Bookably Pays for Itself, Many Times Over
Before we talk features, look at the maths. Bookably is designed to cost less than the alternatives you’re already weighing, and the small annual Plan is covered many times over by a single booking.
~$3,000
saved per $20k of bookings
vs. Airbnb & Booking.com
They take 15-20% of every booking, forever. Bookably takes 0%. On $20,000 of bookings, that’s roughly $3,000 a year in platform fees you and your guests simply don’t pay, and it compounds with every repeat guest.
from $99
flat annual Plan, no monthly bills
vs. Your Own Website
A domain, hosting and payment setup add up fast, before you’ve designed a page, plugged in a booking system, or written a guest guide. Bookably is a complete booking platform out of the box, and it brings the guests too.
up to 90% less
than instant website builders
vs. instant property websites
Lodgify, Bookster, Hostfully and similar run from a few hundred dollars to well over $1,500 a year, and climb as you add listings. You still bring the guests yourself. Bookably is from $99/year, and our growing audience of Kiwis and overseas travellers is included from day one.
Beyond the small annual Plan, you keep your booking revenue. Bookably adds no commission and no markup. The only deduction is the standard card processing cost, charged by Stripe to accept card payments and passed through at cost.
Host Studio alone is worth more than your annual Plan
★ Live Digital Guide. Try scrolling inside the phone.
At its heart is the Live Digital Guide. Polished, phone-friendly, scan-to-open from any card you hand out. The guide alone runs $5-$25 per month elsewhere. Add the welcome booklet and printable cards and you’re stitching together $60-$300/year of tools plus hours of design work. Bookably includes all of it, at no extra cost.
Click any card to download a demo PDF.
Discovery on Airbnb. Repeats on Bookably.
Smart hosts don’t pick one or the other. The OTAs are great at finding you a guest the first time. They’re an expensive place to host the same guest a second, third, fourth time. Bookably is where you put every booking after the first. And our growing audience of Kiwis and overseas travellers finds you new guests too.
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step one
They find you on Airbnb
A guest discovers your property on Airbnb, Booking.com or somewhere similar. They stay. You meet them.
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step two
They take home a Rebook card
From your Host Studio, a printed Rebook card goes home with them. It says “book us on Bookably next time.” Fridge magnet, glovebox, whatever works.
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step three
They come back on Bookably
Next stay, they book straight on Bookably. $0 commission. Forever.
One repeat booking pays for the whole year
On a $1,000 repeat guest you keep an extra ~$150 every time they come back. Multiply by every repeat guest, every year.
Plus the new bookings we send your way. Our audience grows every week, in New Zealand and overseas.
Why Bookably
The economics is the headline. Here’s how we deliver it, and why hosts trust us with the bookings other platforms keep skimming.
Kiwi-owned, Kiwi-run
A New Zealand company you can phone on 0800 448 938. Decisions made here, support that knows your country and your guests.
AI Host Assistant included
Drafts most of your listing from your photos, your existing description and your location, drafts guest replies for your approval, and helps with pricing. A time-saving machine on its own, and it never asks for overtime.
Trusted on both sides of the door
Every guest passes an identity check before they can book. So do you. Reviews run both ways too, so you build a record of the people who treat your home well and the network learns who doesn’t. One of the safest marketplaces out there.
Loyalty that pays you back
Reward your returning guests with automatic discounts you set yourself. Bookably Loyalty turns a one-off stay into a habit, and with zero commission the discount you give is the whole cost, never a markup on top. Your regulars keep coming back, to you.
One small annual Plan. Look at everything it covers.
Publishing your listing is free, and there is nothing to pay upfront. Each listing carries one small flat annual Plan, and that single Plan opens up the whole list below.
You’re only ever charged from a booking, so the Plan can never cost you money you haven’t already made. A listing that never books never pays.
0% booking commission
Bookably never takes a cut of a booking. The price a guest pays for their stay is yours, every time. The clearest line between us and the commission platforms.
0 guest service charges
Your guests are never charged a service charge on top of your nightly rate. Predictable pricing means more guests say yes and fewer drop off at checkout.
Host Studio
A digital guidebook, a printed welcome booklet, and printable rebook cards, all ready to go. Make a stay feel cared for and nudge guests to come straight back to you.
AI Host Assistant
Drafts your listing copy, helps you reply to guests in seconds, and offers pricing guidance so you are never guessing. Hours of admin handled for you.
Two-way identity checks and reviews
Hosts and guests both verify and both review. That two-sided trust makes Bookably one of the safest marketplaces to host on.
Bookably Loyalty
Reward repeat guests with automatic discounts, set once and running in the background. Your easiest bookings, won more often.
Bookably Host Community
Connect with other New Zealand hosts in a private community, swap what is working, and help shape where Bookably goes next.
Booking service and growing audience
More than tools. Your listing reaches a growing audience across New Zealand and overseas, bringing you real new bookings.
Nothing to pay upfront. Each listing’s Plan is collected once a year, automatically from a single payout, and again each year your listing stays published. It is never a slice of a booking, and a listing that never books never pays.
