Stop selling 18% of your home to Airbnb

Own your bookings, not just your property. We build and run your direct-booking site – you keep every penny.

The math nobody talks about

Here's what Airbnb is costing you every year.

Most hosts never run the numbers. When they do, the answer is uncomfortable.

Sample calculation · your numbers
Average nightly rate$220
Nights booked / year180
Gross revenue $39,600
Airbnb host fee (15.5%) – $6,138
– $990
Annual cost of Airbnb $7,128
That's 6.0× the cost of your $99/mo plan.

That's a new hot tub. Every year.

That money is gone. Not on your mortgage, not on upgrades, not on your next hot tub. Gone to a platform that already has more bookings than it can handle.

Your repeat guests cost you again.

That family that loved your cottage? They rebook through Airbnb. You pay the platform fee. Again. Forever. Unless you give them somewhere else to book.

The platform owns the relationship.

Airbnb has your guest’s email. Their preferences. Their booking history. You don’t. That’s not a partnership – it’s a tenancy.

The choice

Two ways to run a rental business

Option A · Status quo

Rent your business from Airbnb

Option B · Own it

Run a real hospitality brand

What we build

A complete direct-booking machine. Done for you.

Not a template. Not a DIY mess. A real custom site that makes guests want to book – built, hosted, and maintained by us.

01 / Design

A site guests trust on first glance

The moment a guest lands, they feel your property – not a generic template. Mobile-first, fast, and built to turn browsers into bookings.

02 / Bookings

Direct bookings, zero friction

Guests book in 3 clicks and the money lands straight in your account. No emails back and forth, no waiting on a portal to pay you.

03 / Growth

Found on Google. Forever.

When someone Googles “cabins near (your area),” you show up — not buried under Airbnb. We optimize your pages, write the content, and keep it fresh so guests find you for free.

How it works

From zero to live in 20 days

01

Day 1 · 10 min

You fill out the form

A few quick questions about your property and what you want to achieve. Takes 10 minutes. We follow up with next steps right away.

02

Day 2 · Payment

You pick your plan

You choose your plan and activate it through a secure checkout link. No setup fee, no surprises – just the monthly rate you picked.

03

Day 3 - 20 · We work

We build your site

Custom design, copy, photos, and booking system – we build it all. You review along the way and we refine until it’s exactly right.

04

Day 20 · You go live

Bookings start rolling in

Launch day. From here we monitor, maintain, and handle everything – you focus on guests, we focus on the website.

Pricing

One flat monthly fee. That's it.

No setup costs. No upsells. Less than your cleaning fee!

GET INDEPENDENT

Everything included, for any host.

$149/monthly

Technical details

Frequently Asked Questions

Have questions about calendar syncing, domain ownership, or Stripe payments? We have answers.

Subscription & Pricing

Our flat monthly fee is comprehensive and covers all the operational overhead of running a premium website. It includes:

  • Premium High-Speed Hosting: Built on specialized servers optimized for ultra-fast load times.
  • Security & Maintenance: Automated daily backups, active malware scanning, SSL certificate, and software updates.
  • Ongoing Support: Domain renewal configuration, iCal synchronization upkeep, and requested content adjustments.
  • Weekly/Unlimited Updates: Price modifications, photo swaps, text changes, or promotional updates.
Yes, absolutely $0. Traditional web design agencies charge a massive upfront development fee ($3,000 to $5,000) and then leave hosts to figure out booking plugins, domain mappings, and software crashes on their own. We align our incentives with yours. We waive the setup costs and earn our income through a predictable, sustainable monthly relationship. It ensures we keep your booking engine running flawlessly and keep your site updated forever.

No hidden fees – ever. No setup cost, no surprise charges, just one flat monthly fee. We do ask for a 12-month commitment, because we build your entire website upfront at no cost to you and the plan covers that build plus everything after. But you’re not locked in blind: if we’re not the right fit, you can exit within the first 60 days, no further obligation. After year one, you’re free to continue month-to-month or cancel anytime.

You’re never locked in. After your first year, the site is yours to take with you. Hosting it yourself may cost a bit more, since you’d need to buy your own licenses for the themes, plugins, and tools it runs on (ours are tied to our servers and bulk plan, so they stay with us). But there’s no penalty and no buyout fee from our side – if you want to move on, we’ll help you transfer everything. You just take over your own licenses from there.

No. Every booking made directly on your ScaleLodge site is yours to keep in full. 100% of the funds are deposited straight from the guest to your personal business merchant account (e.g., Stripe, PayPal, or Square). We never touch your revenue, nor do we take a single penny of your profits.

Calendar, Syncs & Tech Stack

We establish highly reliable 2-way synchronization feeds. For standard installations, we map out secure, real-time iCal feeds. As soon as a guest pays and completes their direct reservation on your website, your website locks the calendar and pushes the update to block your Airbnb and VRBO calendars within 1 hour. If you receive a booking on Airbnb, the iCal feed syncs backwards and blocks out availability on your website calendar automatically. No manual intervention required.

Yes. If you already purchased a custom domain name (e.g., yourcabin.com), you retain 100% legal ownership. We will guide you on how to change your DNS settings (a simple 2-minute update) to point your domain to our secure ScaleLodge hosting. If you don’t have a domain name yet, we will register a premium domain of your choice and configure all the record mapping as part of your active monthly subscription.
Yes. Social proof is the secret to converting random website visitors into confirmed direct bookings. We configure a live reviews import widget that pulls in your high 5-star rating reviews, user avatars, and text from Airbnb, VRBO, or Google Places to build immediate guest trust.

Onboarding & Design Roadmap

Very little. We understand you are busy hosting guests. All we need is a link to your current Airbnb or VRBO listing so we can secure your listing descriptions, layout configurations, and high-resolution professional photographs. Additionally, you will complete a quick 10-minute questionnaire outlining your preferred color themes, specific local activity recommendations, and any branding thoughts. We handle everything else.

Our standard design, build, and integration process takes around 20 days. We divide the timeline into structured milestones: we deliver your initial home page design wireframes during Week 1, refine copy and gallery displays during Week 2, test active direct-payment processing runs during Week 3, and launch your live direct-booking machine by Day 20.

Yes, absolutely. We fully customize your calendar’s backend pricing and stay rules to match your booking strategy. This includes:

  • Custom Rates & Minimum Stays: Configure seasonal price increases, higher weekend rates, or custom holiday premiums alongside flexible minimum stay lengths (e.g., 3-night minimum in summer, 2-night in winter).
  • Rule-Based Discounts: We adjust prices and minimum stays. You can also add discounts for specific periods or days, such as automated consecutive-day markdowns (e.g., 10% off for 7+ nights)