Croeso · direct booking for mid Wales places to stay

Fill your rooms.
Skip the commission.

Websites and direct-booking systems for mid Wales B&Bs, farm stays and small hotels — so guests book and pay you direct, and Booking.com doesn't get a cut.

0% booking commission Run by a real local person Pay only if happy

Every OTA booking skims 15% off the top.

Booking.com and Airbnb bring you guests — then take a cut of every single night. Over a year, that "small" commission is a proper chunk of money leaving mid Wales. Slide in your own numbers and see yours.

Based on a typical 15% OTA commission. Plenty of hosts pay more once you add card fees and premium placement — and every one of these bookings could have come to you direct.

Your OTA commission, worked out live
£120
£40£1,500
12
131
Lost to OTAs / year
£2,592
Booking revenue / year
£17,280

That's £2,592 a year — around £7,776 over three years — handed to the middlemen instead of staying with you.

A VisibleCymru product · Direct Booking System

Take the booking yourself. Keep the whole night.

Your own availability calendar and secure checkout, built right into your website — so guests book and pay you directly, and the commission stays yours.

  • Real-time availability calendar

    Guests see what's actually free and book it on the spot. You block dates in a couple of taps — no double-bookings, no back-and-forth.

  • Secure card payments

    Deposits or full payment taken safely at the point of booking, straight into your account. Guest details captured cleanly.

  • Mobile-first guest flow

    Most guests book from a phone on the sofa. Dates, details, pay — the whole thing is fast and easy on a small screen.

  • Zero OTA commission

    No 15% skim, no per-booking fee to a platform. What the guest pays is what you keep, minus only the card processing.

Built inIncluded in the Direct-Booking & Premium sites — or added to a site you already have.
0% commission
The Cwm Guesthouse
Book your stay · Machynlleth
Live
September 2026
MTWTFSS
11–13 Sept · 2 nights£240
Secure payment · straight to the owner

See what a guest sees when they search you.

Before anyone books, they Google you. Pop your name in and watch the free snapshot play out exactly what shows up on Google, Maps and Facebook — in about a minute. It's the free way in, and it costs nothing.

Under a minute. No card, no signup — the result plays out on the phone.

No card, no signup Runs on this page
Live preview
9:41
Map results · your town
Top of search for your business
1The Corner Roastery★ 4.8
2Bryn's Guesthouse★ 4.6
3Market St Rooms★ 4.5
?Your businessbelow the fold
Do this yourself, right now
your business · your town
Google search Google Maps Facebook search
Enter your details to make these three links open live.

One website. Yours to keep.

A one-off price, built around your place and handled end to end. No contracts, no subscriptions — just pick the level that fits.

One-off
£350 once

Essential site

A clean, professional site that gets you found and taking enquiries.

  • Built around your place — not a template
  • Made for phones, fast and easy
  • Enquiries straight to your inbox
Enquire about Essential
Most popular
One-off · my core offer
£650 once

Direct-Booking site

Everything in Essential — plus your own booking system, so guests book and pay you direct.

  • Real-time availability calendar
  • Secure card payments straight to you
  • Zero OTA commission — keep the whole night
Enquire about Direct-Booking
One-off
£1,100 once

Premium site

The full works — a larger, richer site with every section a proper B&B needs.

  • Everything in Direct-Booking
  • Photo galleries — your rooms, breakfast & the local area
  • Room & rates pages for each room or suite
  • Reviews, seasonal offers & a local things-to-do guide
  • Priority build and a proper polish
Enquire about Premium

Handy add-ons

  • Extra pages£50 each
  • Booking-engine setup (Lodgify / Beds24)£195
  • Google Business setup£100

Want a look before you commit?

The snapshot at the top of this page is free — and always will be. Prefer the deeper version? A full written audit of your online presence is a one-off £75.

Run the free snapshot

Keep it looked after — only if you want to.

Your website is yours to keep outright, forever. A care plan is completely optional — for owners who'd rather never think about the tech again.

Optional · cancel anytime · your price never goes up, ever
Essentials
£15/month

The basics, handled.

  • Hosting, domain & security sorted
  • Automatic backups
  • A couple of small edits a month
Choose Essentials
Most popular
Looked-After
£35/month

Kept fresh and up to date, for you.

