Inquiry
Guests send their dates and a message, and you reply before anything is confirmed.
Beach house and coastal hosts
A beach house booking widget for commission-free direct stays
Show synced beach house availability on your own website and take direct booking requests with the dates, guest counts, and deposits you need. Keep it inquiry-first or accept guest card payments on Pro.
Free availability calendar
Deposits and pay-later on Pro
Works alongside Airbnb and Vrbo
Direct bookings without buying a whole system. Accurate dates on your website, and payment only when it suits how you host.
Keep high-season weeks accurate
Sync iCal feeds from Airbnb, Booking.com, and Vrbo so prime coastal weeks stay aligned and avoid double bookings.
Capture direct demand from your own pages
Give beach house visitors a booking form on your site instead of sending a guest who already wants your dates back to Airbnb or Vrbo.
Take a deposit to hold prime weeks
On Pro, send a secure deposit or balance request after approval, or let guests pay in the booking form at checkout.
Set the rules a coastal stay needs
Use guest counts, advance notice, prep time, and custom fields to shape each request before you confirm.
Booking sites
Your dates match Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo. Paste each site's calendar link so open dates for your beach house match what they show. Free syncs one site; Plus and Pro sync them all.
Booking requests
Approve every stay before it is confirmed. On Pro, each request from your beach house website arrives by email with the dates, guests and message.
The phone app
A request reaches your phone. See the dates and total, then confirm or decline. On Android now, iPhone soon.
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Payments
Get paid the way that fits, commission-free. On Pro, send a deposit or balance link once you confirm, or let guests pay by card in the booking form.
Booking types
Choose how guests book. Pick the booking type for your Pro booking form that matches how you already host.
Request to book
Guests send a request, you approve it, then you send a secure link for a deposit or the full amount.
Instant book
Guests see the total and pay by card in the booking form, through Stripe.
No website? Share one link. Every rental gets a link page with its photo, your words and your calendar to book from. Several rentals can share one page. Put it in your bio or send it to guests. On every plan.
Other ways hosts use RentalBeam. The same calendar and booking form, set up for nearby kinds of rental.
Related guides. Step-by-step guides for setting up your calendar, booking form and payments.
Frequently asked questions. Answers for beach house and coastal hosts, from setup to payments.
Does RentalBeam take a commission on my direct bookings?
No. RentalBeam never takes a commission on your booking revenue on any plan, and Pro adds no RentalBeam booking or application fee. If a guest pays by card through RentalBeam, only the standard Stripe card-processing fee applies, and that fee goes to Stripe, the same as any payment processor. Inquiry, pay-later, and off-platform bookings (such as bank transfer) have no per-transaction cost at all.
Does RentalBeam support coupon codes and discounts?
Yes. RentalBeam Pro includes coupon codes, percentage and fixed-amount discount rules, seasonal prices, and a weekend price. You can run promotional codes for repeat guests, configure off-season discounts, and combine them with custom fees and booking rules from the same booking form widget setup.
Can I charge sales tax, VAT, or occupancy tax on my booking form?
Yes. RentalBeam Pro supports percentage fees built for taxes: you enter the rate (up to three decimals, so rates like 8.875% work) and it is calculated on the discounted subtotal plus your other fees, the same base tax authorities use. The rate can be added on top of your prices, like a sales tax, or shown as already included in them, like VAT, with an "Includes" line and the rate under the total. You can exclude individual fees from the tax base when your jurisdiction does not tax them, and guests see the tax clearly labeled with the rate. Fixed per-person tourist taxes are also supported through per-guest-per-night fees with child age rules.
Can I message guests from my email inbox?
Yes. On Pro, every booking notification email includes a reply address linked to that booking. Reply in Gmail, Apple Mail, or any email app and your message goes to the guest. When they reply, it comes back to your inbox and is saved with that booking in your dashboard. Your personal email address is never shared with the guest.
Can guests pay online for a beach house stay?
On Pro, hosts can enable Stripe Connect guest payments and choose Instant book or Request to book. The availability calendar itself is free on every plan.
Can I keep my beach house on Airbnb and Vrbo?
Yes. Keep the beach house listed wherever it earns, and point those calendars here. Your own site then shows the same free nights the listing sites do.
Can I require a deposit before confirming a coastal week?
Yes. On Pro, use Request to book to approve the stay first, then send a secure payment request for a deposit, balance, or full amount.
Is RentalBeam a full beach rental management system?
No. RentalBeam focuses on synced website availability and direct booking requests for independent coastal hosts, with optional guest payments on Pro, rather than full PMS operations.
Free to start, live in about 2 minutes.
The availability calendar is free. Add booking requests, payment links and card payments on Pro.