Crafting Conversions: Direct Booking Masterclass with CraftedStays by Hospitable Hosts

Welcome back to the Hospitable Hosts podcast! Today, we're diving into the exciting world of direct bookings. We're thrilled to have Gil Chan, the CEO and Founder of CraftedStays, here to share his expertise on how to create a high-converting direct booking website.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Gil's hosting story
• 4:33 Advantages of direct booking for vacation rental hosts
• 6:08 Figuring out your target audience and communicating to them
• 8:00 Building trust through your direct booking website
• 9:15 Common issues with direct booking websites
• 11:04 Staying top of mind for your website visitors
• 12:40 Website metrics for STR hosts to pay attention
• 16:32 Optimizing the direct booking flow
• 18:35 Direct booking future predictions
• 21:45 Find out more about CraftedStays