About
Built for owners who want a channel of their own
Book Direct. Sync Everywhere. — Airbnb, Vrbo and the other marketplaces can keep working for you. 1Melo adds a direct booking channel alongside them, giving you more control over your bookings, your guests, your payments and the business relationship behind every stay.
Why 1Melo exists
Marketplaces are great at helping travelers discover properties. We do not think owners should have to choose between using them and building something of their own.
1Melo was built to give vacation-rental owners and property managers a direct channel alongside the marketplaces they already use — a place to manage their own bookings, guests, payments and availability while continuing to benefit from marketplace exposure.
Use marketplaces to find guests. Build a business they can also find directly.
What you gain
What owning your booking channel gives you
Control your cash flow
Direct-booking payments flow through your own connected payment setup, not a marketplace's payout process. The account the money lands in — and the arrangement behind it — is yours.
Keep more of the booking
A direct reservation removes the marketplace service-fee layer. Keep the difference, offer guests a better direct rate, or split the savings — the margin is yours to use.
Build stronger guest relationships
Direct guests deal with your business, not a platform inbox. They remember your property and your name, and the conversation stays with you.
Set your own policies
Cancellation terms, refund rules, your rental agreement, pricing and stay rules — for direct bookings you set them, within the law and your payment provider's rules.
Build repeat business
Returning guests, and guests your own marketing reaches, have a direct way to book with you again — no re-discovery required.
Your property. Your brand.
Every direct booking builds recognition for your business, so the brand a guest remembers is yours — not only the marketplace they first found you on.
Airbnb, Vrbo and other marketplaces can still be valuable discovery channels. 1Melo gives you another channel that you control.
The day-to-day
One place to run the booking side of your business
A direct channel is only useful if it is easy to run. 1Melo keeps the day-to-day in one place.
Direct bookings
Accept reservations through your own booking page or embedded form, without sending every guest through a marketplace.
One availability view
Direct reservations and your external iCal calendars sit together, so availability is one picture instead of five tabs.
Guest messaging
Every direct booking opens a conversation that stays with the reservation, so nothing important lives in a personal inbox.
Your pricing and fees
Nightly rates, seasonal pricing, fees, taxes and stay requirements — set once and applied to every direct quote.
Payments
Take direct-booking payments through your own connected PayPal Business account.
Your team
Give the people who help run the business the access they need, with permissions that stay under your control.
What we believe
- Your business should have a channel of its own. Use the marketplaces where they work for you — and build a direct presence you control at the same time.
- The relationship should stay between you and your guest. 1Melo provides the tools; it does not become another marketplace sitting between you and the people who stay with you.
- The software should tell you the truth. Availability, reservations, payment status and guest communication are stated plainly and kept auditable — including what iCal syncing can and cannot promise.
Get started
Get Started with 1Melo
Create your account, verify your email, and start setting up your properties in minutes.
1Melo gives vacation-rental owners and property managers one place to manage direct bookings, synced calendars, guest messages, payments and availability.
1. Create your account
Enter your name and email address and verify your email.
2. Set up your business
Complete your business profile and add your first property.
3. Start booking direct
Connect your calendars, configure pricing and payment settings, and begin accepting direct reservations.
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Questions before you start? Email info@1melo.com.