Booking platform

Your own booking site.Your rules, your revenue.

Direct bookings with verified guests, payments into your own merchant account and every reservation in one dashboard.

An owner's DirectSTR booking site: the Casa Palmera listing with photos, nightly price and a Book Now button
ID verified
Paid to your account

Built by DirectSTR

Owner sites we've built, live today.

Each one is the owner's own brand and domain, with bookings paid straight to them.

The Wellbound LV booking site
Wellbound LV on a phone
Wellbound LV

Wellness villa, Las Vegas

A private luxury wellness villa in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The entire villa sleeps 24, booked direct with no fees and instant confirmation.

Visit wellboundlv.com
The Gilroy Glamping booking site
Gilroy Glamping on a phone
Gilroy Glamping

Glamping estate, Gilroy CA

Luxury private glamping estate in Gilroy, CA.

A private house and three geodesic domes, with a heated spa, movie nights and pickleball.

Visit gilroyglamping.com

Booking economics

Stop paying the marketplace tax.

Listing sites charge hosts and guests on every stay. Your own booking site replaces those fees with predictable costs, and the savings grow with every home and every returning guest.

Cost of a booking

Combined fees on a typical stay

Listing sites15–25%

Host fee 3–5% plus guest fee 12–20%

Your booking siteUp to 75% less

Predictable costs, paid directly to you

Up to 75%

lower cost per booking

Predictable

costs you can plan around

Direct

relationships with every guest

Payments and payouts

Paid directly.On your schedule.

Guests pay through a merchant account in your name, processed by Authorize.Net. No platform holding your money, no payout delays.

  • A merchant account in your name, and we help you set it up
  • Deposits and balance due dates you choose
  • Payouts to your own bank accounts, by property if you like
  • No platform holds or release schedules
A reservation's payments: the initial and final payments marked paid, a $3,284.60 stay with $0.00 due

Guest verification

Know who's stayingbefore they arrive.

Every guest is checked before the booking is confirmed, so problems stop at the door instead of after checkout.

  • Government ID verified with Stripe Identity
  • Name, billing address and card checks
  • A risk rating on every reservation
  • Your rental agreement and house rules accepted before booking
Security checks on a reservation: identity verified, name match, billing address and payment attempts, rated low risk

How it works

Every booking, checked and paid.

The same five steps on every reservation, with nothing for you to chase.

  1. 1

    Guest books

    On your site, at your prices

  2. 2

    ID verified

    Checked with Stripe Identity

  3. 3

    Terms accepted

    Rental agreement and house rules

  4. 4

    Payment taken

    Into your merchant account

  5. 5

    Booking confirmed

    Confirmation and receipt sent

Control

Run it your way.

Rates, rules and availability, managed in one place.

Calendar sync

Availability stays in step with Airbnb, Vrbo and your PMS, so dates are never double booked.

Rates and fees

Seasonal and weekend pricing, date overrides, cleaning and pet fees.

Stay rules

Minimum and maximum nights by season, property or booking window.

Dynamic pricing

Connect PriceLabs and your rates update on your booking site automatically.

Your documents

Your rental agreement and house rules, required before anyone can book.

Automatic emails

Confirmations, receipts and host alerts, each with its delivery status.

Owner dashboard

Every booking.Every number.

See who booked, how they paid, what they agreed to and how each home is performing.

  • Net revenue, ADR, RevPAR and occupancy by property
  • Each reservation with its payments, documents and emails
  • One calendar across all your homes
Analytics: revenue metrics, the revenue and ADR trend, and occupancy by property

Integrations

Works with the tools you already use.

Channels

AirbnbVrbo

Calendars stay in sync, so availability always matches.

Property management

GuestyHostawayHostfully

Reservations and availability stay in sync.

Revenue management

PriceLabs

Dynamic rates reach your booking site on their own.

Payments and identity

Authorize.NetStripe Identity

Payments into your merchant account; ID checks on every guest.

Marketing channels, the MLS network and creator campaigns all book straight into your site.

Ready to take your bookings direct?

Your own booking site, verified guests, and payments into your own merchant account, which we help you set up.