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Vacation Rental Websites & Booking Systems

Your Properties. Your Guests. Your Revenue.

Build a direct-booking channel, strengthen guest relationships, and manage your vacation rental business with technology you control.

Custom, commissioned development for independent hosts and property managers. Not a subscription software product.

Illustrative A-frame cabin among tall forest trees with a small wooden deck
The Opportunity

Keep the discovery channels. Add a home of your own.

Airbnb, Vrbo, and other online travel agencies are valuable discovery channels, and many great stays begin there. Independent operators can also benefit from a branded booking experience they establish and control.

The first visit may arrive through an OTA. When a guest later chooses to return, an eligible future reservation can come directly through your property's own website.

We do not promise eliminated platform fees, higher revenue, or specific booking results. A direct channel is a tool you own; how it performs depends on your market, properties, and operations.

What We Build

Hospitality technology, commissioned for your properties.

Features depend on the selected package and agreed project scope. Not every capability is included in every package.

  • 01

    Custom vacation rental websites

    A branded home for your properties, designed around your stays and your voice.

  • 02

    Direct-booking engines and secure checkout

    Guests choose dates and pay through a payment provider connected to your own merchant account.

  • 03

    Availability and reservation management

    A clear view of open dates, holds, and confirmed stays.

  • 04

    Guest accounts and digital stay portals

    One place for a guest to find their reservation and stay details.

  • 05

    Guest CRM and booking history

    Records of guests who booked with you directly, kept in a system you control.

  • 06

    Automated email communications

    Confirmations, pre-arrival notes, and checkout reminders sent on schedule.

  • 07

    Calendar synchronization and PMS integrations

    iCal calendar sync or supported PMS connections, scoped to what your tools allow.

  • 08

    Digital guest guidebooks and Wi-Fi information

    House rules, local recommendations, and access details in a readable format.

  • 09

    Smart-lock and property automation integrations

    Connections to compatible devices where the manufacturer offers supported access.

  • 10

    Housekeeping and operational dashboards

    Turnover schedules and task views for you and your team.

  • 11

    Local SEO and destination landing pages

    Pages about your area that help travelers find you in search.

  • 12

    Reporting and analytics

    Booking sources, occupancy, and website activity in plain reports.

Packages

Three starting points. One project scoped to you.

Each package is a one-time development project. Hosting is required to keep your site online and is billed separately. Pricing is indicative and final quotes depend on scope.

STR Launch

Independent hosts, typically 1–2 properties.

Setup
$1,250–$1,750
Hosting & maintenance
$79/month
  • Branded website
  • Property listings and photo galleries
  • Mobile optimization
  • Foundational SEO
  • Basic booking or inquiry functionality
  • Basic guest information
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STR Direct

Growing operators, typically approximately 3–10 properties.

Setup
$2,500–$4,000
Hosting & maintenance
$179/month
  • Multi-property listings
  • Direct-booking checkout
  • Guest CRM
  • Availability management
  • Automated communications
  • Analytics
  • Supported calendar or PMS integrations
Discuss STR Direct

STR Portfolio

Established property managers.

Setup
$5,000–$10,000+
Hosting & maintenance
$399+/month
  • Advanced property catalogs
  • Booking workflows
  • Operational dashboards
  • Team permissions
  • Owner reporting
  • Custom integrations
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The monthly rates shown cover BLDC hosting, maintenance, monitoring, technical operations, and defined support. They are not software license fees. Additional feature development is commissioned and quoted separately.

Payment processing and third-party platform fees are separate and paid to those providers. Not sure which fits? Ask us to help you choose.

The Guest Journey

From first stay to returning guest, on the guest's terms.

  1. 1

    Discovery and booking

    A guest discovers your property and books through an OTA or directly on your website.

  2. 2

    A considered stay

    The guest receives permitted stay information and access to a digital guest experience, such as a guidebook.

  3. 3

    A voluntary connection

    Where permitted, the guest can choose to establish a direct relationship with the property, for example by opting in to hear from you. Nothing is required.

  4. 4

    A return visit

    For a future trip, the guest can return through the property’s own booking website.

  5. 5

    Lasting relationships

    Over time, the property owner develops repeat business and customer relationships.

Guests who book through an OTA are never required to register off-platform, and marketing consent is never assumed. Any direct relationship is voluntary, and guest communications follow each OTA's terms, applicable law, and the consent a guest has actually given.

Ownership

Built for Your Business. Owned by You.

This is custom, commissioned development, not a subscription software product. You own your domain, your original content, your customer data, and the commissioned custom project code after payment, subject to disclosed third-party licenses and contractual terms.

Beyond Limits Digital Co. provides hosting, maintenance, and technical support. You can use our services or arrange compatible hosting elsewhere, subject to your project's requirements and agreed terms. Additional development is commissioned and quoted separately; there is no proprietary software license designed to lock you in.

  • Your domain
  • Your content
  • Your guest data
  • Your project code
Integration Flexibility

Custom booking, or the platform you already run.

We can build a custom booking experience or integrate with established platforms such as Guesty, Hostaway, and Lodgify, depending on technical compatibility and available integrations.

Custom booking experience

Availability, pricing, and checkout built into your website, with payments through your own merchant account.

Guesty, Hostaway, or Lodgify

Where documented API access is available to your account, we connect to it. Some connections require provider credentials or approval.

Calendar sync

iCal sync is available for many platforms. It updates periodically rather than in real time, and we plan conflict handling accordingly.

Enhancements

Add more when your business is ready.

These are optional improvements, commissioned and quoted separately. They are not included in monthly hosting and maintenance.

  • Smart-lock integrations
  • Guest loyalty programs
  • Automated Wi-Fi access
  • Dynamic pricing
  • Cleaning coordination
  • Advanced reporting

Tell us about your properties.

Share how you host today, the platforms you use, and what you want a direct channel to do. We will recommend a scope and give you a clear quote.

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