Steven's Guesthouse — direct bookings on a coastal-magic guesthouse site
We built Steven's Guesthouse in Swakopmund a coastal-style booking site that takes reservations directly — no OTA commission, no double bookings.
- Client
- Steven's Guesthouse
- Shipped
- 2026

Steven's Guesthouse was paying booking commissions to OTAs on most of their reservations while their own site couldn't accept a booking — it could only collect contact-form leads they had to chase by phone.
Editorial brand site with a Foxglove-Street coastal aesthetic, integrated availability calendar, on-site booking with deposit pay-now, automated confirmations to guest and host, and a small admin to update rates and block dates.
Direct bookings now bypass the OTA commission for most stays. Owner gets a daily manifest, guests get instant confirmation, no double bookings.
The features that made it work.
Build time
3 wks
01Direct bookings
+62%
02OTA commission
−
03
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