out automatically, from your own address, with the guest's details filled in.
A cleaning board for your crew
Every turnover, including Airbnb and Vrbo stays, in one schedule. Your crew gets a phone link with checklists and photos, and clocks in and out, so you know what each cleaning costs.
Also included: weekend and holiday rates, minimum stays, pet and extra-guest fees, lodging taxes, and discounts for early bird, last-minute, longer and returning-guest stays.
How it works
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We set it up with you
We connect your calendars, Google and PayPal, load your rates and rules, and turn your rental agreement into an online contract.
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Share your booking link
Send it to past guests, put it on your website and social pages, and hand it out at checkout.
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Approve, and get paid
Guests request dates, you approve, they sign and pay the deposit. Balances, reminders and cleanings take care of themselves.
The math
One 3-night stay, three ways.
3 nights at $300 plus a $150 cleaning fee: a $1,050 booking before lodging taxes. Here's what reaches the owner.
Airbnb
The fee applies to the cleaning fee too.
Vrbo
The guest also pays Vrbo a service fee on top.
Own My Bookings
Paid by Zelle instead: the owner keeps the full $1,050.
$130.38 more to the owner on this one stay than through Airbnb.
About 2 direct stays like this a year cover a full year of Own My Bookings for one property. No setup fee.
*PayPal's U.S. card rate, 2.99% + $0.49 per payment, on a $500 deposit and a $550 balance. Guests paying with a PayPal or Venmo account cost 3.49% + $0.49. Excludes lodging taxes. Own My Bookings' monthly fee ($19.99 for the first property, $16.99 for each additional) is per property, not per booking.
Compare
What it costs to host a booking.
| Own My Bookings | Airbnb | Vrbo | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | Your own direct booking system | Marketplace | Marketplace |
| Fee per booking | None. Card fees only (about 3%, to PayPal) | 15.5%, including cleaning | 12%, including payment processing |
| Monthly, 1 property | $19.99 $16.99 each additional |
$0 | $0 |
| Setup | No setup fee, and we help you set up | Self-serve | Self-serve |
| Guest's email and repeat bookings | Yours | Kept by Airbnb | Kept by Vrbo |
| Owner payout on the $1,050 example | $1,017.63 | $887.25 | $924.00 |
Competitor fees from public sources as of November 2026 and may change; rates vary by region, listing type and cancellation policy. Airbnb and Vrbo are trademarks of their owners; Own My Bookings is not affiliated with them.
Pricing
Simple, and no cut of your bookings.
No setup fee, just one monthly fee per property. Payments go to your own PayPal account, so the only per-booking cost is PayPal's card fee, and Zelle payments cost nothing.
$19.99
per month, first property
$16.99
per month, each additional property
- No setup fee. We help you connect calendars, Google and PayPal, and set up your rates and rental agreement
- Booking page, e-signing, payment plans, guest emails and the cleaning board
- No commission and no guest service fee
- Keep listing on Airbnb and Vrbo; everything stays in sync
Private beta: we're adding a few hosts at a time.
Questions
Do I have to leave Airbnb or Vrbo?
No. Most hosts keep their listings for new guests and use their own booking page for repeat guests, referrals and their website. Calendars sync both ways so nothing gets double-booked.
Who holds the guest's money?
You do. Guests pay into your own PayPal account, and refunds are issued from it. Own My Bookings never holds your guests' payments.
What do my guests see?
Your property's name, photos and colors, and emails from your own Gmail address. Bookings happen on our secure booking site, guestdesk365.com.
Can I use my own rental agreement?
Yes. Send us your Word document and we'll set it up so dates, guest counts, amounts and the payment schedule fill in automatically for each booking.
What do I need to get started?
A Google account (for your calendar, email and signed agreements), a PayPal business account, your rental agreement, and your Airbnb or Vrbo calendar links.
Your rentals. Your guests. Your business.
Join the private beta and take your next booking direct.