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Compare direct booking website builders
Both build conversion-focused direct booking websites for vacation rentals. CraftedStays is a website layer that requires a separate PMS; Haven runs standalone — free to build, with the guest experience platform built in.
Book With Haven and CraftedStays both give vacation rental hosts a branded, conversion-focused website where guests can book directly instead of only through Airbnb or Vrbo.
CraftedStays is a direct-booking website builder that pairs with a property management system rather than replacing one — it requires a supported PMS (Hostaway, Guesty, Hospitable, OwnerRez, or Hostfully) to operate, and imports your property data from it. It offers AI-generated pages, area guidebooks, guest email capture, and automated stay emails. Its Host plan starts at $89.99/month for the first two properties, with a marketing add-on and optional paid onboarding tiers, based on publicly available information as of July 2026. It is a newer product without an established independent review track record on major review platforms.
Book With Haven runs standalone — no PMS required (though it integrates with PMS tools if you use one). It is free to build, you pay only when you publish, and guest-experience tools are built in: a guest CRM with smart remarketing, digital guidebooks that capture guest emails, guest screening with damage protection via Truvi, printable materials, multi-jurisdiction taxes and accounting, and localized booking pages in up to 5 languages. This page compares the two on the capabilities hosts ask about most.
Runs standalone or on top of your PMS. No PMS subscription required.
Requires a supported PMS (Hostaway, Guesty, Hospitable, OwnerRez, or Hostfully) to operate.
Free to build for as long as you like; pay only when you publish. No per-booking commission.
14-day free trial; Host plan from $89.99/month for two properties, plus your PMS subscription.
Beautiful, design-forward branded site built to convert, with Stripe checkout built in — no setup expertise needed.
AI-generated, conversion-focused pages with trust signals and property search.
Built-in guest CRM with smart remarketing — captures guests from every channel, including Airbnb and Vrbo bookers.
Guest email capture and automated stay emails; no guest CRM or remarketing documented.
Digital guidebooks and a mobile stay guide that capture the booker’s and co-guests’ emails.
Area guidebooks with maps and local recommendations.
Screenings free; up to $50,000 damage protection on eligible bookings via Truvi.
No guest-screening or damage-protection product documented.
Lodging taxes itemized on every booking and aggregated for filing — on every plan.
Handled by your separate PMS, not by CraftedStays.
Localized booking pages in up to 5 languages with per-language URLs and hreflang.
No multi-language support advertised.
Haven Boost runs your Google, Facebook, and Instagram ads on a budget you set — no agency retainer.
Marketing Hub add-on ($30/month) with publishing and blog tools; no managed ad service documented.
Haven vs CraftedStays
Configure your Haven site as long as you like — you only pay when you’re ready to publish and take bookings. No per-booking commissions.
Comparison based on publicly available information about CraftedStays as of July 2026. Product features and pricing change frequently — see CraftedStays’s website for their latest details. CraftedStays is a trademark of its respective owner; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by CraftedStays.