  • Everything in Essentials
  • Unlimited small edits & seasonal updates
  • Prices & availability kept current
Choose Looked-After
Fully-Handled
£75/month

I run it, you run the place.

  • Everything in Looked-After
  • Content & social posts written for you
  • Priority support, first in the queue
Choose Fully-Handled

No pressure to take one — you can add a care plan any time, or never. It never changes the price of your build.

No app, no login, no faff.

Three steps, in order. A real person does the work in between — you just say hello and read the result.

1

You say hello

Run the free snapshot, or send your business name and town by email or phone.

Two minutes, tops
2

I do the work

A paid audit lands within 48 hours. A website — with direct bookings if you want them — takes about two weeks.

48 hours – 2 weeks
3

You see it first

You'll always see the work and agree it before anything's due. No surprises, no pressure.

No surprises

I'm taking on a handful of places to start.

VisibleCymru is new, and I'd rather do a few builds properly than rush a queue. So the first mid Wales places to come aboard get looked after as launch partners.

  • Founder pricing held — today's rates on your build and booking system locked in, even as prices rise later
  • Priority build slot — your site and calendar jump the queue
  • A real say — you help shape how the booking system works for places like yours
Launch partner places
2 of 5 taken — 3 places open right now
Claim a launch place

Who this is actually for.

This is for you if…
  • You run a place people stay — and you're tired of handing a cut to Booking.com and Airbnb
  • You know your online presence needs work but never find the hour
  • You've no budget for an agency retainer, but a one-off you own outright is fine
  • You'd rather see the work first and decide after
  • You want it sorted by a real person who knows the patch
Probably not, if…
  • You already have a marketing person or agency on this
  • You want a 12-month strategy document, not a practical start
  • You're happy paying OTA commission and don't want your own bookings
Dylan, founder of VisibleCymru, born and raised in mid Wales Dylan · VisibleCymru Born & raised in mid Wales

A real person, not a faceless agency.

Hi — I'm Dylan. I grew up here in mid Wales, and in September I'm off to Cardiff University to study Politics and Economics. VisibleCymru is what I'm building in the meantime — partly to sharpen my own skills, and partly because the towns I grew up around are full of brilliant places to stay that deserve to be found, and booked, direct.

I'm not a big agency, and I won't pretend to be one. What I am is local, careful, and honest about how I work: I use AI openly to do the heavy research — your reviews, your competitors, how Google and Tripadvisor actually rank local places — and turn all of it into things you can use.

You'll always deal with me directly. And if what you need is bigger than what I do, I'll tell you that too.

— Dylan
Croeso i Gymru

Made here, for here.

VisibleCymru is run from mid Wales, for the places that make mid Wales worth the drive. Not a faceless agency three counties away — someone who knows the patch, and wants your bookings staying local.

Quick questions, answered.

Is this a subscription or a contract?
Your website is a one-off — £350 to £1,100 — and it's yours to keep, no contract. The snapshot is free. The only recurring thing is the optional care plan (£15–£75/month), which you choose to add, can cancel any time, and never have to take at all.
How does the Direct Booking System avoid commission?
The booking happens on your own website, not on a platform. Guests pick dates from your live calendar and pay by card straight to you. There's no OTA taking a 15% cut — you only pay the standard card processing fee, the same as any shop.
Do I have to leave Booking.com or Airbnb?
Not at all. Plenty of hosts keep the OTAs for reach and use direct booking for repeat guests and anyone who finds them on Google — where there's no commission. Every booking you move to direct is money back in your pocket.
Do I need to do anything technical?
No. You send your business name and town, I do the work, you get the result. For a website and booking system I handle everything from first draft to going live — you just manage your calendar with a couple of taps.
How long does it actually take?
A paid audit arrives within 48 hours. A full website, with direct bookings if you want them, is live in about two weeks. I take on a handful of businesses at a time so each gets proper attention.
How do I pay?
A paid audit is a secure PayPal link once it's done (no PayPal account needed). For a website and booking system, we'll agree the details when we talk. A care plan, if you choose one, is a simple monthly payment you can cancel any time.

Had your paid audit?

If you've received your finished audit and you're happy with it, you can pay the £75 securely here.

Pay £75 via PayPal

Let's fill your rooms — direct.

Start with the free snapshot, or just ring me and tell me about your place. Either way, you'll know more in five minutes than you do now.

Prefer email? dejones.home@icloud.com