Direct Room Booking for Hotels, B&Bs, and Guesthouses
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Direct Bookings Without Paying Platform Commission Forever
Most accommodation businesses are heavily dependent on Booking.com and Airbnb for reservations — and paying 15-25% commission on every booking indefinitely. For a Cumbrian B&B or guesthouse generating £60,000 in annual bookings, that is £9,000-£15,000 in platform commission every year.
The Rooms and Bookings plugin gives you a direct booking channel on your own WordPress site. Guests who book direct pay no platform markup. You pay no commission. Combined with iCal sync to keep your external channels live and prevent double bookings, you run both channels from one system.
How the Rooms and Bookings Plugin Works
Six features covering the full room booking and accommodation management workflow.
Rooms and Bookings — Screenshots
Every Direct Booking Saves You Platform Commission
At 15% commission, every £100 direct booking saves £15 compared to the same booking through Booking.com. At £60,000 annual room revenue, shifting half of your bookings from platform to direct saves £4,500 per year — at no ongoing cost once the plugin is built and paid for.
The Rooms and Bookings plugin is a one-off build cost. Once built, it is yours. No monthly subscription. No commission on direct bookings. The system continues working, generating direct bookings, saving platform commission, indefinitely — without any recurring cost to us.
iCal synchronisation means you do not need to abandon external platforms. Keep your Booking.com and Airbnb listings active for their distribution reach. Every direct booking through your own site is commission-free. Over time, as your direct booking volume grows through your own website and SEO, the proportion of commission-paying bookings falls.
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Every plugin we build starts with a written specification. Every feature, every data flow, every integration documented before we write a line of code. The price is fixed against that specification — not an estimate that grows as the project develops.
Your custom-built work is yours on delivery. The code, the database, the documentation. No platform dependency. If you want another developer to extend it in the future, you have everything they need. We write to professional WordPress coding standards and document as we go — not as an afterthought at project end.
We stay involved after launch. Bug fixes for issues arising from our code are covered for an initial period after delivery. For ongoing feature development, WordPress version compatibility updates, and extended support, we offer retainers or ad-hoc arrangements — whatever suits your business. Most software evolves after initial delivery, and we build long-term relationships with clients.
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Where Rooms and Bookings Fits
Part of our broader booking systems portfolio and our web design work for Cumbrian and Lake District accommodation businesses.
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Rooms and Bookings Plugin — Frequently Asked Questions
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Direct Room Booking — Why Commission-Free Matters for Cumbrian Accommodation
Booking.com, Expedia, and Airbnb take between 15% and 25% commission on every booking they generate. For a Lake District B&B or guesthouse generating £100,000 per year in bookings, that is £15,000 to £25,000 leaving the business every year in platform fees. Direct bookings — bookings made through your own website — are commission-free. The only cost is the payment processing fee (typically 1.4% + 20p per transaction for Stripe), which is a fraction of what OTA platforms charge.
Our Rooms and Bookings plugin makes direct booking practical and competitive. The booking widget on your website shows real-time availability, applies your pricing rules and seasonal rates, collects the deposit or full payment, sends automated confirmation to the guest, and adds the booking to your management dashboard. The guest experience is as smooth as booking through an OTA — but the revenue comes directly to you, with no commission deducted.
We have built this plugin for accommodation businesses across Cumbria and the Lake District — B&Bs, guesthouses, holiday cottages, and small hotels. Each deployment is configured to the specific room types, pricing structure, and booking rules of that business. Contact us to see a demonstration and discuss how it would work for your accommodation business.
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