Your place. Your guests. Zero commission.
Airbnb and Booking.com keep about 15% of every booking. Guestark gives your rental its own booking page: your guests pay less, you earn more.
Keep the platforms for reach. Keep your guests for yourself.
Guestark is free. Launching in a few weeks.
One message when we're live. No newsletter, no spam.
There's no demo to sit through and no plans to compare, because all of Guestark is free. Give it ten minutes and you're looking at your own booking page. Your photos, your prices, your place. Then decide.
Three things every host knows
The platforms get you found. They're a hard place to build a business.
The commission is your money
Booking.com has always taken around 15% from hosts. From September 15, Airbnb joins them: a single 15.5% fee, deducted straight from your payout. Whether it used to show up as a guest fee or now comes out of your earnings, it's the same money. On a direct booking, it stays where it belongs: with you and your guest.
You bite your tongue
Extra guests, broken house rules, something damaged: you weigh every complaint against the review it could cost you, because one bad review means worse ranking, and worse ranking means fewer bookings. On your own page there is no ranking to protect. A complaint is something you fix, not something you fear.
You don't have a listing. You are one.
On the platforms, your guests aren't really yours. Contact details are hidden, taking bookings off-platform is against the rules, and when a happy guest comes back next year, the platform charges its commission all over again. Your best marketing asset, the guest who loved their stay, belongs to the platform.
Run your own numbers
You and your guests profit from a Guestark booking page.
See what you both gain.
Live estimate, the numbers update as you type.
The platform would have kept $31 of that booking.
Based on a 15.5% platform commission (Airbnb's single fee from September 15, 2026; Booking.com typically charges 15–18%) and card processing of about 2.9% + 30¢. Guestark adds nothing.
See exactly what stayed with you
Every direct booking shows what the platforms would have kept, and where it went instead: to your guest, and to you. Once a year you get the recap: your bookings, your nights, your growing guest list, and the one number that says it was worth it.
- Extra earnings tracked per booking
- Your guest list grows with every guide unlock
- Your yearly recap shows what direct booking did for you
Live in about 10 minutes. Really.
Seven guided steps, and no account until you've seen your finished page. Guestark drafts your property description and neighborhood text for you along the way. Change anything you like.
Build your page
Photos, rooms, price. Guestark writes the words. The price finder suggests a rate where your guest pays less and you earn more. Then you see your finished site, before we ever ask for your email.
No email requiredPromote your place
Download print-ready posters, flyers and business cards for your place, each with a QR code. Put them where guests look. Guests book direct next time, or tell friends about your place.
Works with any home printerGet booked and paid
Payments land in your own Stripe account, Guestark never touches them. Calendars sync with Airbnb, Booking.com and others, and we re-check live before every booking, so a freshly blocked night can't be double-booked.
Guestark takes 0%The Guest Guide: how platform guests become your guests
On Airbnb and Booking.com, guest contacts belong to the platform. The Guest Guide is our answer: Guestark writes a beautiful local guide for your property, the walk only locals know, the restaurant worth the drive, and the practical things every stay needs. Share it with any guest, including the ones who booked through a platform. They unlock it with their email, and that email joins your guest list: yours to keep, yours to invite back, direct next time.
- Written for your exact location, edited and approved by you
- Guests choose whether you may email them. No spam, ever
- Your list works for you alone, never shared, never sold
Everything an independent host needs. Nothing you don't.
Guestark runs itself in the background, so you can host instead of configuring software.
Calendar sync
Syncs with Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo via iCal. No double bookings.
Up to five places
One account, up to five properties, each with its own booking page, calendar and guest list. Still free.
Direct payments
Guests pay by card into your own Stripe account. Multi-currency, instant confirmation, Guestark never holds your money.
Messages on autopilot
Automated emails cover the guest journey for you, from booking confirmation to check-in details to the thank-you note.
Private guest messaging
Guests reach you through a relay that keeps your personal email address private until you choose to share it.
Your domain, your brand
Free at yourplace.guestark.com, or connect your own domain and the same page lives at your address. Your photos, your story.
Templates that fit your place
Pick a polished template, add your photos, done. Your page looks like your place, not like a form.
Print-ready promotion
An A4 poster, A5 flyers and business cards, generated for your place with your photo and QR code. Home printer or print shop, both work.
That's the short list. See everything Guestark does →
Built by a host who got tired of the fees
I run a small rental in Golden Bay, New Zealand. Every booking, the platform took its cut, and worse: the guests who loved staying here were never really my guests. I couldn't email them, couldn't invite them back, couldn't say thank you. Guestark is what I built to change that, first for my place, now for yours.
It's just me here, so if something's missing or you get stuck, email me and I'll answer personally: christoph@guestark.com
Christoph, founder of Guestark · Golden Bay, Aotearoa New Zealand
Fair questions
What is Guestark?
Guestark gives independent vacation-rental hosts a free direct booking page that runs alongside Airbnb and Booking.com: guests pay less than on the platforms, hosts earn more, calendars stay in sync, and payments go straight to the host's own Stripe account. Built by a host in Golden Bay, New Zealand, for hosts in New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the United States.
What does it cost?
Nothing. Guestark is free. No card required, no subscription, and Guestark adds nothing to your bookings.
Do I have to leave Airbnb?
No. Keep your listings on Airbnb, Booking.com or anywhere else. Guestark runs alongside them; calendars stay in sync. Most hosts start by inviting repeat guests to book direct.
What's happening with Airbnb's fees in September 2026?
Airbnb is replacing its split fee (you paid ~3%, guests paid ~14–16% on top) with a single 15.5% fee taken from your payout, from September 15, 2026. Guests will see one all-in price. If you don't adjust your prices, your payouts drop. We wrote a plain-English guide, including the price math most hosts get wrong → read the guide.
Where is Guestark available?
Guestark launches first for hosts in New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the United States. More countries follow. Leave your email above and you'll hear when we're live.
Who holds the money?
You do. Guests pay into your own Stripe account. Guestark never touches your payouts.
Where do direct bookings actually come from?
From guests who already know you: repeat visitors, referrals, and guests who took your Guest Guide home. Guestark gives you the page, the print materials and the guest list to make that loop work.
Can I manage more than one property?
Yes: up to five properties on one account, each with its own page, calendar and guests. Free, like everything else.
Launching in a few weeks
Guestark is free. Leave your email and you'll hear from us once, when it's live.
One message when we're live. No newsletter, no spam.