For South African Guest Houses
You’re losing R6,000
every month.
Not to bad business.
To Booking.com.
Every booking through their platform costs you 15 to 20 percent. That is your profit, handed to a platform that owns your guest relationship and charges you again every time that same person comes back. CVT Hosts gives you a direct booking system built around your property — so guests book with you, pay you, and come back to you.
No long-term contracts. Cancel any month.
The Real Cost
Booking.com is not your partner.
It is your most expensive cost.
You listed your property to get bookings. That worked. But every year you stay on the platform, the arrangement costs you more — not just in commission, but in guests you cannot contact, relationships you cannot build, and revenue that belongs to you but never arrives.
A guest house doing R30,000 per month in bookings pays up to R6,000 in commission every single month. That is R72,000 a year — for guests who will book through the same platform again next time and cost you again.
You do not own the guest
Their contact details belong to Booking.com. When they return, they go back to the platform. You pay commission on a guest you already earned.
You pay on every booking, forever
There is no ceiling. No point at which you have paid enough. The more successful your property becomes, the more you hand over.
Your rates are not fully yours
Visibility programmes on the platform require you to discount your rates on top of commission. You pay to be seen and reduce your margin to be chosen.
What CVT Hosts Builds for You
Your property. Your bookings.
Your revenue.
CVT Hosts builds your property a complete direct booking system — a professional website, a live availability calendar, upfront payment collection via PayFast, a full bookings database, and a shareable booking link you can put anywhere. Guests book directly with you. Money goes straight to your account. Everything is recorded, tracked, and yours.
Your own website
Professional, mobile-first, built for your property. Your rooms, your rates, your brand — not a listing on someone else’s platform.
Live booking calendar
Guests select dates, confirm availability instantly, and pay upfront. Every booking lands in your database in real time.
Direct payments via PayFast
South Africa’s most trusted payment platform. Card and EFT. Money goes straight to your account at the point of booking — no platform holding it, no payout delays.
WhatsApp notifications
Every booking triggers an instant WhatsApp notification to you — guest name, dates, room, and payment confirmation. No dashboard to check. It comes to you.
The Process
Live in one week.
We build your system
You send us your property details, photos, and room information. We build your website, booking engine, and database — branded to your property.
You review and approve
We send you a staging link. You check every page, every room, every rate. We adjust until it is exactly right. Nothing goes live without your sign-off.
Guests book direct
Your site goes live. Guests find you, book directly, and pay upfront. You get a WhatsApp notification. That is the whole process.
Pricing
Pick where you are.
We will get you where you want to be.
Starter
Get Found
Professional website and direct booking infrastructure.
R7,000 once-off
R499/month
Growth
Take Direct Bookings
A complete booking and payment system with reports.
R15,000 once-off
R899/month
Full Stack
Own Your Market
Everything — including a WhatsApp AI Agent that books, replies, and collects payment autonomously.
R30,000 once-off
R1,800/month
Launch Offer — First 5 Properties Only
50% off every setup fee. Monthly retainer unchanged.
Claim your spot“We had no idea how much we were giving away. Booking.com was listed as our only website. We had no contact details for a single guest. CVT Hosts changed that in a week.”Guest house owner, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Stop paying commission on guests you already earned.
Your next booking could be commission-free. One conversation is all it takes.
No pressure. No sales script. Just a straight conversation about your property.