From sign-up to booking in hours
Stayabl replaces the spreadsheets, the back-and-forth emails and the chasing for payment with one simple workflow. Here’s exactly how it works, start to finish.
Four steps to taking bookings
No technical setup, no lengthy onboarding — just four simple steps from sign-up to your first paid stay.
Add your property
Create your listing with photos, a description, sleeping capacity and house rules. Set your default nightly rate and you’re ready to price a stay.
Set availability & pricing
Block out the dates you’re not letting, add seasonal rate periods for peak weeks and fix prices for popular stay lengths. Stayabl works out the total for any dates automatically.
Share or embed your calendar
Send guests your direct booking link, or paste one line of code to drop a live calendar, rate card or enquiry form onto your own website. No developer needed.
Get booked & paid
Approve requests — or let guests book instantly — collect deposits and balances by card, and let Stayabl send confirmations, reminders and invoices for you.
Take bookings the way that suits you
Vet every guest, let people book instantly, or mix the two across your properties.
Request to book
Guests ask for the dates they want and you review each one. Hold dates provisionally while a guest decides — the calendar blocks them so no one else can grab the slot — then confirm with a click. Ideal if you like to vet guests or coordinate change-over days.
Instant book
Let confident guests book and pay in one go. Dates are confirmed the moment payment clears, with the deposit or full balance taken automatically. Perfect for filling last-minute gaps around the clock, even while you sleep.
Your calendar keeps itself accurate
Every confirmed and provisional booking blocks its dates the instant it’s made — across your website, your booking links and your own admin view. That’s how the availability guests see is always right, with no spreadsheets and no double bookings.
- Hold dates provisionally while a guest decides
- Colour-coded statuses at a glance
- Add existing bookings to block their dates too
Stayabl handles the admin for you
Once a booking is in, the follow-up runs itself — so nothing slips and no one gets forgotten.
- Booking confirmations sent the moment a stay is confirmed
- Payment requests and balance reminders on your schedule
- Deposits taken up front, balances collected before arrival
- Invoices generated automatically for every guest
- Pre-arrival instructions delivered ahead of check-in
- Post-stay feedback requests to build your reputation
- Every email logged against the booking so nothing gets lost
- One always-accurate calendar across your links and website
Everything you need to start
You don’t need any special software or a web designer. To take your first booking you only need a property to let, a few photos and a description, and your nightly rates — add seasonal pricing whenever you’re ready.
A website is optional: your Stayabl booking link works on its own, and if you do have a site you can embed a live calendar in minutes. Setup takes an afternoon, not a weekend, and you can add your first property free during your trial — you only subscribe once you’re happy.
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Ready to take your first booking?
Start your free trial and set up your first property in an afternoon. No commitment, no commission.