// context & bottleneck
A villa business juggling Airbnb, VRBO, and direct enquiries kept double-booking properties, because three calendars with no shared source of truth will eventually disagree. It was also paying platform commission on guests who had found the business directly, and every listing edit meant updating three places in two languages.
// solution & architecture
One platform that owns the calendar and the direct-booking flow, so the channels follow it instead of competing with it.
›Two-way iCal sync with Airbnb and VRBO so every channel reads one availability truth — the fix for double-bookings at the data layer rather than by staff diligence.
›A PayPal direct-booking flow, so a guest who arrives through the business's own site costs no platform commission.
›AI-automated bilingual listings: write once, publish in English and Spanish, instead of maintaining six copies by hand.
// business impact
Live at cabaretevillas.com. Shipped two-way iCal sync with Airbnb and VRBO so every channel reads one availability truth, a PayPal direct-booking flow, and AI-automated bilingual listings — write once, publish in English and Spanish.