How do I create a direct booking website or landing page?

Launch your own booking site from STR > Direct Booking: branding, listings, coupons, and booking requests.

Purpose

A direct booking website lets guests book with you directly — no channel commission, and you own the guest relationship and data. Rentivue hosts a booking site per company at /book/your-slug.

Who can use this

Admins and marketing managers. Requires the Direct Booking module (built on Short-Term Rental).

Steps

1Go to STR > Direct Booking (/str/direct-booking).
2Open Settings (/str/direct-booking/settings) and set up the site: site name, URL slug, logo, colors, and contact details.
3Add your SEO basics (title, description) and any analytics or ad pixels you use — these power campaign attribution.
4Enable the site features you want (booking requests, coupons, and so on) with the toggles.
5Open Listings (/str/direct-booking/listings) and choose which STR properties appear on the site; polish each listing's photos and description.
6Create coupons (/str/direct-booking/coupons) if you want promo codes for campaigns.
7Publish and open your public site at /book/your-slug to review it exactly as guests will.
8Test the flow: pick dates on a listing and submit a booking request.
9Booking requests arrive at STR > Direct Booking > Requests (/str/direct-booking/requests) — review and confirm them into real reservations (double-booking checks apply).
10Share the site link in your marketing; campaigns and QR codes from the Marketing Hub can point at it and be attributed.

Important notes

Guest bookings from the site are REQUESTS until your team confirms them — you keep control of the calendar.
The site only shows availability from your Rentivue calendar, so confirmed reservations and blocks are never bookable.

Common mistakes

Publishing with placeholder photos or empty descriptions — the site is your storefront.
Forgetting to watch the Requests inbox; slow confirmations lose bookings.

FAQ

Can I use my own domain?: The site lives at /book/your-slug on your Rentivue deployment; custom-domain setup is an infrastructure step — contact support.