If you operate a homestay in India and most of your bookings come from Airbnb, MakeMyTrip, or Booking.com, you're paying 14–22% in platform commission and losing the customer relationship after every stay. We build the alternative — your own website, your own direct-booking calendar, your own WhatsApp Business, your own Google Business Profile, all integrated with the platforms you already use, all in two weeks. Then we manage it monthly so you can stay focused on hosting.
Every booking that comes through your website saves the platform commission. On a Rs 1.48 lakh / month gross at 65% occupancy, shifting half your bookings direct lifts your monthly net by Rs 12,000–15,000.
Airbnb / MMT keep the guest's email and phone. With your own website + WhatsApp Business + Google Business Profile, repeat business becomes monetisable. Past guests become your highest-converting marketing channel.
Algorithm change → drop in search → lost listing. It happens. Your direct channel is your insurance — content, reviews, repeat-guest list, all under your control. No single-platform dependency.
Three tiers. Pick the one that matches where you are. We add or remove components based on your scale + the platforms you already use.
We buy the domain, set up hosting + email, and either guide your phone-photography or send a brief to a local photographer. By Day 3 you have ~20 properly-captioned photos.
We build the 5-page site, install the booking widget, configure rates by season, set the cancellation policy, and connect Razorpay. By Day 7 the site is reachable on a temp URL.
Google Business Profile created, postcard verified, listing photos uploaded. WhatsApp Business catalogue + auto-replies set up. Channel manager synced with Airbnb / MMT / Booking.
Site goes live on your domain. We run a launch checklist (sitemap, robots.txt, schema markup, PageSpeed). You get a "10% direct-booking" discount code to start funnelling repeat guests off-platform.
We don't help you avoid statutory compliance. A homestay in India needs state tourism registration, a municipal trade licence, fire NOC where applicable, FRRO Form C reporting for foreign guests, and police-station antecedent verification of staff. We won't build the website without these (or at least the registration in process). Read the comprehensive citizen guides on RTI Wiki:
Legal definition, owner-occupancy test, central + state framework, costs, income, risks. The complete picture before you start.
Registration, licences, taxes across the major homestay states.
Guest register, Form C foreign-guest reporting, CCTV, staff verification, helpline display.
Mudra, PMEGP, Stand-Up India, state subsidies — what to apply for + what gets rejected.
No. The package keeps you on those platforms via channel-manager sync. The point is to add a direct channel — not replace existing ones. Most of our clients run all three together, with direct booking growing quietly to 40–60% of total bookings over 12 months.
The site itself works fine; your guests don't visit your village to use the site. For your own back-end work (managing bookings, replying to WhatsApp), we configure offline-friendly tools that sync when you have connectivity.
Only if your annual receipts cross Rs 20 lakh. We help you evaluate and set this up when the time comes. No GST needed for smaller operations.
No. Airbnb's terms allow independent channels. The only thing they don't allow is moving an existing Airbnb booking off-platform. Your website attracts new direct bookings; existing Airbnb bookings stay on Airbnb.
You can — the RTI Wiki "Why every homestay needs a website" guide gives you the 7-day DIY walkthrough. Some operators prefer that route. Others prefer to spend the same 7 days hosting their next set of guests and have someone else build the stack. Both are valid choices.
None. The Operator tier monthly fee covers: hosting, content updates twice a month, photo refresh once a quarter, review-aggregation, monthly dashboard, plus reactive support. We don't lock in long contracts; cancel monthly.
Send us a WhatsApp with your homestay's name + city + how many rooms. We'll get back the same day with a quick assessment and a clear next step.