How can OpenStays.AI be free?
No payment layer means no booking cut, no payout machinery and no reason to charge owners for listing.
The economics are simple
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Most of the cost of running a booking intermediary comes from taking payments. Competitors need to control checkout so they can collect their cut of every booking.
We do not take a cut, so we do not need to take payments. That means we avoid payment processing, payouts, chargebacks and the costly machinery around them altogether.
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We use AI to do the majority of our work, from structuring property information to checking data quality and creating agent-readable formats.
Our aim is to run at the lowest possible operating cost in the market, without building the large manual operation required by a traditional booking platform.
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How we make money
We offer optional services to property owners and agencies who want expert help. Those services fund the free network without listing fees, monthly subscriptions or booking commission.
Paying for extra help will always be a choice. Listing a property and keeping its Property Passport on OpenStays.AI will stay free, with no commission on bookings.
Free means free
We keep the service lean and use AI to do most of the structuring work. Optional paid services fund the network without charging owners or agencies to list, stay listed or receive direct bookings.
No listing fees. No booking commissions. No OpenStays.AI checkout. Optional services only if you want them.