Direct bookings for US vacation homes (1–5)
Florida taxes, deposits and Airbnb/VRBO sync done right. Pay once.
Not released yet. Pre-orders are fully refundable.
You own the homes and you already have a WordPress site
You rent out one to five houses or condos, mostly through Airbnb and VRBO, and repeat guests keep asking if they can book with you directly. Hotel booking plugins are built around rooms and rate plans, and the services that do it well charge every month for every property.
This plugin puts a booking form on your own site. Guests pick dates, see the full price with taxes, and pay through your own Stripe account. It is not built for property managers with dozens of owners. Tools like OwnerRez or Hostaway fit that better.
The parts that are easy to get wrong
Everything below is planned for the first release. Anything that isn't is marked "coming soon" further down.
Florida taxes by county
State sales tax, county surtax and tourist development tax are filled in for your county. The cleaning fee is taxed too. You can edit every line.
Stripe, your own account
Guests pay on Stripe Checkout. The money goes straight to your Stripe account. There is no booking fee.
Airbnb and VRBO calendar sync
Imports their iCal calendars every 15 minutes and gives each channel its own export link, so bookings block dates both ways.
Prices that match how you rent
A price per night, seasonal prices, minimum stay by season and a cleaning fee. The guest sees each line before paying.
Deposit now, balance later Pro
Take a percentage at booking. A set number of days before arrival, the guest gets a Stripe payment link for the rest, plus a reminder.
Emails and a bookings list
Confirmation to the guest with check-in instructions, a new-booking email to you, and a list of bookings you can filter by home.
Free, or $79 once
The free version will be on WordPress.org with nothing locked. Pro is a one-time payment: no yearly fee, no per-booking fee.
Free
- 1 home
- Availability calendar, seasonal prices, minimum stay, cleaning fee
- Florida tax presets by county (Orange, Osceola, Polk, Lake). Add your own tax lines for other states
- Full payment through Stripe Checkout
- Airbnb and VRBO iCal import and export, every 15 minutes
- Guest and owner emails, bookings list, block dates by hand
- "I agree to the house rules" checkbox, saved with time and IP
- A shortcode to place the booking form on any page
Pro
- Everything in Free
- Up to 5 homes
- Deposit as a percentage at booking
- Balance link sent automatically a set number of days before arrival, with a reminder
Pre-order now for $49 instead of $79. Fully refundable.
Coming soon after the first release
- Damage deposit as a Stripe card hold Pro
- Charge the balance to the saved card automatically Pro
- Coupons Pro
- A Gutenberg block for the booking form Free
Not planned for now: PayPal, currencies other than USD, add-ons and extras, per-guest pricing, long-stay discounts, signed PDF rental agreements, a guest portal, SMS, direct Airbnb/VRBO API connections. The plugin is in English only.
Calendar sync lowers double-booking risk. It cannot remove it.
Airbnb and VRBO read your calendar on their own schedule, often only every few hours. No plugin that syncs through iCal can make them read it sooner, so a guest can still book the same dates on Airbnb in that gap. Any tool that promises "no double bookings" over iCal is promising something it doesn't control.
What the plugin does to keep the risk low:
- Pulls a fresh copy of the Airbnb and VRBO calendars right before a guest pays.
- Holds the dates for 30 minutes while the guest is on the payment page, so two guests on your site can't take the same nights.
- If a conflict still gets through, marks the booking as a conflict, refunds the guest through Stripe and emails both of you.
- Emails you when a calendar feed stops loading, instead of quietly showing stale dates.
The same warning will be in the plugin settings and the readme.
On Airbnb the platform collects most of it. On a direct booking, you do.
Presets for the first counties, from 2026 rates. Every rate stays editable.
| County | State | Surtax | Tourist | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange | 6% | 0.5% | 6% | 12.5% |
| Osceola | 6% | 1.5% | 6% | 13.5% |
| Polk | 6% | 1% | 5% | 12% |
| Lake | 6% | 1% | 4% | 11% |
The plugin calculates the tax and shows it to the guest. Registering with the Florida Department of Revenue and your county, filing and paying the tax stay with you. This is not tax advice.
It gets built if enough owners want it
Leave your email and you'll hear once, when the free version is out. Or pre-order Pro at the early price.
Join the waitlist
One email when it launches. Nothing else.
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Pre-order Pro
Same Pro license as at launch: up to 5 homes, updates for life, a year of support.
Pre-order for $49Paid through Stripe. Refundable for any reason until the plugin ships: email [email protected]. If the plugin isn't released by March 1, 2027, every pre-order is refunded in full without you asking.
Before you sign up
Does it replace Airbnb or VRBO?
No. It works next to them. Your listings stay where they are, and the calendars sync so the same dates aren't sold twice, within the limits explained above.
Do you take a cut of bookings?
No. Guests pay into your own Stripe account. Stripe charges its usual card fees.
I'm not in Florida. Will it work?
Yes for bookings, payments and sync. Florida has ready-made tax presets. In other states you add your own tax lines (name, rate, what it applies to).
What do I need?
A self-hosted WordPress site (WordPress 6.5 or later, PHP 8.1 or later) and a Stripe account. Prices are in US dollars only.
Who is building it?
Vadim Popov, an independent developer in the Austin, TX area, under Apis Systems LLC. One person, so the plugin stays small on purpose.