Introduction

Guestdoors is designed to empower property owners and hosts to take control of their rental business. If you're looking to accept direct bookings for your property and reduce your reliance on major booking platforms (and their commissions!), you're in the right place.

What is Guestdoors?

At its core, Guestdoors provides you with the tools to get direct bookings for your properties. Each page features a calendar and a booking flow, allowing potential guests to book directly and pay online. You can connect your own bank account via Stripe to handle payments securely and efficiently. Guestdoors is tightly integrated with the Stripe infrastructure, allowing you to benefit from the secutity and capabilities of an industry leading payment processor.

Guestdoors provides you with a dashboard to manage your properties, their availability, pricing and bookings.

Who is Guestdoors For?

Guestdoors is ideal for:

Independent Hosts: Manage one or more properties and want a straightforward way to capture direct bookings.
Boutique Property Owners: Desire a simple online presence without the complexity of building and maintaining a full website.
Social Savvy Hosts: Want an easy link to share on social media, in emails, or directly with potential or returning guests.

Key Benefits of Using Guestdoors

Save on Commissions: By taking bookings directly, you avoid the hefty fees charged by Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) like Airbnb and Booking.com.
Direct Guest Relationships: We don't hide any guest information from you. Instead, we aim to facilitate your direct relationship with your guests.
Simple Setup: Get your account and property page up and running in minutes, not days. No technical skills required.
Secure Payments: Leverage Stripe's robust and trusted payment processing infrastructure.
Control Your Brand: While keeping things simple, you have control over your property's presentation and policies.
Shareable Links: Easily share your unique property page across any platform or communication channel.
Upsell Extras: Easily upsell additional services or products to your guests.
SEO Optimized: Your property page is optimized for search engines, helping you attract more guests from search engines like Google Search or Bing.

What These Docs Cover

This documentation will guide you through every step of using Guestdoors, from setting up your account and property pages to managing bookings and understanding payments. We aim to provide clear, concise information to help you make the most of the platform.

Ready to get started? Let's move on to Creating Your Account!