Marketing for independent places to stay

Your next best guest has already stayed.

Heads to Beds turns past guests, property photos, and one good reason to return into direct-booking marketing you can actually keep up with.

Invite-only pilot · Human-approved social posts · No booking commission

THE MOTOR LODGERETURN-GUEST LEDGER
FIRST STAYBooking site
$420booking value
Estimated booking-site commission− $75.60
NEXT STAYBooked direct
$420booking value
Commission kept+$75.60

Illustration using an 18% commission. Your Results page uses the booking value and commission rate you enter.

NO OTA
THIS TIME
Built for small teamsUse your current booking linkGuests choose to joinYou approve what goes out

The real problem

Marketing breaks when it becomes five more jobs.

Guest listburied in spreadsheets
Photosused once on the listing
Sociallast posted 6 weeks ago
Email“we should send something”
Resultsno idea what came back

Heads to Beds gives those loose pieces one small, repeatable loop.

One return-guest loop

From “great stay” to “welcome back.”

Plain enough for the owner to run. Polished enough for the guest to trust.

01

Bring what you have

Upload a guest spreadsheet, add your booking link, and drop in property photos or clips.

CSV import · iCal dates · media library
02

Make the week’s marketing

Create an email, post, ad, short video, review reply, or print piece from the same property voice.

Edit every word · approve before use
03

Bring the right guests back

Send people to a simple offer page, collect booking requests, and see the direct-booking signals in Results.

No booking commission · no new PMS

Inside the pilot

Useful on day one. Honest about what is connected.

We would rather show you six things that work than sell you sixty integrations that do not.

WORKS NOW

  • Import past guests from a spreadsheet
  • Sync blocked dates from Airbnb or Vrbo calendars
  • Create email, social, ad, Reel, Short, and print drafts
  • Publish a direct-offer page and guest-list QR code
  • Send email campaigns and see booking requests
  • Keep social publishing human-approved
CONNECTION BOARDpilot status
Guest spreadsheetLIVE
Airbnb / Vrbo calendar linksLIVE
Email deliveryLIVE
Facebook / Instagram / Google / YouTubeMANUAL APPROVAL
PMS guest syncNEXT CONNECTOR

Our first PMS connector will be chosen from founding-property demand—not from a logo wish list.

A deliberately smaller product

Not another giant hotel system.

Built to manage
Built to bring guests back
Property-management systemRooms, rates, operationsKeep yours
Generic email toolCampaign builderGuest, offer, and property context
Social agencyPosts done elsewhereDraft, approve, and reuse in one place
Heads to BedsOne repeatable return-guest loop

Founding-property pricing

Less than one lost commission.

Start with the complete pilot, not a stripped-down plan with a meter on every useful feature.

Month to monthNo booking commissionGuided setup included
FOUNDING RATE
$79/ property
/ month

For independent hotels, motels, inns, and vacation rentals joining during the pilot.

  • One property workspace
  • Guest import and consent-first capture
  • Email, social, ad, video, review, and print drafts
  • Offer pages, booking requests, and Results
  • Founding-property setup and feedback calls
Request founding access We confirm fit and onboarding before billing.

Straight answers

Before you invite another tool in.

Is Heads to Beds a booking engine or property-management system?

No. Keep the booking system you already use. Heads to Beds sits beside it to help you reconnect with past guests, create the marketing, and send people back to your direct-booking page.

Does it log in to Airbnb, Vrbo, Facebook, or Instagram?

Not during the pilot. Airbnb and Vrbo calendar links can keep unavailable dates out of an offer, but they do not provide guest identities. Social drafts stay in an approval queue for you to copy, post, and mark complete.

Do guests have to trade an email address for Wi-Fi?

No. Heads to Beds is consent-first. Guests can join through a useful return-guest offer, a welcome-book QR code, or a front-desk sign. You can also import guests who already gave you permission to contact them.

What do I need to start?

Your property name, direct-booking link or phone number, a return-guest perk, a few photos, and a guest spreadsheet if you have one. We help with the first setup during the founding pilot.

Your guests already know the way.

Give them a good reason to come back direct.

Become a founding property