Your Direct Booking Website lets you accept direct bookings under your own brand, with calendar sync, secure payments, and guest data managed from your Holidu account. To create it, activate the channel in your Holidu Host account, choose your languages and web address, and publish the site. You can then personalize its content and design at any time.

How to Access Your Direct Booking Website

You can open your Direct Booking Website setup from either of two places in your Holidu account. Both lead to the same configuration.

• Direct Bookings, then My website & widget, in the left-hand navigation menu.
• Properties, then select your property, then Distribution Channels, then My booking website. Click Activate channel if the channel is not yet active, or My booking website configuration if it already is.

Use whichever path you reach first.

Note: This feature is available to primary account holders only. Secondary collaborators cannot set it up.

Creating Your Booking Website: Step-by-Step

When you open the Direct Booking Website for the first time, a setup wizard guides you through the process. Choose Create a new website to build a complete Holidu-hosted booking website from scratch.

1. Activate the channel and accept the terms.

   1. Log in to your Holidu Host account.
   2. In the left menu, select Configuration and scroll down to Distribution Channels.
   3. Find My Booking Website and click Activate channel.
   4. Review and accept the terms and conditions, then follow the onboarding prompts.

   

2. Select your website languages. You can choose up to 8 supported languages. Then select the default language that visitors will see first.

   

3. Enter your website name and domain address. Your domain name is the first part of your web address. Choose a name that is easy to remember, such as your property name. If you already own a domain, the setup instructions will guide you through connecting it.

   

   Your web address is made up of two parts:

   • Subdomain name: a name you choose, such as "myproperty."
   • Subdomain ending: an ending you pick from a list. Holidu offers general options, such as holiduhost.com, and country-specific options, such as ferienwohnungen.de.

   Together, these form an address such as myproperty.holiduhost.com. Your guests will use this link to find and book with you.

   Tip: Choosing an ending that matches your guests' country, such as a German ending if most of your guests are German, can make your site feel more familiar and trustworthy.

   Important: You can change your web address later under Settings in the Booking Website tool. However, once you change it, your old address stops working. Update the link everywhere you have shared it, including booking confirmations, welcome guides, social media, and printed materials.

4. Choose which properties to display. If you have more than one property, select the ones you want to show on your website and arrange them in your preferred order.

5. Publish your website. Click Finish to publish your booking website. Your personalized URL is ready to be copied and shared right away.

   

Customizable Features

Once your website is live, you can personalize the following elements:

• Homepage content: the page title, welcome text, and header image.
• Logo: your brand logo, shown on the website.
• Property listings: property images and descriptions, with a Details button that guests use to book.
• Social media links: links to your social media accounts, shown through a toggle.
• Your host section: a personal introduction, with a photo and text, that guests can read.
• Design: the page layout, the header image display style, the color theme, and a search bar that lets guests check available dates.

How to Customize Your Booking Website: Step-by-Step

You can return to your website settings at any time by using either access path described above.

1. Open the homepage settings. Once your website is live, open it from the Holidu Host page or after selecting Finish during setup. Select Homepage to customize the look of your booking website.

   

2. Review your property listings. Your properties appear with default images and text, taken from your existing property description. You can edit these to make them your own. Guests select Details to book direct