More than four properties? Talk to us, we are open to a deal. Call 0800 448 938 or email [email protected].
Getting Started in 3 Steps
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Register free
Create your account in a couple of minutes. No card, no commitment.
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Let the AI Host Assistant do the heavy lifting
It walks you through your listing details, photos and pricing. Most hosts are done in under an hour.
03
Publish, free
Your listing goes live straight away and is open for bookings. Nothing to pay to go live.
You don’t need payment details to sign up or to publish. Payouts are set up later, any time that suits you once your listing is up.
Want more detail? See our step-by-step listing guide or the Host FAQ.
📢 Our Host Service Agreement and Listing Terms apply.
From Our Hosts
Hear what hosts across New Zealand say about working with Bookably.
Got Questions? We’ve Got Answers!
Will Bookably actually save me money compared to Airbnb?
Yes, almost always. On a single $1,000 booking through Airbnb you’d typically pay around $150 in host commission, plus your guest pays a service charge on top. With Bookably both of those are zero. The small annual Plan, from $99 a listing, is covered many times over by a single booking, and Bookably never takes a cut of what you earn.
What do I get that I’d otherwise pay extra for?
Digital guidebook, welcome booklet, Wi-Fi cards, house-rules cards, check-out cards, loyalty cards, AI Host Assistant, two-way reviews, and identity verification. All included. Most hosts stitch these together from three or four separate subscriptions; Bookably brings them together in one small annual Plan.
Is Bookably a New Zealand company?
Yes. NZ-owned and NZ-supported. Phone, email, WhatsApp, all answered by Kiwis who know the market.
Are guests identity-verified?
Yes. Every guest completes an ID check before their first booking, and hosts are verified too. That cuts out the chancers and makes Bookably one of the safest marketplaces out there.
Can I review my guests?
Yes. Reviews work both ways. After every stay you can rate the guest and leave a private note for other hosts.
What does the AI Host Assistant actually do?
It drafts most of your listing from your photos, your existing description and your location, drafts guest replies for your approval, helps you price, and manages your bookings and calendar. Guest questions from travellers are answered around the clock by our guest concierge. You stay in control. It’s an assistant, not autopilot.
Does it cost anything to list my property?
Listing is free. Bookably charges 0% booking commission and adds nothing for your guests. Your only cost is one small flat annual Plan per listing, from $99 a year. It comes out just once a year, automatically from a single payout, never a slice of each booking, so there is nothing to pay upfront. The only other deduction is the standard card processing cost, charged by Stripe at cost.
How do I get paid?
You set up payouts when there is money to collect, not when you sign up. You can do it any time once your listing is up, or leave it until your first booking comes in and let the Host Assistant walk you through it in the chat. If a payment lands before you have finished, it is held safely and released automatically the moment your setup is done.
Payouts are processed securely through Stripe Connect. Funds land directly in your bank, less the standard card processing cost. Bookably also handles GST as the marketplace operator: if your listing isn’t GST-registered we collect 15% GST and credit 8.5% back to you on your payout; if it is GST-registered, the full 15% is remitted to Inland Revenue. We send you a monthly GST statement for your records.
What happens after I publish my listing?
It goes live immediately and is available for bookings. There is no review queue and nothing to wait for. We may ask you to update photos or details that do not meet our standards, and we can remove listings that breach the Host Service Agreement.
Can I edit my listing later?
Yes. Update your listing details, pricing, and availability anytime, either through the Host Assistant or your account dashboard.
Can I leave if it’s not for me?
Yes, anytime. There is nothing to pay upfront and no contract to exit, so you can unpublish or remove your listing whenever you like.
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About the numbers on this page
We source our figures so you can check our workings. Competitor fees checked August 2026 against each platform’s published fee schedules; market figures calculated July 2026 from AirROI short-term rental market data (tracked listings on the largest booking platform, converted to NZD). Market totals cover one major platform only, so true all-platform figures are higher. We round down and quote conservative floors.
- “They take 15-20% of every booking”: Airbnb’s published host service fee is a single 15.5% deducted from payouts (rolling out from October 2025; every remaining host outside the EU moves onto it by 15 September 2026). Booking.com’s published commission for New Zealand properties is typically about 15%, plus payment charges where applicable. Combined host and guest charges have historically reached about 20%.
- “~$3,000 saved per $20k of bookings”: $20,000 of bookings at a 15% platform fee is $3,000. On Bookably the equivalent cost is the flat annual Plan plus card processing at cost.
- Figures used in our advertising: “more than $190 million a year” is total tracked New Zealand listing revenue multiplied by the 15.5% host service fee (our calculation: $190.4 million). “$50 million+ in Queenstown Lakes” is the same calculation for Queenstown Lakes District (about $57 million; quoted conservatively). “About $16,000 a year for the average Queenstown listing” is average tracked Queenstown listing revenue of about $106,000 a year multiplied by 15.5%.
Bookably charges hosts 0% booking commission and guests a 0% service fee. Hosts pay a flat annual Plan per listing ($129 a year for one listing, less per listing at volume), collected once a year from a payout, plus card processing at cost. Questions about the numbers? Email [email protected].