Direct bookings by BrowseStay
You found the home. Now book it direct.
BrowseStay quietly checks every stay you view on Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com — and shows you the owner’s own booking site.
Free for travellers No account needed Chrome, Edge, Brave & Arc
The problem
The fee isn't buying you anything.
Booking platforms are brilliant at helping you discover a home. They are also charging you for the privilege of clicking reserve — on a stay the owner already listed at a lower price on their own site.
Added at the last screen
Guest service fees typically land at checkout, after you have fallen for the place. The nightly rate you compared was never the real number.
Extra value received
The same house. The same owner. The same keys. The fee buys you nothing the owner's own site does not already give you.
To find it yourself
You could copy the title, search the owner's name, guess the domain, and hope. BrowseStay does it the moment the listing loads.
How it works
Three steps. Then you forget it’s there.
BrowseStay stays out of your way until it has something worth telling you.
Add it to your browser
One click from the Chrome Web Store. No signup, no card, no account.
Browse as you always do
Search Airbnb, Vrbo or Booking.com normally. We check each stay against our verified owner network.
Book direct with the owner
When a home has a direct option, a small badge appears. Open the owner’s site and book with the person who owns the keys.
Why travellers use BrowseStay
Browse by destination
See every verified direct-booking home in a location, grouped and ready.
Verified owners, never guesses
Every direct link comes from an owner who chose to be listed. No scraped numbers, no dead links.
Quiet by design
A small badge, never a popup over the booking button. Minimise it and it stays minimised.
Honest comparison
Most fee-finders stop at Airbnb.
And most guess the owner's website from public data. A link you can't trust is worse than no link at all.
| BrowseStay | Typical fee-finder | |
|---|---|---|
| Airbnb | ✓Supported | ✓ Supported |
| Vrbo & Booking.com | ✓Supported today | Often “coming soon” |
| Where the links come from | ✓Owners who opted in | Guessed from public data |
| Browse a whole destination | ✓Grouped by location | One listing at a time |
| Covers the checkout page | ✓Never — by design | Sometimes overlays it |
| Cost to travellers | ✓Free, no account | Free, or ~$19/year |
For travellers
Book with the owner, not the middleman
Booking directly connects you straight with the owner — often with better cancellation terms and no OTA guest service fee. Final price and availability always live on the owner’s own site.
- →No BrowseStay fee for guests — you pay the owner’s price.
- →Talk to the person who owns the home.
- →Keep using the platforms for discovery.
BrowseStay adds nothing to the price a guest pays. Owners pay a 5% host fee on completed direct bookings.
Questions
The things people actually ask.
Is BrowseStay free for travellers?
Why don’t I see a direct option on every home?
One click, then never think about it again
Book the home. Book it direct.
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