5 Things You Can Do Today to Increase Direct Bookings - Hospitable Conference 2026

Описание: Direct bookings don’t happen by accident - this session shows 5 practical moves to start getting them.

Arthur (StayFi CEO) walks through a direct-booking playbook designed for Hospitable users: how to collect guest data ethically, leverage the “billboard effect” on OTAs, build brand touchpoints throughout the guest journey, automate remarketing, and tighten your “book direct” value proposition so guests actually convert.

What you’ll learn:
• Why direct bookings matter: control, repeat guests, and reducing OTA fee exposure
• Step 1: collecting guest data for repeat booking + upsells (email/SMS-ready)
• Step 2: using the billboard effect (brand cues inside OTA listings—without being spammy)
• Step 3: branding the guest journey (7+ touchpoints guests remember)
• Step 4: automated marketing sequences (arrival, post-stay, drip campaigns, anniversaries)
• Step 5: making “book direct” irresistible (pricing parity + perks beyond discounts)
• StayFinder overview: a meta-search approach that routes guests to direct booking sites

Speaker:
Arthur Colker — StayFi

Links & resources:
• StayFi: https://stayfi.com/
• StayFinder: https://www.stayfinder.com/
• Hospitable: https://hospitable.com/

#DirectBookings #VacationRentalMarketing #ShortTermRental #Hospitable #StayFi

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Hospitable is the short-term rental industry's premier super app, empowering hosts and property managers to streamline operations, grow their businesses, and reclaim valuable time. Initially launched in 2016 as a time-saving PMS, Hospitable has evolved into a powerful toolkit that goes beyond traditional property management.

The platform enables hosts at every scale to automate guest messaging with AI, optimize nightly rates, simplify rental agreements and deposits, coordinate teams, and confidently launch direct booking websites with built-in payments and property protection. Hospitable supports tens of thousands of hosts worldwide, having automated over 108 million messages and processed $5.2 billion in reservation income in 2025.

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