Vacation Rental Website Builder With Real Booking Checkout
A Booking Website, Not a Brochure
Generic website builders can make a pretty page for a rental, but the page cannot check availability, quote a stay with seasonal pricing and fees, collect a signed rental agreement, or take a deposit with balance timing. Those are booking-system jobs. HostMoat generates the website from your property profile and connects it to the same calendar, pricing rules, and payment machinery that run the rest of your rental.
That connection is the point: a direct booking blocks your Airbnb and VRBO availability through the exported iCal feed, the agreement and invoice generate themselves, and the stay flows into your reporting like any other booking.
What the Site Includes
- Photo gallery, rooms and amenities, house rules, and location drawn from one property profile.
- Live availability calendar with your pricing rules, minimum stays, and turnover buffers enforced.
- Three booking modes: Inquiry Only, 24-hour Request to Book with card authorization, or Instant Book.
- Stripe checkout with deposit and balance timing options, invoices, and e-sign rental agreements.
- Airbnb review import for social proof, an inquiry form, and an optional calendar embed for any external site.
Your Domain, Your Guest List, Your Money
Payments go from the guest's card to your own Stripe account. The guest's email address lands in your CRM, not a platform's. Point a CNAME record at HostMoat to use your own domain with SSL provisioned automatically, or publish instantly on a free subdomain. Either way the site, the reviews, and the repeat-guest relationship belong to you.
How It Pays for Itself
Pro is $290 a year, or $29 month to month. Depending on your platform fee model, the fees on a single mid-size booking can approach or exceed that; the free host fee calculator on this site runs your actual numbers and deducts Stripe processing so the savings figure is honest.
- Direct Booking Website feature page - Screenshots and setup walkthrough.
- Free host fee calculator - What platform fees cost you per year.
- Guide: set up your direct booking website - Step-by-step launch guide.
- Featured stays - Live booking sites from HostMoat hosts.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to know how to build websites?
No. The site generates from your property profile: photos, rooms, amenities, rules, and pricing. You choose branding and section visibility, and publishing is one click.
Do I need my own domain?
No. Every site publishes free at yourname.hostmoat.com. A custom domain is optional: add a CNAME record and HostMoat handles hosting and SSL.
How do payments work?
Guests pay by card through Stripe checkout into your own Stripe account. HostMoat never touches the money and takes 0% commission; Stripe's standard processing fees apply.
Will direct bookings double-book my Airbnb calendar?
The booking site sells from the same calendar that imports your Airbnb and VRBO feeds, and direct bookings appear in the iCal feed those platforms import. Platforms refresh feeds on their own schedule, so sync sharply reduces double-booking risk rather than eliminating it, and conflict alerts flag genuine overlaps.
Can I take bookings without instant payment?
Yes. Choose Inquiry Only to collect leads, or Request to Book to authorize the guest's card and hold dates for up to 24 hours while you approve or decline.