Suggest a direct booking site
Know a vacation rental whose host takes bookings on their own website? Paste the link. We'll add its homes to CielStay so travellers can find them and book with the host directly.
We read suggested sites with CielStayBot, which identifies itself and follows each site's robots.txt. Links to Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com and other platforms aren't read.
Questions
What counts as a direct booking site?
The host's or property manager's own website, where you book with them rather than through a platform. Many run on booking software such as Guesty, Hospitable, Lodgify, OwnerRez or Hostfully, so the address may look like name.guestybookings.com or name.hospitable.rentals.
Why not Airbnb or Vrbo links?
CielStay indexes hosts' own booking sites. We don't copy listings from booking platforms, so we don't read those links at all. If you found a home on a platform and want its direct site, try our lookup.
Can I suggest a whole site?
Yes. Paste the site's front page, a page listing its rentals, or its sitemap (often at /sitemap.xml). CielStayBot looks through it for the pages that each describe one home and adds those; blog posts, help pages and the like are left alone.
Can I suggest many sites at once?
Yes. Paste up to 50 links, one per line or separated by commas, or upload a CSV file. We take every link we find in it, whichever column it is in.
What happens after I suggest a site?
Overnight, CielStayBot reads the site once. It identifies itself and follows the site's robots.txt. Homes we can add appear on CielStay as unclaimed listings that link to the host's own site. Anything we can't confirm is checked by a person before it appears.
It's my property. Should I use this?
You can, but listing it yourself is faster and lets you manage it. Hosts can claim an unclaimed listing at any time, and can ask us to remove one.
Does it cost anything?
No. CielStay never takes a payment or a percentage of a booking, from guests or hosts.
List your own property · Look up a home's direct booking site · Remove a listing