I want to introduce you to something my team and I have been building for a long time: TripSkip, a direct booking platform for vacation and furnished rentals. It is live right now at tripskipit.com.
Where the Idea Came From
Damian's Hosting Hub manages more than 45 doors across California, Texas, and Florida. When you run that many properties, you learn the booking business from the inside. You see what guests pay, you see what owners take home, and you see everything that happens in between.
Two things kept coming up.
First, guests would finish a great stay and ask us the same question: "Can we just book with you directly next time?" They loved the home. They wanted to come back. They did not love the extra service fees stacked on top of the nightly rate at checkout.
Second, hosts and owners wanted a real relationship with their guests. When every booking runs through a big platform, the platform owns the guest. The host is just the address.
TripSkip is the answer to both.
What TripSkip Does for Guests
On TripSkip, you book directly with the host. That means:
- No guest service fees. The price you see is built by the host, not padded by a middleman at checkout.
- Real homes from real hosts. The same quality stays you would find anywhere else, listed by the people who actually run them.
- A direct line to your host. Questions, requests, and repeat stays all happen person to person.
If you have ever stayed in one of our properties and wished you could book it again without the extra fees, this is that.
What TripSkip Does for Hosts
For hosts, TripSkip flips the usual model. Instead of taking a cut of every booking, TripSkip is a flat yearly membership. No commissions and no per-booking fees. Right now the Founders rate is $49 per year with unlimited listings for the first 5,000 accounts, and that rate stays locked in.
Just as important, the guest is yours. Their contact info, their repeat business, their loyalty. You built the experience, so you should own the relationship that comes from it.
What This Means for the Owners We Manage For
Nothing about our management approach changes. We will always list your property everywhere travelers are searching, because visibility fills calendars. TripSkip simply adds one more channel, and it is the channel where repeat guests can come back to your property without a middleman in between.
More ways to get booked. More of each booking staying with the property. That is the whole idea.
Take a Look
TripSkip is live and open to everyone. Browse stays, or if you host, claim a Founders membership while the rate lasts.
Visit TripSkip at tripskipit.com
And if you have questions about how we use TripSkip alongside the major platforms for the properties we manage, reach out. I am always happy to talk through it.