I've mapped 126k listings from 4500 direct booking sites

Name: I've mapped 126k listings from 4500 direct booking sites
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Author: wthayer

by wthayer·Jul 29, 2026·2 points·0 comments

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AI Analysis

●MidSolve My Problem

Useful aggregator, but Google Hotels and Kayak already solve this better.

Strengths

•Direct booking focus avoids the commission fees of Airbnb and VRBO.
•Crawler automation promises to scale the dataset without manual entry.

Weaknesses

•No unique inventory; relies entirely on scraping existing public sites.
•Lacks the booking engine integration that makes competitors viable.

Post Description

I manage short term rentals and I made one big direct booking site for any host that uses a PMS and all I need is a URL. No accounts, no fees, no commissions.

I’m tired of Airbnb, VRBO, and Booking charging such high fees and commissions so I made a free search platform. I’m also building a crawler to automate the discovery of new listings to hopefully have millions soon.