You're not losing guests to OTAs.
You're losing margin.

If you're doing $1M in annual OTA bookings at 18% commission, you're writing a $180,000 check to third-party platforms every year.

We create a booking website that works with your existing systems.

0% commission. You own the guest data. Offer upgrades before check-in, boosting revenue per booking.

Supporting a Dublin operator managing 250+ units · Reducing OTA dependency · Integrated with your PMS

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OFFICIAL Integration Partner

We work directly with RMS Cloud's engineering team to ensure your integration is robust, secure, and future-proof.

What We Build

The revenue infrastructure your properties are missing.

Not a subscription you bolt on. A direct channel and upsell engine built around your operation and owned outright by you.

Direct Booking Engine

Guests book on your site, under your brand. Real-time RMS Cloud sync. Zero commission to Booking.com or Airbnb on direct bookings. Full guest data, yours to keep and market to. ✅ 25% direct revenue increase for 250+ serviced apartment unit

Pre-Arrival Upsells

Timed offers sent 7 days before arrival, like early check-in, room upgrades, and welcome packs. Your guests were ready to spend more. They just needed to be asked. Most never were. ✅ Properties with structured upsells see 20–30% higher profitability

Guest App + Self Check-In

Guests book, verify ID, and unlock their door from one branded app. Your direct channel extends beyond the booking, it becomes the entire guest journey. ✅ 70+ self-check-ins per week, up from under 10

Keyless Bluetooth Access

Salto, OmniTec, and more are integrated directly into your guest app and booking flow. The full guest experience, from booking to door, in one system, your team doesn't have to manage manually. ✅ Front desk workload reduced by 50%

The Commission You Stop Paying
Pays for the Build.

A custom direct booking engine isn't a cost. It's the last commission cheque you write to an OTA. After that, it's yours. No monthly fees, no revenue share, no platform risk.

How It Works?

Three steps. No surprises.

Free Tech Audit — 30 minutes

Tell us how your bookings break down today — what share is OTA, what's direct, and where the friction is. We'll show you what a direct channel would look like, specifically for your properties. No generic demos.

Scoped Build Plan

You get a clear breakdown for the booking engine, upsell flows, PMS integration, timeline, and cost. Everything is mapped out upfront, so you know exactly what will be built. You approve the plan before we write a single line of code. Move forward after you're fully confident.

Built, Tested, and Yours

We ship. You own it outright. No monthly fees. No revenue share. No vendor lock-in. We helped a 250+ unit serviced apartment operator go from kickoff to live direct bookings in 14 weeks, increasing revenue by 25% in the first quarter. You keep full control of your platform and revenue.

We Built City Break Apartments' RMS-integrated Booking Platform

Building Online Booking Software and Keyless Technology for Serviced Apartments
72+Weekly self check-ins via mobile app
580+Active users on the new website within 2 months of rollout
7xGrowth in self check-ins after app launch
Building Online Booking Software and Keyless Technology for Serviced Apartments

“Working with RaftLabs has been amazing. The team is super responsive and quick to address our needs. They built a booking platform that's been a game changer for our team and our guests.”

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Paula CastroReservations Officer, City Break ApartmentsIreland

What clients say

What Our Client Say About Us

Three-year average engagement. Founders and operators describing the work in their own words. No marketing varnish.

Paula Castro
Paula Castro
Reservations Officer, City Break Apartments
Ireland

“Working with RaftLabs has been amazing. The team is super responsive and quick to address our needs. They built a booking platform that's been a game changer for our team and our guests.”

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Ready to build something amazing?

With experience in product development across 24+ industries, share your plans, and let's discuss the way forward.

  • You'll know scope and cost before committing. No obligation.
  • Working prototype within 3 weeks of kickoff.
  • Milestone-based payments. Progress before the next invoice.
  • 60-day post-launch warranty. Bug fixes, UI tweaks, deployment support. No retainer.
  • All conversations are NDA-protected.

Frequently Asked Questions

What operators usually ask us.

No. We build custom software you own outright. There is no monthly platform fee, no revenue share, and no features locked behind a paywall. Once it's built, it's yours, forever.
Yes. We're an official RMS Cloud development partner. Your direct booking engine syncs directly with RMS in real time. Availability, rates, reservations — all live. You don't switch PMS; we build around it.
You don't have to. The direct channel runs alongside your existing OTA presence. Most operators start shifting spend to drive direct traffic once the engine is live, at which point every direct booking is pure margin recovery.
That's the point of building it. Every system we deliver is designed to remove what your team manages manually. The operators we work with typically save 20–30 hours per week after launch.
It will be a 30-minute call. We look at your booking mix, your current OTA dependency, and where the direct channel gaps are. At the end, you get a clear picture of what a build involves: scope, timeline, and cost. No pitch. No obligation.