Casa Paulina 1919
Stone holiday house near Vodnjan, Istria
A quiet, editorial site for a restored 1919 stone house: aerial film, olive-garden photography and a calendar guests can read at a glance.
Visit casa-paulina-1919.com For villa and holiday home owners
A website for your villa, made the way your house is
A made-to-measure site where guests see the free weeks, send an enquiry and pay the deposit straight to you. Behind it sits an admin for the whole season, and the platform commission stays with you.
Guests choose a house by how it feels
Someone looking for a villa for a family week does not just compare prices. They look at the terrace, the pool in the early evening, the kitchen they will cook in. So we build the site around your photos and the words you use to describe the house, not around a template with your logo dropped in.
- Your colours, your style, your words
- Built for phones first, then for desktop
- A fast site in your guests’ languages
- An availability calendar and enquiry form shaped around how you rent
Every house gets a site of its own
A stone house from 1919 and a villa with a pool and bar, both near Vodnjan in Istria. The same system behind them, and at first glance nothing in common.
Pool Bar Villa
Villa with pool bar near Vodnjan, Istria
Saturday-to-Saturday weeks, a live season strip in the hero and last-minute deals, in five languages for guests from across Europe.
Visit pool-bar-villa.comBuilt for weekly lets
A villa is not let like a hotel room. The site and the admin follow the way you work through the season.
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Saturday to Saturday
An availability calendar by the week, the way holiday homes are let. Guests see at once which week is free.
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Free weeks on the home page
Free weeks sit where guests look first, not three clicks deep.
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Last minute
Offer a free week at a lower price and feature it on the site.
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Deposit
The guest pays a deposit by card or SEPA transfer, and the balance however you agree.
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Contract and invoice in the guest’s language
Generated from the booking and sent by email.
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Arrival guide
Directions, a map and everything guests need to know about the house, ready to send before they arrive.
On every platform booking, part of what you earn goes to the platform
Platforms are good for the first guest. But the family who comes back every summer, or the friends of your regular guests, can book direct with you. Then there is no platform commission; you pay Stripe’s payment fee and our monthly fee.
See what commission costs you in the calculator on the direct bookings page.
The money comes straight to you
Guests pay by card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or SEPA transfer, and the money goes into your Stripe account. We never hold it.
When the money arrives
A guest pays and the money goes into your own Stripe account. Nobody holds it until the guest arrives or leaves.
- In your Stripe account
- visible straight away
- In your bank account
- usually 3 business days
Example with €1,840. Direct booking: the guest pays and, after payment processing, the money is in your account, usually in 3 business days. Through a platform: the platform holds the money, only starts the payout after the guest arrives or leaves, so the money lands months after the booking.
The first payout to a new Stripe account is a one-off that takes longer, about 7 to 14 days.
Card payments reach your bank in about 3 business days. SEPA Direct Debit payments take a few business days to clear. Sources: payout rules of Stripe and the major platforms, November 2026.
Everything about the house, on your phone
A private Telegram bot for you and the people you trust. It tells you when an enquiry arrives, sends a short summary of yesterday’s visitors each morning, and answers questions about your bookings in plain words.
How it works
We design and build your site. A monthly fee keeps everything running.
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A call
We talk about your place, your guests and how you take bookings today. You show us what you like.
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Design
We design your site around your photographs and your voice, then refine it with you until it feels like yours.
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Launch
We connect your domain, import your bookings and show you the admin. From then on we keep it running.
Questions
Do you only build sites for villas?
No. We work with every kind of accommodation: villas and holiday homes, apartments, rooms, guesthouses and small hotels. For a villa or holiday home the site is usually built around weekly lets of the whole house; for apartments, around several units and shorter stays. More on the holiday apartment website page.
What if my guests come from Germany, Austria and Italy?
The site is built in your guests’ languages. Pool Bar Villa, one of our sites, runs in five languages for guests from all over Europe.
Can I keep the booking platforms?
Yes. Platforms are good for finding new guests, while returning and recommended guests can book direct. Guests who first came through a platform can come back direct whenever they decide to; we never contact platform guests on your behalf.
How does a guest pay the deposit?
By card or SEPA Direct Debit through Stripe, into your own Stripe account. The guest can pay the balance on arrival if you prefer. Everything about payments and fees is on the payments and payouts page.
What do I need to prepare?
Photos of the house (or we arrange a photographer), a few sentences about the house and the area in the words you use with guests, your weekly prices and a list of the bookings you already have for the season. We put the rest together with you.
Who can edit the site?
You and the people you trust, for example whoever manages the house for you. Everyone has their own login, and every change shows who made it.
What happens if I stop using the service?
Prices, availability, deals, documents and guest messages are yours to change in the admin. Larger changes to the site’s design are part of our service.
Apartments and villas: offer ends 31 December 2026
For now, we design and build your site for free.
Normally we charge a one-off fee to design and build your site. For agreements signed by 31 December 2026, we waive it. You pay the monthly fee and third-party costs, such as your domain and Stripe’s card payment fees.
Terms: applies only to apartment and villa websites, with agreements signed by 31 December 2026. It does not apply to hotels. Website design and build are free; the monthly fee, domain and payment fees (Stripe) are not included. The offer runs until the date shown or until withdrawn, and we may extend it.
Tell us a little about your house.
Leave a few details and we will arrange a short call.
Thank you.
Your enquiry is on its way. We’ll get back to you using the details you gave.
Anything to add? Write to us at [email protected].