For villa & apartment owners in Istria

Booking takes 16% of every reservation. Take it back.

We build fast, beautiful websites for Istrian villas and apartments. Guests book direct with you — no middleman’s commission. You keep the price, the control and the relationship with the guest.

  • Your demo in 48 hours
  • Free, no obligation
  • Built for your actual property
  • Based in Rovinj
Example of a luxury villa website built by maestral.agency

The problem

Every booking through the portals isn’t fully yours.

Booking.com and Airbnb bring guests — but they take their cut, they keep the guest, and they list your villa beside a hundred others. Here’s what that really costs you.

15–18%

commission goes to the middleman on every booking — all season, every year.

~€4,800

a year in commission on a villa earning €30,000. Money that could stay with you.

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guest emails you keep. The guest is theirs — you can’t invite them back next year.

And when a guest does want to book direct with you — there’s nowhere to go. You have no site they can trust.

The solution

Your own site that tells the guest: book direct.

Not just “a website.” A direct-booking system: aerial photography that presents your villa as a high-end property, a site that loads instantly, and an enquiry that comes straight to you. The guest sees the villa as it really is — and books without the middleman.

What you get

Everything for direct booking — done for you.

01

AdriaDrone photo & video

Aerial footage that presents your villa as a high-end property. A hero that sells before the first word.

02

A fast site in 4 languages

Loads instantly, 100/100 on Google Lighthouse. Croatian, English, German and Italian — guests read in their own language.

03

Staycard guest guide

Everything about the villa and the area on one link. Fewer questions before arrival, a better impression, more reviews and referrals.

04

Guest registration & EU compliance

eVisitor, GDPR and the legal details — we set them up for you. No admin on your plate.

We don’t build a payment system or an availability calendar — you keep full control of your price and dates. The site brings the enquiry; you confirm.

Demo examples

This is what your demo looks like.

Two demo examples built with the same approach — each villa with its own identity. Yours is made the same way: with your villa, your photos and your name.

  • 100/100 Lighthouse
  • Demo in 48 hours
  • Based in Rovinj
  • We shoot and build it ourselves
  • No monthly commission

How it works

From a first call to your first direct booking.

  1. 01

    Free demo in 48 hours

    You send the basics about your villa and a link to your current listing. We build a demo site of your property and send it within 48 hours — free, no obligation.

  2. 02

    Shoot & build

    We come to film your villa from the air and build the whole site in four languages, with the guest guide and registration.

  3. 03

    Direct bookings

    The site goes live. Enquiries come straight to you. You start the season without per-booking commission.

Price

Less than one season of commission.

A one-off build, with no monthly commission per booking. Booking and Airbnb take 15–18% every year — we charge once. For most villas the whole site pays for itself in saved commission within the first season.

Packages from €799 — for most villas, less than Booking takes in a single month of the season. You get an exact quote with your free demo, no obligation.

FAQ

What owners ask most.

Will guests really book direct?

They will — if they have someone to trust. A fast, professional site and a clear enquiry do exactly that. Booking stays as a channel, but more and more guests come direct, commission-free.

I don’t have time for this.

That’s why it’s “done for you.” You provide the details and access for the shoot; we handle the photography, the copy, the translations and the build.

What about payment and the calendar?

We don’t touch the money or your availability — that stays with you. The site brings the enquiry, you confirm. If you like, we integrate a calendar (Smoobu, Lodgify, Beds24).

How fast do I get the demo?

We build your demo by hand and send it within 48 hours. Free, no obligation, and no call required first — you see the site, then you decide.

How long does it take?

Usually 2–3 weeks from the shoot to a live site.

I only speak Croatian — can guests come from Germany?

The site is in HR, EN, DE and IT. German, Austrian, Italian and Scandinavian guests read in their own language and book more easily.

Free demo

Send us your villa. We’ll send back a demo.

You get your demo within 48 hours — free, no obligation. See exactly how your site would look before you decide anything. The demo is yours.

P.S. Booking and Airbnb take commission on every reservation — all season, every year. We charge once. The demo is free: send the link to your villa and see the difference.