When a property costs more on Airbnb than booking directly with the same host, it’s not a pricing quirk — it’s a structural difference in how the two booking routes work.
Platforms like Airbnb and Booking.com charge commission on every booking, typically somewhere between 15-20% once you account for both host and guest-side fees. That cost has to come from somewhere, and it’s baked into the price you see on the platform, whether or not you notice it. Book the same property directly with the host, and that commission simply doesn’t exist — which is exactly why we can offer up to 20% off when you book direct with us.
There’s a service difference too, and it’s easy to underestimate until you actually need it. Platform support is built to handle high volume, which means it’s often slower and less personal than dealing with the people who actually manage your property. When you book direct with N&N Stays, any question, request, or issue goes straight to Nick, Nicki, and our team — not a queue.
Flexibility is another area where direct booking wins. Platforms enforce fairly rigid cancellation and modification policies because they’re designed to work at scale across thousands of unrelated hosts. Booking direct means we can actually work with you — adjusting terms for longer stays, arranging company billing, or being flexible on check-in times in a way a platform’s system simply isn’t built to do.
None of this means platforms don’t have their place — they’re a good way to discover a property for the first time. But once you’ve found a home you like, there’s rarely a good reason to keep paying the platform premium on every stay after that.
Browse our properties directly and check availability to see the direct rate before your next booking.