Free booking software for renting out locations
Guests can book your accommodation, vacation home, or other types of rentals with ease. Directly from you, without any middleman. Free of charge!
How can I rent out my location online?
You have plenty of options when it comes to renting out a piece of property (or any object you own). Working with big platforms has become all the craze over the last couple of years. Big platforms can help you drive demand, but if you already have demand they just become an expensive middleman.
Vev is a free alternative to big booking platforms if you want to rent out locations yourself. Trusted and loved by owners of:
- Vacation homes
- Ski chalets
- Meeting rooms
- Event spaces
- Bed & breakfast
- Second homes
- Mobile homes
- Beach houses
- Timeshares
If you wanna start renting out your location via Vev, all you have to do is create an account. From there on you can tweak your offering, offer upsell packages to include stuff like bed sheets, or other amenities.
As soon as you picked the right color scheme, upload a couple of photos, and set your pricing and availability - it becomes time to start promoting your page.
Rentals can be set at fixed durations, depending on what you offer. For an event space used for photoshoots, it might be sufficient to offer packages that start at 4 hours, and up to a full day. But if you rent out your ski chalet, you might want to offer full weeks only.
“Get reservations for your location without paying any commission ”
What are the benefits of renting out a location yourself?
Platforms are great when you are just starting out. They are a great way to get your first couple of guests and reviews in. But if you are a bit more savvy, you probably realize quickly that these services don’t offer anything unique.
The biggest benefit of renting out a location yourself is that all revenue goes directly to you. This also goes hand in hand with offering the exact experience you set out to deliver to your customers. The anonymity of a platform is gone since guests will directly interact with you.
Renting out locations yourself via Vev is a perfect way if you are a hands-on owner, that is engaged in promoting your rental and doesn’t rely on the customer support that big platforms offer.
The benefit of renting out yourself is also that you can limit who is able to book. If you have a piece of property that you only like friends and family to reserve - just only share the link with them! Big platforms force you to be available to everyone, which might not be a fit for you.
To sum up the benefits of renting out a location yourself:
- Maximize revenue, since there’s no middleman taking a cut.
- More personalized experience, guests book directly from you and not from a generic listing.
- Exclusive booking options, if you only wanna open up bookings to friends and family and not to the rest of the world.
How can I grow my location rental business?
Depending on your listing, there are several smart and cheap ways to grow your business. We talked to a bunch of business owners and asked for their recommendations:
Vacation rentals, such as vacation homes and second homes:
- Engage in online forums. Depending on how popular your destination is, there might be a couple of websites out there informing people about the area. This is a great way to establish yourself as a local expert. At the same time, use this opportunity to (in)directly promote your listing.
- Join local Facebook groups. Given your connection and proximity to the neighborhood, it’s advised to join local groups. Perhaps others in the community have family members or friends that they’d like to put up in your listing. Ensure that your neighbors become your ambassadors!
- Create online ads. Don’t dive into this if you don’t know what you are doing. But running ads on platforms like Facebook and Instagram can help you reach the desired audience.
- Invite bloggers to write a review. This is especially helpful if your business is relatively new. It’s a great way to promote your business and get a public review on the internet.
- Partner up with other businesses. See if you can strike a deal with local nearby businesses. For example negotiate a discount on bike rentals, ski rentals, or a discount voucher for a local restaurant. This allows you to sell “all in one” packages that make you stand out from the rest!
- Be active on Instagram. Use the proper hashtags, and respond to questions people might ask on other channels. You are not only helping people, but people might check out your page too!
One-day rentals, such as event spaces and meeting rooms:
- Enroll in directories. Use Google and type in the keywords you’d like to be found on. Chances are high that you’ll stumble upon a directory or two that lists offerings in your city or area. Try to see if you can add yours for free or for a small fee.
- Promote on LinkedIn. Use your network! Now more than ever people are looking for meeting spaces away from their home office or to break from the office. Establish yourself as a local business, take some good photos, and turn it all into some posts.
- Join local Facebook groups. Find groups where people that often book your type of listing come together. If your space lends itself to photoshoots, try to see if you can find groups where art directors come together (just to name an example). See if you can introduce yourself and your listing.
Partner up with other businesses. Goal is to get on the radar of as many relevant businesses as possible. So either cozying up with office managers in the area if you wanna introduce your meeting space as an option to them. Or try to strike a deal with a local bakery that can provide the lunch for when groups book your space.
