Your Direct Booking Website lets you accept direct bookings under your own brand, with calendar sync, secure payments, and your guest data managed from your Holidu account. You can create it in a few guided steps and then personalize its look, content, and layout at any time.

Step 1: Access your Direct Booking Website

You can reach your Direct Booking Website setup from two places in your Holidu account. Both lead to the same configuration, so use whichever you reach first:

• Direct Bookings > My website & widget in the left-hand navigation menu
• Properties > [your property] > Distribution Channels > My booking website, then click Activate channel (if not yet active) or My booking website configuration (if already active)

Note: This feature is available to primary account holders only, not to secondary collaborators.

Step-by-Step: Creating Your Booking Website

Follow these steps to set up your Direct Booking Website for the first time. When you access it for the first time, a setup wizard will guide you through the process.

Step 2.1: Activate the channel and accept the terms

1. Log in to your Holidu Host account.
2. In the left menu, select Configuration and scroll down to Distribution Channels.
3. Find My Booking Website and click Activate channel.
4. Review and accept the terms and conditions in the onboarding prompts.

Step 2.2: Select your website languages

Choose the languages your website will support. You can select up to 8 languages. Then pick your default language, which is the language shown to visitors first.

Step 2.3: Enter your website name and domain address

Enter a Website name and a Domain name. Most hosts use their property name, for example "myproperty".

Your website address is made up of two parts:

• A name you choose (subdomain name): this is up to you.
• An ending you pick from a list (subdomain ending): Holidu offers general endings, such as holiduhost.com, and endings linked to specific countries, such as ferienwohnungen.de.

Together, these form a link such as myproperty.holiduhost.com, which is the address your guests will use to find and book with you.

Tip: Choosing an ending that matches your guests' country (for example, a German ending if most of your guests are German) can make your site feel more familiar and trustworthy.

Step 2.4: Choose your properties and their order

If you have more than one property, select which ones you want to display on your website and arrange them in your preferred order.

Step 2.5: Publish your website

Click Finish to publish your booking website. Your personalized URL is ready, and you can copy and share it right away.

Customizable Features

Once your website is live, you can personalize the following elements at any time:

• Home page: your logo, title, welcome text, and header image
• Social media: links to your social media accounts, shown via a toggle
• Properties: property images and descriptions, with the text taken from your existing property description
• Your host: a personal section with a photo and a short introduction for guests
• Design: layout, filter bar, header image display, and color theme

Note: All content except your website name is automatically translated for visitors using the site in another language.

Step-by-step: How to Customize Your Booking Website

To customize your website, return to the Direct Booking Website area using either access path described in Step 1.

Step 3.1: Open the home page settings

When you access your booking website from the Holidu Host page, or after selecting Finish during setup, you will see the home page configuration. From here, you can edit all the customizable elements. Select Home page to customize the look of your booking website.

Step 3.2: Review your property listings

Your properties will appear with default images and text, which you can customize. The description is taken from your existing property text. Guests can select Details to view the property and book directly.

Step 3.3: Add your logo, title, welcome text, and header image

1. Upload a logo. It will appear on your direct booking website.
2. Add a title. It will be displayed over the header image.
3. Write a welcome text. It will appear beneath the main header image.
4. Upload a header image. It will be shown as the main image on your website.

Important: Keep your header image no larger than 8 MB. Use only your own images. Do not use images from Google or other image platforms, as this may cause copyright infringement.

Step 3.4: Add social media links

At the bottom of the home page settings, enable the social media toggle. Then add the link to each of your social media accounts one by one.

Step 3.5: Introduce yourself as a host

1. In the content area of the side panel, select Your host.
2. Enable the Your host togg