A WordPress plugin that connects to your PMS and gives guests an Airbnb-style experience: search, compare, read reviews, filter, pick dates, and pay. Every booking is direct, so you keep the guest and skip the OTA commission.
Gnarly Host gives short-term rental operators everything to run like a real brand — win the direct booking, then automate the entire guest experience. Use either on its own, or run them together for a fully hands-off stay.
An Airbnb-style booking experience on your own WordPress site — AI amenity search, live PMS availability, your choice of payments, discount codes, and pop-ups. Every booking is direct, so you keep the guest and skip the OTA commission.
Guests submit and pay, your cleaner approves by text, and you never touch it. Branded guidebooks, custom upsells, recurring tasks, and an operations board that keeps your team and homeowners in sync — no mobile app, no forced signups. Plugs straight into the booking engine.
Every Airbnb or VRBO booking costs you a commission and hands the guest relationship to someone else. A direct booking site flips that. You own the brand, the data, and the repeat stay.
Listing data syncs straight from your PMS, so availability, pricing, and content stay accurate without you lifting a finger.
Guests just type what they want — "hot tub and pet friendly near the lake" — and AI-powered search surfaces the right listings by amenity, not just city and dates. Less scrolling, more booking.
Guests search by city and dates, then filter by price, bedrooms, beds, baths, and amenities to find the right stay fast.
Put listings side by side on price, type, size, and amenities so guests pick with confidence instead of bouncing back to Airbnb.
Display real star ratings and review counts on every listing to build trust and drive the booking decision on your site.
Calendars and nightly rates pull in real time from Guesty or Hospitable, so guests only ever book dates that are actually open.
You are the merchant of record. Collect your way with Stripe, Guesty Pay, Hospitable, custom quotes, or request-to-book, all in your own brand colors.
It is a plugin, not a rebuild. Keep your existing WordPress site and backend, and drop the booking engine in where you want it.
Fully white-label. Every screen below is your brand, your colors, your domain.
Guests browse your whole portfolio with a map view, filter controls, and a built-in banner that nudges them to book direct and save on platform fees. Every card shows photos, ratings, specs, and nightly price.
The reserve widget lays out the nightly rate, cleaning fee, and total before taxes, and prices the stay against Airbnb so guests see the direct-booking discount in real dollars. Clear cancellation policy, no surprises.
A full filter panel with a price slider, sort options, and room and bed counts, plus a side-by-side compare view so guests can weigh properties without ever leaving your site.
Download WP Booking Engine and add it to your WordPress site. Free to install.
Link Guesty or Hospitable. Photos, pricing, and calendars sync automatically.
Style the engine to match your site, then place it on any page.
Activate a license per property and start taking direct bookings.
Download the plugin for free and pay a simple license per property. The more you list, the lower your per-property price.
No setup fees. Cancel anytime. One approved direct booking typically covers your license for the month.
Our original product does far more than early check-in and late checkout. Run branded guidebooks, custom upsells, recurring maintenance tasks, and owner reports, all on autopilot. Guests submit and pay, your cleaner approves by text or in the app, and you never touch it — no mobile app to install, no forced signups.
A quick walkthrough of the early check-in and late checkout workflow, from guest request to cleaner approval.
Gnarly Host is the toolkit for operators who want to run their short-term rentals like a real brand, from the first direct booking to the last guest request.
Win the booking on your own site and keep the OTA commission.
Requests, guidebooks, upsells, tasks, and owner reports, all hands-off.
"Before Gnarly Host, I was constantly playing phone tag between guests and cleaners. Now everything happens automatically, and I've reclaimed 10+ hours per week while actually making more money."
"The revenue sharing feature is genius. Our cleaners are now motivated to accommodate more requests, and our guest satisfaction scores have never been higher. It's a win-win-win."
"Gnarly Host eliminated the headache of coordinating early check-ins. Our guests love the instant process, and we're making an extra $200+ per property every month without any extra work."
Connect the booking engine and automation to the tools you already run.
Download WP Booking Engine free, connect your PMS, and start taking direct bookings. Activate a license per property whenever you are ready.
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