If you're importing from Airbnb, you can have your direct booking website live in under 10 minutes. Futurestay pulls your listing details, photos, and amenities from Airbnb so you don't have to re-enter anything. Complete the required setup checklist items, connect Stripe for payments, and launch. If you're creating a property from scratch, plan for 20 to 30 minutes depending on how much content you have ready.

Payment processing is handled by Stripe at a flat rate of 3.5% for domestic transactions and 4.5% for international. This goes directly to Stripe, not Futurestay. There are no additional commissions from Futurestay on direct bookings.

Yes. Futurestay syncs your calendar so you never get double booked. Hosts with an Airbnb account can choose to connect directly via Airbnb's official API for automatic updates. You can also sync with Airbnb, VRBO, Booking.com, and other platforms via iCal.

Your site is automatically listed on Google Vacation Rentals, putting your properties in front of millions of travelers searching on Google. Beyond that, promoting your site through social media, past guest outreach, and direct marketing helps grow your direct bookings over time. Futurestay provides guides and resources to help you do all of it, and our team is always available to walk you through what works.

No hard limit, but Futurestay is designed for independent hosts and small portfolios, typically up to 10 properties. Pricing is based on your total property count. Whether you have 1 property or 10, your direct booking site can showcase all of them.

Yes. All Futurestay websites are mobile-first, meaning they’re designed for phones first and then scale up for tablets and desktops. Over 60% of vacation rental searches happen on mobile, so a great mobile experience is critical for conversions.

Yes. Futurestay offers a 14-day free trial with full access to all features. No commitment until your trial ends.

Because on Airbnb and Vrbo you rent the guest; on your own site you own them. OTA listings cost you roughly 15.5% of every reservation and give you no way to contact a past guest directly. A direct booking website runs alongside your listings, using the same calendar, and turns repeat guests into bookings that cost you nothing but card processing.

It is software that builds a booking-ready website from your existing listing data instead of from a blank template. A general website builder gives you pages. A short-term rental website builder gives you pages plus a live availability calendar, a booking engine, payment processing and channel sync, so a guest can actually reserve and pay.

With Futurestay it starts at $20 per property per month on Flex, billed annually, $239 a year for one property, or $29 month-to-month. Amplify is $55 per property per month billed annually and adds dynamic pricing plus hands-on listing optimization. Both plans include the direct booking website and charge no commission on direct reservations. Card payments are processed by Stripe at 3.5% domestic and 4.5% international.

Yes. If you already have a site you like, you can point guests to your Futurestay booking pages for availability and payment while keeping your existing brand pages. Your calendar and rates stay synced either way.