Run your location business on auto-pilot With your new toolset
Sell
Marketing
Payments
Business
Learn
Software
Auto pilot
Overview
No-shows
Customers
Add your locations and more
Decide what you offer at your location business. Add descriptions for your locations, add an image, and best of all set your own prices.
Your day at a glance
See exactly how much your location business makes, what your clients book most and even learn how they made their appointment.
Book again
In just a tap your clients become regulars. Get the best date and time for the next appointment. No upcoming appointment? You and your clients are reminded to book a location again.
Sell smart
Add options, durations, variations, preparation time, cleanup time and your duration to help your clients book.
Define your own duration
Some appointments don’t require your attention the whole time, so you can help another client.
Book deadline
Choose till what time clients can book a location.
Sell
Add your locations and more
Decide what you offer at your location business. Add descriptions for your locations, add an image, and best of all set your own prices.
Your day at a glance
See exactly how much your location business makes, what your clients book most and even learn how they made their appointment.
Book again
In just a tap your clients become regulars. Get the best date and time for the next appointment. No upcoming appointment? You and your clients are reminded to book a location again.
Sell smart
Add options, durations, variations, preparation time, cleanup time and your duration to help your clients book.
Define your own duration
Some appointments don’t require your attention the whole time, so you can help another client.
Book deadline
Choose till what time clients can book a location.
Marketing
Cover your location business
Add a cover to your header that matches your location business. Impress your clients of your location business even more.
Your own link
Add your link to your website and socials. A link in bio could boost the appointments of your location business up to 40%.
Brand your Vev
Add your logo, show a cover image, customize font styles, and display your address (or not). And everything will get styled in line with your location business. That means your appointment page, dashboard, Wallet passes and even every single e-mail that your clients get looks like you.
Book with a QR-code
Include your QR code on flyers, business cards, stickers and other placements in your location business to let your clients book locations by scanning it on their phone.
Policy
Define your own policy, so your clients know what to expect. Works perfectly with payments, deposits and refunds.
Page description
Add a slogan for your page to stand out from other location businesses. Tell your clients why you're the best location business.
Get reviews from your clients
Word of mouth is the best marketing, and reviews are the digital equivalent of this.
Payments
Scan to Pay
Let your clients scan your QR for you to get paid. Vev will keep track of who has paid for their location so your location business administration is always up to date.
Get paid ahead
Enable your clients to pay ahead for their appointment. Only if you want to, you as the owner is in control.
Deposits
Let your clients put down a deposit to get their appointment.
No extra payment devices
No need to fill in the amount again. Or sync, connect and charge that extra device in your location business. Simply use your phone to have clients pay for their locations on the spot.
Discounts
It's easy to give your client a discount on their location. Choose a percentage or fixed amount. Whatever works best for your location business.
Upsell
Add a percentage or fixed amount to the price of the appointment, in the simplest way possible for you as a owner.
Refunds
Clients who've paid ahead will automatically be refunded when their appointment is cancelled. Yet another thing less to worry about for owners.
Payments work out of the box
Payments are set up automatically for you. So you can get paid out of the gate. No need for any set up.
Policy
Define your own policy, so your clients know what to expect. Works perfectly with payments, deposits and refunds.
Business
Your overview of locations
See exactly who will get what location, and at what time the appointment is due.
Your opening hours
You decide when your location business is open (or closed) for appointments.
Choose a time and date
Let your clients choose what time works for them. You can decide how strict or flexible you want to be with your time.
Add your breaks
Plan when you want a fixed break. Looking for more flexibility? Turn on smart breaks.
Add 'Me time'
Got a personal appointment? With just a tap you can block time off. This way clients can't make an appointment.
Exceptions
Want to open up during public holidays? Or close for a vacation? Your decide when your location business is open.
Book deadline
Choose till what time clients can book a location.
Make your accountant smile
Export data of your location business on a monthly basis. Including all the information of your appointments. Giving you the information you need.
Sync to your calendar
Automatically sync your appointments to your personal calendar app.
Ahead of time
Set up your booking horizon, meaning how far in the future clients are able to book locations.
Define your own duration
Some appointments don’t require your attention the whole time, so you can help another client.
