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Direct booking for Chiang Mai vacation-rental hosts

Keep the 15.5% that Airbnb takes, win back your repeat guests and grow a direct-booking channel in Chiang Mai — with your own branded website.

15,000+

active short-term listings in Chiang Mai

฿1,600

average nightly rate for rentals

15.5%

taken by Airbnb from every booking

Why go direct in Chiang Mai?

Airbnb now takes 15.5% from your payout on most bookings. On an average ฿1,600 night in Chiang Mai, 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
Direct with Stayolo

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 Chiang Mai market

Chiang Mai's old town, mountain scenery and large digital-nomad community make it one of Thailand's most distinctive short-term-rental markets, with steady long-stay demand. Hosts here pay OTA commissions on a competitive listing base. A direct-booking website helps Chiang Mai hosts capture repeat guests and keep more revenue.

Short-term-rental rules

Thailand regulates short-term rentals through hotel laws, and Chiang Mai enforces rules on unlicensed stays. Compliance matters, so always verify the current local requirements before listing.

Direct booking in Chiang Mai, answered

The questions Chiang Mai hosts ask us most — about rules, OTA fees and switching to direct bookings.

Short-term rentals in Chiang Mai fall under hotel regulations, and many buildings restrict stays under 30 days. Verify your building rules and the current local requirements carefully.

Airbnb now takes 15.5% from the host's payout on most bookings. Direct booking returns that margin to Chiang Mai hosts.

Use Stayolo to create a branded booking site from your listing, connect your calendar and Stripe, then invite past guests and digital-nomad leads to book directly.

About ฿1,600 per night on average, with old-town and mountain-view properties commanding more. Direct booking keeps those rates for you.

Build your Chiang Mai booking website.

Paste your listing, get a branded bookable site, and start keeping the 15.5% Airbnb takes.

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