VacayDirect vs Lodgify
Keep Lodgify for the bookings. Let us do the website.
Lodgify is booking software with a website builder attached. VacayDirect is a website service that connects to booking software. They work well together.
The short answer
Lodgify is vacation rental software that combines a channel manager, a booking engine and a template-based website builder. VacayDirect is a done-for-you website and marketing service. They aren't really substitutes: many owners keep Lodgify for calendars and payments and use a VacayDirect site as the front door, with Lodgify's booking widget handling checkout.
What Lodgify does well
One login for calendars, channel sync, payments and a website. If you're starting from nothing and want a single tool, that's a sensible place to begin, and their templates will get a presentable site online in an afternoon.
Why owners add VacayDirect on top
A builder gives you a site. It doesn't give you the fifty pages of local content that bring strangers to it, and it doesn't write them for you. Owners come to us when the Lodgify site is live, looks fine and gets no traffic of its own.
- Custom design rather than a shared template
- Weekly area guides and guest-type pages, written and published for you
- A guest assistant that answers questions and captures inquiries
- Lodgify's booking widget embedded, so nothing changes about how you take bookings
Questions
What owners ask us
Do I have to leave Lodgify?
No. Keep Lodgify for calendars, channels and payments. We embed its booking widget in your new site.
Will my availability stay in sync?
Yes. The widget reads from your Lodgify calendar, which is the same calendar your Airbnb and Vrbo listings sync to.
What does Lodgify cost?
Lodgify's pricing page lists four plans from $18 to $77 a month at list price, varying with property count, all with a 0% booking fee. The website builder isn't in the $18 Basic plan; it starts at Starter, $33 a month (lodgify.com/pricing, checked September 2026). VacayDirect is $99 a month on top of whatever booking software you use.
Let's get your place its own front door.
A 20-minute call. We'll look at your current site or listing, tell you what we'd build and answer anything. No pitch deck.