VacayDirect FAQ

VacayDirect is a done-for-you website service for vacation rental owners. We build your direct booking website, connect it to the booking system you already use, host it, and publish new local content on it every week. It costs $99 a month, or $199 a month with a human team handling your change requests.

Owners and small operators, typically with one to five properties, who want their own website and direct bookings but don't want to build or maintain a site themselves.

A link to your current website or your listings, access to your booking system's widget or booking link, and your domain if you have one. We take it from there.

We build from your Airbnb or Vrbo listing: photos, description, amenities, house rules and reviews you have the right to reuse.

No. Bookings, payments and calendars run through your own booking system, such as OwnerRez, Hostaway, Hospitable, Lodgify, Guesty or Hostfully. We embed that system's checkout in your site. The money goes straight to you and we never take a commission.

Yes. We'll recommend a booking system that fits your number of properties, or start you with a simple inquiry form while you choose one.

Not if your site's booking flow shares a calendar with your listings, which is what booking software is for. That's why we connect to yours rather than adding another calendar.

Most owners shouldn't. Marketplaces are effective at reaching new guests. Your own site is for repeat guests, referrals and everyone who searches for you by name or asks a specific question about your area.

No. Each site is built around your property, your photos and any reference sites you like. It's a standalone codebase, not a page inside a builder.

Chat with your site's AI agent in plain English: "swap the hero photo for the sunset one", "add a page about the new sauna". It makes the change and shows you a preview before publishing. On Concierge, you can simply email us and a person handles it.

Yes. We keep your URLs where we can and build a redirect map for anything that changes, so existing links and rankings carry over.

Yes. Your site lives in its own code repository. If you cancel, we transfer the site and its hosting to you.

Area guides, guest-type pages, seasonal posts and answers to common guest questions. They're drafted by AI using the facts about your property and location, in your site's voice. You can review, edit or veto anything.

Search engines reward content that's specific, accurate and useful, however it was drafted. Ours is built from real facts about your property and area, not generic filler. That's the line that matters.

Travellers increasingly ask ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google's AI Overviews where to stay. Those tools answer by reading web pages. We structure your site, with clear answers, local detail and rental schema, so it can be one of the pages they read.

No. Anyone who does is guessing. We guarantee the work: the site, the weekly content and honest reporting.

Growth is $99 a month. Concierge is $199 a month and adds unlimited change requests handled by a person. There's no setup fee and migration is included.

No. It's month to month and you can cancel any time.

Your booking software subscription, card processing on direct bookings, and your domain name, all of which you pay to those providers directly.