Notifications for you
When your client make an appointment, cancelation or change you will receive a notification.
Learn
Your month wrapped up
Every month starts with an overview of last months' appointments cancelations and revenue for your location business. This way you know exactly how your location business is doing.
Your day at a glance
See exactly how much your location business makes, what your clients book most and even learn how they made their appointment.
Software
Works on every device
Vev works on phones, tablets, computers and more. If you have internet in your location business then you are good!
Works out of the box
Vev comes loaded with everything needed for your location business right out of the box. And based on your usage it learns and gets better.
Free software updates
Vev gets better every day, and every upgrade is automatically added. No need to upgrade or install. Every month you receive an overview of the updates for your location business.
It's your data
It's your data. The client information is yours. Vev doesn't sell, resell, target or advertise with the data from your location business. Of course not!
Works everywhere
Vev is translated in English, Dutch, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian. It also supports over 100 currencies.
Auto pilot
Communication made easy
Every appointment, cancelation, change and reminder is automatically sent to your clients. Emails are sent in your style so they feel familiar to the clients of your location business.
Appointment reminders
On the day of the appointment, your client receives a reminder from you. It's send automatically and includes all the information of their location.
Your month wrapped up
Every month starts with an overview of last months' appointments cancelations and revenue for your location business. This way you know exactly how your location business is doing.
Your own link
Add your link to your website and socials. A link in bio could boost the appointments of your location business up to 40%.
Sync to your calendar
Automatically sync your appointments to your personal calendar app.
Add 'Me time'
Got a personal appointment? With just a tap you can block time off. This way clients can't make an appointment.
Overview
Your day at a glance
See exactly how much your location business makes, what your clients book most and even learn how they made their appointment.
Notifications for you
When your client make an appointment, cancelation or change you will receive a notification.
Your overview of locations
See exactly who will get what location, and at what time the appointment is due.
Focus on your clients
Your daily overview of clients. Showing you exactly who's you will see today, and an easy way to let you book again.
Delivery overview
See exactly where and at what time you need to deliver locations. Everything shown on an interactive map to make it crystal clear for you!
Sync to your calendar
Automatically sync your appointments to your personal calendar app.
Your month wrapped up
Every month starts with an overview of last months' appointments cancelations and revenue for your location business. This way you know exactly how your location business is doing.
No-shows
Appointment reminders
On the day of the appointment, your client receives a reminder from you. It's send automatically and includes all the information of their location.
Policy
Define your own policy, so your clients know what to expect. Works perfectly with payments, deposits and refunds.
Change the time
Clients can change the time of their upcoming appointment as long as the cancelation deadline hasn't passed.
Add to Calendar
Clients can add the appointment to their calendar. This way they receive a notification before their location. The address, travel time and link to their confirmation page can be found in the event details.
Add to wallet
After clients book locations, they get a pass for their digital wallet. When added they get a notification on their phone at the right time. The pass contains all the details like; date, time, location, total cost, payment details and link.
Communication made easy
Every appointment, cancelation, change and reminder is automatically sent to your clients. Emails are sent in your style so they feel familiar to the clients of your location business.
Client details
For owners it's super handy to have all the details of clients at their finger tips. Allowing you to send a text, call or email whenever you need.
Cancelation deadline
Decide until what time clients can cancel for free. Whenever a cancelation is made, clients receive a message including a link to schedule their next location with your location business
Client history
See exactly what kind of locations your clients had at your location business last time.
Customers
Notes
Add notes about your clients. These notes show up around the appointment, so you can pick up the conversation with your client where you left off last time.
Client details
For owners it's super handy to have all the details of clients at their finger tips. Allowing you to send a text, call or email whenever you need.
Customer management (CRM)
See your clients in the best way. This lets you build relationships and get more appointments. You can search and find your most valuable clients.
Focus on your clients
Your daily overview of clients. Showing you exactly who's you will see today, and an easy way to let you book again.
Book again
In just a tap your clients become regulars. Get the best date and time for the next appointment. No upcoming appointment? You and your clients are reminded to book a location again.
Client history
See exactly what kind of locations your clients had at your location business last time.
It's your data
It's your data. The client information is yours. Vev doesn't sell, resell, target or advertise with the data from your location business. Of course not!
Get reviews from your clients
Word of mouth is the best marketing, and reviews are the digital equivalent of this.