Why have a direct booking?
Having a direct booking option reduces your reliance on OTA commissions and helps you keep more revenue from your reservations. Our customized direct booking page lets you create a booking experience that fits your own brand, makes your property look more professional to guests, and create a clear path for both new and returning guests to book directly with you.
Direct booking is not about replacing Airbnb or Booking.com — it’s about diversifying where your guests come from and giving you the ability to avoid their high commissions when guests choose to book directly. You also get to keep the guest’s contact information, allowing you to communicate with them directly and, where permitted, follow up with marketing, special offers, and future stays.
fees save $804 per year
Assuming 15% OTA vs $4 NovaBooking fee. Estimate only.
What's included
Our direct booking system also includes a property management system (PMS) with a bookings calendar, Stripe integration, housekeeping tools, reports, visitor statistics, and other essential tools to manage your daily operations.
Other optional services
We also offer easily customizable property website templates with no HTML knowledge required, giving you the flexibility to update your site anytime. Hosting and SSL included.
Pricing Plans
Choose how you pay — pay per booking with no monthly fee, or lock in a fixed monthly rate.
Pay per booking: $0/month for the PMS. A $4 fee is charged only when a guest makes a booking through your NovaBooking direct booking page. Bookings created directly by you in the PMS are not charged this fee. Ideal for the quieter winter months. No direct bookings, no fees. If you have fewer than 5 direct bookings in a year, you’ll need to switch to the Fixed Tier for at least one month — otherwise your account may be canceled. This helps keep the service available for active properties.
Fixed Tier: $20/month flat — no per-booking fees from NovaBooking. Best if you average more than 5 direct bookings per month.
Booking System
Property Management System
- Customizable Guest Booking
- Unlimited Staff Accounts
- Support & Feature Requests
- Deposit setup
- Housekeeping Tools
- Cancellation Policy Reminders
- Languages: English/French
- Cancel Anytime + No setup fee
Included
$20 CAD / month
$17 USD / month
€12.50 EUR / month
Per property
Direct Booking
Included
- Stripe
- Securely collect guest credit card details via guest booking (direct booking) website for secure payment processing. Check Stripe fees
- And / Or
- Pay offline
- Collect payments in cash, by e-transfer, or other offline methods.
- Direct Booking example
$4 CAD / direct booking
Manual bookings: no fee
Included
Channel Manager
Optional Add-On
- Unlimited Channel Integrations
- Can pull future reservations
- Real-Time Availability & Rates
- Connect to 50+ Integrations
- Supports Google Hotel Ads
- No transaction fees
$40 CAD/month
$32 USD/month
€25 EUR/month
Per property
B&B Web Templates
Optional Service
- Hosting & SSL (secure)
- Running on Https
- Design your website your way
- Edit templates easily
- With your domain
- B&B website example
$20 CAD / Month
$17 USD / Month
€12.50 EUR / Month
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers about our booking system and website templates.
Booking System (PMS)
Not on the pay-per-booking tier — you can explore and set things up without entering a credit card.
Yes — you’re free to cancel whenever you like, with no long-term commitment.
No. You can accept offline payments such as e-transfer. However, if you want guests to pay by credit card when making a reservation, you'll need a Stripe account.
Add a button or link to your website that points to your direct booking page. Or contact us to assist.
No — if you don’t have any bookings that month, you won’t be charged. Quiet months stay quiet on your bill, too.
On the pay-per-booking tier, if you have fewer than 5 direct bookings in a year, you’ll need to switch to the Fixed Tier for at least one month. Otherwise your account may be canceled — this keeps the service available for active properties.
Website Templates
Not at all — our wizard is designed to be simple, so you can build and update your site without any coding.
We don’t sell domains ourselves, but we’re happy to help you get one set up and connected.
You’ll only start paying once your website is connected to your domain — then it’s a simple monthly charge.
As often as you like — there are no limits. Tweak photos, text, and details whenever you need to.
Right away — once you save a change, your guests will see it almost immediately.
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🍁 Our vision:
Our PMS was developed to boost tourism in our beautiful region, for the benefit of all local businesses. We believe that, in order to help all businesses in our community thrive, we need to start by assisting small hotels, motels, and B&Bs in lowering their expenses, and making connections to online travel agencies more accessible. Lowering the cost of hospitality would make our region even more attractive to travelers from around the world, bringing more money to our communities and supporting other local businesses. To achieve this, we must start with tourism. We believe tourism is the key to unlocking all of this.
🏡 About us:
Based in Halifax, in the heart of beautiful Nova Scotia, NovaBooking was created with a simple mission: to support our local hospitality industry with affordable, user-friendly tools. With over 20 years of experience as a software developer, I began this project to give back to the communities I care deeply about. Today, our small but dedicated team continues that mission — helping local hotels, motels, and B&Bs access simple and affordable tools to manage their business.