How to accept direct bookings on your Google Sites vacation rental website
A free Google Sites page can take real booking requests without a PMS or a separate form builder. Google Sites keeps embedded code in a box you size by dragging, so the recommended setup pastes the RentalBeam booking widget iframe snippet into an Embed code box and drags it tall. You decide whether guests submit an inquiry, get billed after you approve by bank transfer, cash, or a secure card payment link, or pay inline with Stripe Connect, all with no commission and no RentalBeam booking fee on your direct bookings.
Why add a direct-booking form to your Google Sites site?
Guests who reach your own website are your highest-intent traffic. Letting them request or book a stay without leaving the page, and without paying an OTA service fee, is the most underused conversion lever in vacation rentals. A direct-booking form on Google Sites turns the page from a brochure into a booking surface.
- Take booking requests directly from your own website
- Keep Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com synced so the form never sells double-booked dates
- Offer coupon codes, seasonal pricing, custom fields, and booking rules
- Choose between inquiry-only, bill later by bank transfer, cash, or a card link, or inline Stripe Connect card payment
- Zero RentalBeam commission on direct bookings: hosts keep 100% of their booking revenue
What you need
- A Google Sites page you can edit, on a computer
- A RentalBeam Pro plan with a booking-ready calendar
- At least one connected OTA or iCal availability source
Pro plan required
The booking widget is part of RentalBeam Pro. We never take a cut of what you charge. When a guest pays by card, only the standard Stripe card-processing fee applies, paid to Stripe rather than RentalBeam.Setup steps
- 1
Create a booking-ready RentalBeam calendar
- Open your RentalBeam dashboard and add or open a rental.
- Connect at least one iCal source (Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, Google Calendar) so the booking widget never offers double-booked dates.
- Set your nightly pricing, optional seasonal rules, minimum stay, advance notice, and prep time.
- Decide whether bookings should be inquiry-only, host-reviewed and billed later by bank transfer, cash, or a card link, or paid inline with Stripe Connect.
Choose payment flow at any time
You can start with inquiry-only or pay-later requests today and switch to inline card payments later without rebuilding the page. The widget URL stays the same. - 2
Copy the right booking widget embed for Google Sites
RentalBeam recommends the iframe embed for Google Sites. Use the matching code format below as your reference.
html<iframe src="https://rentalbeam.com/embed/bookingform/your-calendar-id" width="100%" height="780" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" style="border: none; border-radius: 8px; display: block;"></iframe>The booking form grows as guests fill it in, and a Google Sites embed box keeps the height you drag it to. The iframe snippet with a tall box keeps the whole form in reach.
Google Sites publishing reminders
- Make the box taller than the form looks at first. It gets longer as guests pick dates and fill in details.
- Use the full booking form, not the compact search bar. The bar opens the form over the page, and it cannot reach past the frame Google Sites puts around embedded code.
- Send one real test inquiry from the published page to confirm the email reaches you.
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Paste the booking widget into Google Sites
Builder-specific install steps
Use these steps to place the RentalBeam booking widget exactly where guests are ready to book.
Recommended: IframeGoogle Sites
Insert an Embed code box, paste the iframe snippet, and drag the box tall enough for the widget.
The booking form grows as guests fill it in, and a Google Sites embed box keeps the height you drag it to. The iframe snippet with a tall box keeps the whole form in reach.
Use the Iframe tab for this builder.
- Open the page where guests should send booking requests
- Choose Insert, then Embed, then the Embed code tab
- Paste the RentalBeam booking widget iframe snippet, click Next, then Insert
- Drag the box tall, publish, and send a test inquiry from the live page on a computer and a phone
Before you publish
- Make the box taller than the form looks at first. It gets longer as guests pick dates and fill in details.
- Use the full booking form, not the compact search bar. The bar opens the form over the page, and it cannot reach past the frame Google Sites puts around embedded code.
- Send one real test inquiry from the published page to confirm the email reaches you.
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Publish and submit one live test inquiry
Where to place the booking widget on the page
- Use the full booking form, not the compact search bar. The bar opens the form over the page, and it cannot reach past the frame Google Sites puts around embedded code.
- Drag the box taller than the form looks at first, since it gets longer as guests fill it in.
- Send your test inquiry from the published page, on a computer and on a phone.
Treat the booking form as the page's primary CTA
High-converting direct-booking pages put the booking form directly next to or under the availability calendar so guests can check dates and request a stay in a single visual area.No commission on your direct bookings
RentalBeam Pro never takes a cut of what you charge: your booking revenue is 100% yours. When a guest pays by card through RentalBeam, the only deduction is the standard Stripe card-processing fee, which is paid to Stripe, not RentalBeam.
- No commission: RentalBeam never takes a cut of your booking revenue.
- No RentalBeam booking or application fee on guest card payments.
- Card payments carry only the standard Stripe card-processing fee; inquiry-only and pay-later bookings have no per-transaction cost.
