A guest who stayed at your property last year sends you a message: “Is the same weekend available this year?” You can open your calendar, check the rate and reply. Or you can send them a link where they can check the available dates themselves and make a direct booking.
This is what the Greek platform Kotle offers: a direct booking page that you can set up without a web developer, giving you a way to accept direct bookings from your guests, whether they have stayed at your property before or come through a referral or social media. At the same time, you can continue using Airbnb and Booking.com.
From message to booking
If you already have a listing on Airbnb, Booking.com or Vrbo, you do not need to start from scratch. When adding your property, you paste the link to your listing and Kotle automatically imports its name and photos. You then add the amenities, house rules and location information. Once you publish the page, you get a link that you can add to your Instagram profile or send via WhatsApp or Viber. Kotle also provides a QR code, which you can place at the property. According to the company, the page can be set up in less than five minutes.
With the Pro plan, guests can view the photos and available dates and make a booking directly from the same page, without commission. If you already have a website for your property, you can integrate Kotle’s booking system into it instead of creating a new website.
See the demo to find out what guests see before making a booking
What happens to your Airbnb and Booking.com calendars
If your property is listed on multiple channels, the practical question is what happens as soon as certain dates are booked. Pro supports synchronization with Airbnb, Booking.com and other platforms, so availability is updated across the connected calendars. This reduces the risk of double bookings. Before opening the new channel, it is worth checking in practice how quickly a change is reflected from one calendar to another.
Through Pro, you can also block dates, set different rates by season or day of the week, and monitor visitor and revenue statistics. In addition, you can add discounts to your page to attract direct bookings.
If you manage multiple properties, you can present them separately or bring them together on a single page.
Your own booking channel without building a website from scratch
A custom-built website gives you greater control over the design, but it takes time to set up and requires a budget for development and booking system integration. If what you need is a page where guests can view the property, check dates and book, Kotle brings these functions together in one service.
The platforms remain a channel for visibility and bookings. Your own page gives you a second option: to promote your property using your own link, create your own offers and accept bookings through a channel that you manage yourself.
Kotle offers a free 14-day Pro trial, with no credit card required. Try Kotle Pro.
