Familiar Guest lets you take bookings directly from guests you already know. You keep the guest relationship, avoid the 15–20% platform fees, and we handle the booking, payment, and paperwork.
First month commission-free · No monthly fee · No card to start
Cape San Blas, Florida
Payment held until check-in
Your repeat guests already know your place. When they rebook through a big platform, you still pay a cut of every stay, and the guest stays the platform’s contact rather than yours. Familiar Guest lets you take that booking directly, with the escrow and verification guests expect.
Setup
To go live, you provide your listing details, a few facts about yourself, and a Stripe account for payouts. There’s no website to build or spreadsheet to keep up.
After that, you share your booking link. The booking page, payment, rental agreement, and house guide are handled for each reservation.
What you get
Set your own prices and rules and book guests directly, without an algorithm in between. Lower fees than the big platforms mean you keep more and can pass some on.
Pre-define a stay and send a payment link to anyone who inquires, or rebook last year’s guests from their saved details.
Guest payments are held until check-in, and damage deposits release automatically after the inspection window.
Add optional guest screening and damage protection when you open a place to the public.
Track income, handle lodging taxes, and produce year-end documents for your accountant, across every property you list.
Automatic text, WhatsApp, and email, with GPS directions to the door, so guests arrive knowing what they need.
Price each property — or any single offer — in USD, CAD, MXN, or EUR. Guests pay in their currency; you get paid in yours, with FX passed through at cost.
Keep every platform in step. Import calendars from Airbnb, VRBO, Booking.com, and Houfy, and export Familiar Guest bookings back to each — so a booking anywhere blocks the dates everywhere. Standard iCal, no extra tools.
Send a stay offer
When someone asks about your place by text, DM, or email, you pre-define the stay, set your price, and send a single link they can accept and pay. It replaces the back-and-forth of arranging a booking by hand.
Your booking page
Every owner gets a permanent storefront link. Add it to your rental profiles, email signature, or social bio, and guests can browse your available properties and book the dates they want.
Simple pricing
No monthly fee, no card to start. Cancel anytime.
One property, unlimited bookings, no commission.
Up to 5 properties — built for multi-unit owners.
For a small portfolio, with consolidated reporting.
All plans are subject to credit-card processing fees on guest payments, deducted from each guest payment at cost. Currency conversion is passed through at cost. Every owner is identity-verified.
Trust & safety
Your guest’s payment is held and only released to you after check-in.
Every owner passes identity verification before taking a booking, so guests know who they’re paying.
Opening to the public? Add identity screening and damage protection with one toggle.
For guests
You’re booking direct with the owner — with the safeguards you’d expect from a big platform. Here’s how you’re protected, and how to get back to your trip anytime.
Sign in with the email your host has on file to see all your stays in one place.
Find my stayNo account needed — your host’s booking link is all you need. No app, no password.
Sign up free. Your first month is commission-free, and founding owners lock Host at $19/mo for life.