For vacation rental owners
A direct home for your property, with an inquiry form and booking steps you control. $0 build, $49/month per property, no commission, and no need to abandon Airbnb or VRBO.
Private preview at no charge. No obligation.
Owner controls
Review your site before it goes live.
Check the words, photos, rules, and inquiry setup. You decide when the site is ready for guests.
Who is behind DirectStay
I own Villa La Percha, a private waterfront villa in Chalk Sound on Providenciales. I built its direct website first, for my own guests, because a marketplace listing puts every home into the same template and takes a fee on every stay.
The villa's own site tells its story properly: the dock, the pool, the neighborhood, and the practical answers guests ask for. DirectStay offers other owners that same kind of site, with the owner tools and inquiry desk behind it, for a flat monthly price. You still make every booking decision.
Jaimal Fecteau
Founder, DirectStay. Owner, Villa La Percha, Chalk Sound, Turks & Caicos.
See Villa La Percha
01 — Your website and inquiry desk
A direct home for your property, with its story, photos, practical details, and an inquiry form and booking steps you control.
Your guest conversations and property context together, with a prepared reply you can make your own.
02 — The inquiry desk
Guest questions come to one place, with a draft reply waiting for you.
An inquiry from your site lands in your DirectStay inbox, with an email alert to your phone.
Written from your property details, house rules, and the dates the guest asked about, and closed with your usual sign-off.
Edit it, save it for later, or send it as it stands.
Make the draft sound like you. Set your Suggested reply style once: warm or concise, whether to offer the next booking step, and your sign-off. Every draft follows it.
Before you start
A website does not create traffic by itself. It gives repeat guests, referrals, and owner-controlled discovery a memorable place to return.
Keep active Airbnb and Vrbo conversations and bookings on those platforms. DirectStay does not buy traffic, send unsolicited marketing, or guarantee inquiries or bookings.
Review one private preview first. For more than one property, we will talk through package pricing before you decide.
03 — How it works
We build the first version. You bring the property knowledge.
Send a property link if you have one, or a short note about what you want to improve.
We prepare a private preview so you can judge the direction before deciding whether to launch.
After DirectStay replies, send details however is easiest: notes, email, or an optional voice memo.
Approve the site and the written service terms.
04 — Pricing and control
The monthly plan supports the site and owner desk. It does not turn DirectStay into your property manager.
See full pricingDirectStay does not contact guests autonomously or make these decisions for you. Property photos and listing materials are published only after you confirm DirectStay may use them.
Illustration, not a promise
This compares published marketplace host fees with the DirectStay subscription. It assumes the same nights would book at the same rate direct, which nobody can promise. DirectStay does not buy traffic or guarantee inquiries or bookings.
Taxes, cleaning fees, guest-side service fees and payment processing on the direct side are excluded.
05 — FAQ and next step
See what the guest experience can look like at Villa La Percha, then start with your own private preview.
Send one propertyNo. DirectStay works alongside Airbnb, VRBO, and the other channels you already use. They can remain discovery channels while repeat guests, referrals, and inquiries earned outside restricted marketplace messaging have an owner-approved place to learn about the property and contact you.
The $49/month per property plan covers hosting and site support plus the Owner Portal inquiry desk: inquiry records, email alerts when your setup is live, AI-assisted reply drafts for owner review, calendar checks, and guest records associated with your property.
No. DirectStay provides a property site, inquiry form, and owner tools. It can show approved calendar information and collect stay details, but it does not run your rental business, replace your marketplaces, or accept a booking for you. You confirm the final dates, price, payment, terms, and accepted booking.
Villa La Percha is DirectStay's live founder property. It shows the guest-facing experience, including the property story, inquiry form, availability calendar, FAQ, guides, itinerary, map, and supported price comparison.
We do not charge the $49 monthly service fee per property before that property site is live. Before billing begins, your written agreement and checkout show the exact billing start date.
The $49/month price is per property. If you have more than one, we quote a package before you decide.
A directstay.app/yourproperty address is included. Custom-domain setup may be discussed later under a separate written agreement.
You can cancel anytime. Service end dates and any final handoff are governed by the written agreement.
Share a property link if you have one, or send a short note about the property. DirectStay prepares the first version; you correct the facts, approve photos and rules, confirm availability and rates, and make every booking decision.
We start with a private review. Launch timing depends on property details, owner approvals, availability setup, and the agreement.
Public listing photos can help with a private first look. Nothing is published unless the owner approves the materials and confirms DirectStay may use them.
No. DirectStay can prepare an AI-assisted draft in the Owner Portal using the guest's inquiry and your approved property information. You can review it, edit it, ignore it, or choose Send yourself. No inquiry reply is sent until you choose Send.
You do. Use an owner-approved calendar source; once your property setup is live, DirectStay can flag possible date conflicts for review. You confirm the final dates and price.
You collect guest payments and handle deposits, taxes, refunds, cancellations, and disputes.
You approve the property facts, photos, rates, rules, and public launch. Inquiry and guest records captured through your DirectStay setup stay associated with your property and can be exported.
DirectStay builds and hosts the site while your plan is active. You own your property brand, owner-provided photos, owner-approved facts, rates, guest relationships, and bookings. DirectStay code, templates, systems, and hosting remain separate.
