DirectSTR gives property owners a dedicated booking infrastructure with predictable economics, direct payment control, and operational independence from marketplace platforms.
Stop paying compounding OTA fees on every booking. Run your bookings like a business with infrastructure designed for long-term margin improvement.
Traditional marketplaces charge fees on both sides of every transaction. Hosts typically pay 3-5% per booking while guests pay 12-20% in service fees. These compounding costs inflate the total transaction cost by 15-25% on every stay, reducing your effective revenue while increasing the price guests actually pay.
DirectSTR restructures this equation. By operating on your own booking infrastructure, you replace variable marketplace fees with predictable, significantly lower per-booking costs. The difference compounds in your favor as you scale across multiple properties and build a base of repeat guests who book directly.
Payments flow directly to the owner's own merchant account. No intermediary holding or delayed release of funds.
Route payouts to different bank accounts per property, entity, or partner structure.
Set deposit schedules, balance-due timelines, and automatic payment collection rules that match your business needs.
Eliminate dependency on platform-controlled payout schedules, holds, and arbitrary release policies.
On marketplace platforms, your revenue passes through a third party that controls when and how you get paid. DirectSTR removes that dependency entirely.
Payments process directly through your own merchant account with configurable payout timing, multi-account routing, and no platform-imposed holds or delays. You control your cash flow the same way any business controls its receivables.
Centralized control over your properties, rates, availability, and booking rules without relying on marketplace algorithms or restrictions.
Manage all properties from a single dashboard. Changes propagate across all connected channels and marketing sites automatically.
Connect PriceLabs, Wheelhouse, or other revenue management tools. Pricing logic syncs directly to your booking domain in real time.
Bi-directional calendar sync with iCal and PMS platforms. Availability is enforced at the booking level to prevent double bookings.
Configure minimum and maximum stay requirements by season, property, or booking window. Apply gap-night rules to optimize occupancy.
Set base rates, seasonal pricing, weekend premiums, and custom date overrides. Apply pet fees, cleaning fees, and ancillary charges.
Seamless connectivity with Guesty, Hostify, Hospitable, and other property management systems for synchronized operations.
Marketplace bookings often come from anonymous guests with minimal verification. DirectSTR builds identity and trust into the booking process itself, reducing fraud, chargebacks, and property risk.
Require government ID verification before booking confirmation. Guests are validated before they arrive, not after.
Built-in fraud detection on payment processing. Flag suspicious bookings before they complete.
Enforce deposit requirements, cancellation policies, and rental agreements as part of the booking flow.
Verified guests with signed agreements and direct payment relationships result in significantly fewer payment disputes.
Identity check initiated automatically
Government ID matched and validated
Digital contract executed before payment
Direct to owner merchant account
Guest receives access credentials
Instant booking confirmations with property details, check-in instructions, and payment receipts.
Digital rental agreements presented and signed during the booking flow. Stored and accessible for both parties.
Configurable cancellation policies with automatic refund calculations and penalty enforcement.
Automated pre-arrival, check-in, and post-stay messaging sequences customizable per property.
Every booking on DirectSTR follows a structured operational flow -- from initial inquiry through checkout. Confirmations, contracts, guest communications, and policy enforcement are handled automatically.
The entire booking experience is mobile-optimized, ensuring guests can search, book, and pay from any device without friction. Owners see every booking, payment, and guest interaction in a single operational dashboard.
DirectSTR connects to the tools you already use -- syncing inventory, pricing, and operations across your entire property management stack.
Bi-directional sync for reservations, availability, and guest data.
Dynamic pricing pushes directly to your booking domain in real time.
All marketing channels pull live inventory from your booking domain automatically.
Flexible payment processing with configurable payout schedules.
Move your bookings off marketplace platforms and onto infrastructure you control. Predictable costs, direct payments, and operational independence.