Feature · Direct booking
The platforms found your guests. Stop paying them for the repeats.
Every platform booking hands over 15-20% and keeps the guest's contact details. Direct booking is how second visits, referrals and 'found you on Instagram' bookings become commission-free.
No. 01
What it does for the ledger
The arithmetic first: at £700 a week and 15% commission, every direct booking keeps £105. If a website moves twenty bookings a year off the platforms, it has paid for itself. That's the entire business case, and you can check it against your own occupancy.
The engine shows live availability, takes a deposit or full payment online, and syncs calendars with the platforms so double-booking isn't your new hobby. Guests get instant confirmation; you get their email address for next season.
The platforms keep their role: reaching strangers. Direct booking converts everyone who already knows you, which over the years becomes most of your best guests.
No. 02
See it working
The Sŵn y Nant glamping demo runs exactly this: pick a pod, pick your nights on the live calendar, and pay in full through the test checkout. The commercial thinking, with the OTA maths, is written up on the holiday-lets page.
No. 03
Where this fits your trade
Wondering whether your business needs it? That’s a five-minute conversation, not a sales call.