wthayer

Thanks I’ll add support for those!

I agree and I’m working on adding the hosts contact and socials to that sticky header to contact them.

I have spoken to a few hundred PMs and none have cared that I listed them and actually loved the idea of getting more direct bookings with no commission or fees.

Zillow doesn’t charge to list units annd get rented and also aggregated MLSs around the country into a unified site without individual owners or PM knowledge.

More like Google Flights but for STR booking sites.

I built a search engine that aggregates the public direct booking websites provided by property management systems (PMSs), allowing travelers to discover and book directly with hosts. There are no booking fees or commissions.

StayThere is only the search layer. I am not the merchant of record. When a guest chooses a property, they complete their booking on the host’s existing checkout page provided by their PMS.

Hosts can add their listings by simply pasting the URL of their Guesty, Hospitable, Hostaway, Hostfully, Lodgify, or OwnerRez direct booking website. Within seconds, their listings become searchable on StayThere with live pricing and availability.

That's a fair concern. StayThere only indexes listings from established PMSs like Guesty, Hospitable, Lodgify, and Hostaway. In many cases, those listings were originally imported from Airbnb or other OTAs when the host joined their PMS, which then created their direct booking website and distributed those listings across additional channels.

StayThere doesn't change the regulatory status of a property. Hosts are still responsible for complying with the local laws and regulations wherever they operate, just as they are when accepting bookings anywhere.

So unlike an open marketplace where anyone can create a listing, these properties typically already have an operating history. Longer term, I want to surface additional trust signals like open-format Q&A, years hosting, reputation metrics, and more reviews where available, so guests can better judge whether a host is a safe bet. Some PMSs also aggregate OTA reviews onto their direct booking sites, allowing that reputation to carry over.

Depending on the security of the sites you link to you might be able to show them locally in an iframe so users are only redirected if absolutely necessary and you can give an easy way back to search results/landing page