Direct booking for Dublin vacation-rental hosts
Keep the ~17% that booking platforms take, win back your repeat guests and grow a direct-booking channel in Dublin — with your own branded website.
10,000+
active short-term listings in Dublin
€175
average nightly rate for rentals
~17%
lost to OTA fees on every platform stay
Why go direct in Dublin?
Platforms add roughly 14–17% to the guest's total in service fees — and still take a host fee on top. On an average €175 night in Dublin, that is a meaningful slice of your rate handed over with every booking.
Booking via a platform
- Guest pays ~14–17% service fee on top of your rate
- You pay a host fee on each booking
- 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 Dublin market
Dublin's compact centre, from Temple Bar to the Docklands, supports a resilient short-term-rental market with strong nightly rates. Hosts face OTA commissions that add up over a busy calendar year. A direct-booking website gives Dublin hosts more control over pricing and a direct line to repeat guests.
Short-term-rental rules
Dublin requires short-term-rental hosts to register with the city council, and some areas restrict letting activity. Rules can change, so always verify the current local requirements.
Direct booking in Dublin, answered
The questions Dublin hosts ask us most — about rules, OTA fees and switching to direct bookings.
Yes, but you must typically register your short-term rental with Dublin City Council, and planning rules restrict letting in some areas. Check the current requirements first.
Booking platforms typically pass around 14–17% to guests as service fees, plus a host fee. Stayolo's direct booking keeps that amount with Dublin hosts.
Generate a branded website from your listing with Stayolo, sync your calendar to avoid double bookings, and invite past guests to book directly.
Around €175 per night on average, higher near the centre and during conference and festival peaks. Direct booking keeps those rates for you.
Hosts who took back their bookings
We stopped giving 17% away
“I had no idea how much we were handing to booking platforms until we switched. Now repeat guests book through our own site at our full rate, and the calendar sync means no double bookings.”
Sarah M.
Vacation-rental host · Lisbon, Portugal
Repeat guests now book direct
“The website looked like something a designer would charge thousands for. We send every past guest the direct link and around a third of our stays now come in commission-free.”
James T.
Vacation-rental host · Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Set up in an afternoon
“I expected a nightmare setting up payments and calendars. Stayolo did it all — Stripe, the iCal sync, guest confirmations — and I published my site before dinner.”
Elena R.
Vacation-rental host · Barcelona, Spain
Guests trust it instantly
“The secure checkout and clear policies made my guests comfortable booking directly. It took a season to build momentum, but direct bookings now pay better than any platform stay.”
Marco B.
Vacation-rental host · Tulum, Mexico
Build your Dublin booking website.
Paste your listing, get a branded bookable site, and start keeping the ~17% the platforms take.
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