Turn your Hostfully listings into a direct booking business.
hostAI finds your guests, wins the booking on your own site, and brings them back for the next stay. It runs on the Hostfully account you already have.
- Live in as little as 24 hours
- No commission on direct bookings
- Month to month
$1,000 off your first four months
$250 off each of your first four months of hostAI when you sign up before January 1, 2027. For Hostfully customers new to hostAI.
How to redeem: connect Hostfully, then quote the code when we set up your site. We apply the $250 to each of your first four invoices. Signup has no code field, so the code only counts once you have told us.
Find guests. Win the booking. Bring them back.
Show up wherever guests search.
Hundreds of pages built from your listings, two blog posts a week written for you, and listings AI assistants can read and link to.
Give them every reason to book direct.
The site shows the saving on every stay, lets hesitant guests make an offer, and reminds the ones who leave.
The second stay books with you.
After checkout, hostMail writes the emails that bring past guests back, and you see every booking they make.
Keep Hostfully. Add growth.
How hostAI sits on top of the Hostfully account you already run: the site, the content, the emails and the ads, all synced to your listings.
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Operators who made direct bookings a real channel
Hotel Home Stays~30 properties, West Palm BeachRead the story
Smoky Mountain Vacation Cabins32 properties, TennesseeRead the story
Amy Fine House~40 properties, DallasRead the story
Hostfully gives you the tools. hostFront does the work.
Hostfully's Direct Booking Site comes with your plan, and its Premium site adds a blog with AI drafts and SEO tools. hostFront is done for you: the pages, the posts and the guest offers are built and run for you.
| What you get | Hostfully Direct Booking Site | hostFront |
|---|---|---|
| Booking site on your own domain | Yes | Yes |
| Synced to Hostfully in real time | Yes | Yes |
| A page for every property, built from your listings | Yes | Yes |
| Programmatic SEO landing pages by city, theme and amenity | Pages you add yourself, on Premium | Built from your listings |
| Blog posts | Blog editor and AI drafts, on Premium | Two a week, written and published for you |
| Listings built for AI search (ChatGPT, Perplexity) | SEO and AEO tools, on Premium | Markdown listings, llms.txt and an AI sitemap |
| OTA price shown next to your direct price | No | Built in |
| Guest negotiation AI that answers price offers | No | Yes |
| Automated retargeting with price alerts | No | Yes |
| Abandoned-booking recovery | Through marketplace partners | Built in |
| Guest emails that bring past guests back | Post-stay emails you set up | Written and sent for you (hostMail add-on) |
| Google Ads | Through marketplace partners | Managed for you (hostDistro add-on) |
| Detailed direct-booking reporting | Site analytics, on Premium | Yes |
Hostfully's Direct Booking Site is included in its Growth, Pro and Enterprise plans; the Premium site is an optional upgrade. Hostfully features as documented in Hostfully's help center, October 2026.
It runs on the Hostfully account you already have.
Nothing moves out of Hostfully. hostFront reads your inventory, sells it on your own domain, and creates every booking back in Hostfully.
1 · In Hostfully
Your listings, rates and calendar
Photos, descriptions, amenities, pricing and availability stay where you manage them today.
2 · hostFront syncs
A site built from that inventory
Property pages, search, SEO landing pages and a blog, kept in step with Hostfully.
3 · The guest books
On your domain, not an OTA
They see the direct saving, can make an offer on open dates, and check out with your brand.
4 · Back in Hostfully
The reservation, like any channel
The booking is created in Hostfully, so your calendar and other channels update as usual.
Change it in Hostfully. The site follows.
You never maintain two copies of a listing. When you edit a description, add photos or move a rate, the site picks it up.
Listings and photos
Titles, descriptions, amenities and the full photo set.
Rates
Nightly prices and fees as Hostfully calculates them.
Availability
Open dates in real time, so guests only see what they can book.
Reservations, created in Hostfully
Every direct booking appears in Hostfully as a reservation.
A few minutes of your time. A site preview in as little as 24 hours.
Sign up and choose Hostfully
Create your hostAI account at app.gethostai.com and pick Hostfully as your PMS.
Authorize hostAI in Hostfully
Click Connect, log in to Hostfully and approve hostAI. No API keys to copy. Then, in Hostfully's Integrations page, toggle on each property you want on your site.
Review your site, then go live
Your preview is built from your own listings. We connect your Stripe account and your domain with you when you are ready.
From $299 a month, month to month.
One monthly subscription with no upfront fee, no commission on direct bookings and no lock-in. hostMail and hostDistro run on top when you want them.
Hostfully offer: $1,000 off your first four months. Quote code Hostfully1000 when we set up your site.
See pricing- Upfront feeNone
- Your own domainIncluded
- SEO pages and two posts a weekIncluded
- Commission on direct bookingsNone
- ContractMonth to month
Questions Hostfully operators ask
Do I have to leave Hostfully?
No. Hostfully keeps running your listings, calendar and channels. hostFront is the direct channel on top.
Who collects the guest's payment?
Your own Stripe account. hostAI charges the guest through it, so the money goes straight to you and hostAI never holds guest funds. Connecting Stripe is part of setup.
Which properties go on the site?
The ones you toggle on in the hostAI integration settings in Hostfully. Add more any time and they sync to your site.
Can a direct booking double-book a date?
Direct bookings are created in Hostfully as reservations, so your calendar and other channels update the way they do for any booking.
Can I keep my own domain?
Yes. The site goes live on your domain, and we set it up with you.
How long does it take?
Connecting takes a few minutes. Your preview can be ready in as little as 24 hours.
Is there a contract?
No. Plans are month to month.
How do I use the Hostfully1000 code?
Quote it when we set up your site. We take $250 off each of your first four monthly invoices. It applies to sign-ups before January 1, 2027, for Hostfully customers new to hostAI.
See your Hostfully listings as a direct booking site
Connect Hostfully and your preview is built from your own listings. No cost, no commitment, and $1,000 off your first four months: quote code Hostfully1000 when we set up your site.