Direct-booking websites for STR hostsYour rental deserves a home beyond the platforms.
Summitry Digital builds fast, custom websites that let guests book you directly, without platform service fees. Built by a host, for hosts, and live in 7–14 days.
- You own your site
- No booking commissions
- Hospitable-ready booking
Why book direct
Stop renting your guests from the platforms.
Airbnb and VRBO are great for discovery, but every repeat guest who books there pays fees and stays the platform's customer. A direct-booking site gives returning guests, referrals and social followers a place to book with you, under your brand.
Platform-only listings
Guests pay service fees, you follow someone else's rules, and your listing looks like every other one in the search results.
Subscription site builders
Monthly fees that never end, templated designs, and a site you lose the day you stop paying.
A Summitry Digital site
A custom site you own outright, connected to your PMS booking widget, with low running costs and optional support only if you want it.
What you get
Everything a direct-booking site needs.
Each site is built around your property's story and the things your guests actually search for.
Live booking
Your PMS booking widget built right in, so guests check real availability and book in a few clicks. Hospitable-ready today; other PMSs on request.
Built to be found
Search-engine and AI-search ready: structured data, sitemap, crawler settings and Google Search Console setup.
Dashboards you can read
With Insights, GA4, Microsoft Clarity and Search Console are set up in your own accounts, so you can see how guests find and use your site.
Photo-forward design
A full photo gallery, amenity highlights, guest reviews and local guides that sell the stay before guests arrive.
Fast, secure, accessible
Lightweight code on Netlify hosting with HTTPS, accessibility checks and mobile-first layouts.
Ready for portfolios
Own several properties? Each gets its own page, with a portfolio-wide search option for multi-property hosts.
Proof of concept
Mossy Tides Retreat
Summitry Digital is run by Josh, a short-term rental host. Before building sites for other hosts, he built one for his own rental, Mossy Tides Retreat: a 3-bedroom getaway on Whitemarsh Island near Savannah, GA. It's the same playbook every client site follows.
- Hospitable booking widget for direct reservations
- 32-photo gallery, amenity tour and guest reviews
- Search-ready schema, sitemap and AI-crawler access
- Analytics with Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity
- hosting
- Netlify
- booking
- Hospitable widget
- analytics
- GA4 + Microsoft Clarity
- search
- Schema, sitemap, Search Console
- ai_crawlers
- allowed
- gallery
- 32 photos
- reviews
- Airbnb + VRBO
How it works
From intake to live in 7–14 days.
Intake
A short checklist covering your property, photos, listing links, PMS and brand preferences.
Build
We design and build your custom site, then share a preview for your feedback.
Launch
Hosting set up on Netlify, your domain connected, booking widget tested end to end.
Grow
Review your dashboards and keep the site current yourself or with an optional support plan.
Pricing
Starting at $1,500. No commissions. Ever.
Start with Essential and add what you need. Choose Guest Guide, Live Content and Insights together and the Complete package saves you $350.
Summitry Digital pricing at a glance
Updated| Package | First property | Each additional property | Support included |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essential | $1,500 | $650, plus any add-ons chosen | 1 month, then $50/mo optional |
| Complete (Essential + Guest Guide, Live Content & Insights) | $2,000 | $900 for the 2nd–3rd, $800 for the 4th–6th, $700 for the 7th–10th; custom quote for 11+ | 1 month, then $50/mo optional |
| Complete with Admin Updates | $2,500 | Same as Complete (Admin Updates is priced once per site) | 3 months, then $30/mo optional |
Add-ons on their own: Guest Guide $300, Live Content $350, Insights $200, Admin Updates $500 (requires Live Content). No booking commissions. Build your exact package below.
$50/mo for standard sites, or $30/mo for Admin Updates sites. Monitoring, security updates, backups and a Quarterly Check with AI/SEO analysis and photo updates. Included: 1 month on standard sites, 3 months on admin sites.
A PMS with a direct-booking widget and a domain in your name. Using Hospitable? You'll need a plan with Direct Booking (Professional or Mogul).
50% deposit to start, 50% before launch. Hosting, domain & PMS fees billed by those providers.
How much does a direct-booking website cost?
Summitry Digital sites start at $1,500 for one property. The Complete package is $2,000, or $2,500 with Admin Updates. There's no booking commission, and the site is hosted in accounts you own.
Do I really own the website?
Yes. The site is built for you and handed over on your own hosting account and domain. If you never pay another dollar to Summitry Digital, it keeps running.
Which property management systems do you work with?
Our sites are Hospitable-ready today (Hospitable's widget needs a plan with Direct Booking: Professional or Mogul). Using a different PMS? Most offer a direct-booking widget. Tell us which one you use and we'll confirm the fit before you commit.
Will this replace Airbnb and VRBO?
No, and it doesn't need to. Keep your listings for discovery. Your site gives repeat guests, referrals and social followers a direct way to book with you.
How long does a build take?
Most sites launch 7–14 days after we receive your completed intake checklist and photos. Every package includes 2 revision rounds.
What are the ongoing costs?
Your domain, hosting and PMS plan, billed directly by those providers. Support plans are optional: $50/month for standard sites or $30/month for Admin Updates sites, after your included support (1 month on standard sites, 3 months on admin sites). With Admin Updates you can update reviews and seasonal content yourself.
I already use another website builder. Can you move me?
Yes. We'll rebuild your site as a custom site you own and help connect your domain once it's ready.
Get started
Let's build your direct-booking site.
Tell us about your property and we'll get back to you within one to two business days.
Prefer email?
info@summitrydigital.com