Direct booking for Cartagena vacation-rental hosts
Keep the 15.5% that Airbnb takes, win back your repeat guests and grow a direct-booking channel in Cartagena — with your own branded website.
18,000+
active short-term listings in Cartagena
$85
average nightly rate for rentals
15.5%
taken by Airbnb from every booking
Why go direct in Cartagena?
Airbnb now takes 15.5% from your payout on most bookings. On an average $85 night in Cartagena, that is a meaningful slice of your rate handed over with every booking.
Booking via a platform
- Airbnb takes 15.5% from your payout
- You don't own the guest relationship or data
- Your listing lives under platform policies
Booking direct
- Guests pay your full rate — no service fee on top
- Zero booking commission for you
- Every guest and stay saved in your own records
- Calendar sync stops double bookings automatically
Your guests pay the same — or less — and you keep the difference. See everything included →
The Cartagena market
Cartagena's walled old city, Caribbean coast and colonial charm make it Colombia's most-booked short-term-rental destination, drawing both vacationers and remote workers. Hosts here pay OTA commissions on a fast-growing listing base. A direct-booking website helps Cartagena hosts stand out and keep more of every stay.
Short-term-rental rules
Colombia applies registration and tax rules for short-term rentals that have been tightening, and Cartagena enforces its own conditions. Rules change, so always verify the current local requirements before listing.
Direct booking in Cartagena, answered
The questions Cartagena hosts ask us most — about rules, OTA fees and switching to direct bookings.
Yes, but you must typically register your rental with the local tourism authority and comply with tax obligations, which have been tightening. Verify the current requirements before listing.
Airbnb now takes 15.5% from the host's payout on most bookings. Direct booking returns that margin to Cartagena hosts.
Create a branded booking site from your listing with Stayolo, connect calendar sync and Stripe, then route repeat guests to your own booking link.
Roughly $85 per night on average, with the walled city and Bocagrande properties commanding premium rates. Direct booking keeps those rates for you.
Build your Cartagena booking website.
Paste your listing, get a branded bookable site, and start keeping the 15.5% Airbnb takes.
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