Do I have to leave Booking.com to use Cabinly?

No, and most owners should not. Keep the listings for reach and run a direct page alongside them; Cabinly syncs availability two ways over iCal so a night booked on one closes on the others.

How much does the commission actually cost me?

On a 3600 zł booking, 15% is 540 zł — one booking. Over a year of direct-bookable nights it is usually the largest single line in an owner's costs. The calculator on the pricing page does the arithmetic with your own nightly rate.

Will guests trust a page that is not a marketplace?

That is the real objection, and the answer is the page has to look like it deserves the booking: your photographs at full width, prices and rules stated before payment, questions answered on the page, and a card payment through Stripe rather than a bank transfer to a stranger.

CabinlyBooking.com and Airbnb

The marketplaces find guests. A direct page keeps them.

Booking.com and Airbnb bring people who have never heard of your cabin, and take 15-20% of every night for it. A direct booking page takes the guests who already know you, at 0% commission, and the e-mail stays yours.

Updated 31 August 2026

Who brings the guest: You do – social, e-mail, a QR code in the cabin, word of mouth
Commission on a direct booking: 0% to Cabinly; Stripe charges its own fee
Whose guest it is afterwards: Yours: the e-mail, the phone number, the next stay

Side by side

	Direct page (Cabinly)	Booking.com / Airbnb
Who brings the guest	You do – social, e-mail, a QR code in the cabin, word of mouth	They do, from an audience you could not reach alone
Commission on a direct booking	0% to Cabinly; Stripe charges its own fee	Typically 15-20% of the stay
Whose guest it is afterwards	Yours: the e-mail, the phone number, the next stay	Theirs, and the next booking usually goes through them again
Who sets the rules	You: prices per date, minimum stay, cancellation, deposits, paid extras	Their policies, their ranking, their cancellation rules
Where the money lands	Your own Stripe account, on the booking	Their payout schedule
What it costs	0% commission on direct bookings, forever; everything free during the alpha	Free to list; the cost is the commission

Use a direct page for

The guests who already know where to find you.
Returning guests, who cost the most in commission and the least in effort.
Anyone arriving from your Instagram, your e-mail signature or a QR code in the cabin.

Cabinly

Keep the marketplaces for

Reaching people who have never heard of your cabin.
Filling a first season, when nobody is looking for you by name.
Reviews that build the reputation your own page then trades on.

Booking.com and Airbnb

Questions people actually ask

Do I have to leave Booking.com to use Cabinly?: No, and most owners should not. Keep the listings for reach and run a direct page alongside them; Cabinly syncs availability two ways over iCal so a night booked on one closes on the others.
How much does the commission actually cost me?: On a 3600 zł booking, 15% is 540 zł – one booking. Over a year of direct-bookable nights it is usually the largest single line in an owner's costs. The calculator on the pricing page does the arithmetic with your own nightly rate.
Will guests trust a page that is not a marketplace?: That is the real objection, and the answer is the page has to look like it deserves the booking: your photographs at full width, prices and rules stated before payment, questions answered on the page, and a card payment through Stripe rather than a bank transfer to a stranger.
Will taking direct bookings hurt my ranking on the marketplaces?: We cannot speak for their algorithms, and nobody honestly can. What we can say is what Cabinly does: it publishes nothing to them and changes no rate of yours on their side. Prices and availability there stay yours to manage exactly as you do today; the iCal sync only closes nights that are genuinely taken.