Take your bookings direct.
Keep every rand.
Wielo gives your guesthouse, B&B or lodge a branded booking site, a guest CRM, synced calendars, full accounting and commission-free payments — everything you need to run a profitable establishment, in one place. Zero booking commission. Ever.
See exactly what the OTAs are costing you — and how ready you are to take it back. No card. Free.
The OTAs take a cut of every booking you earn. Wielo takes R0.
You built the business. You answered the late-night WhatsApp. You scrubbed the bathroom at 11pm. So why are you handing a fifth of every booking to a platform that won't even give you your own guest's email address?
Every booking through an OTA costs you twice: the commission you pay today, and the guest you never get to keep. You're renting customers you already earned.
Wielo flips it. Pay one flat fee. Own the guest. Get paid in full — and get them back next season without paying a cent to anyone.
Wielo isn't a listing site. It's the operating system for your whole establishment.
Most tools give you one piece. A channel manager syncs your calendar. A web designer builds your site. A bookkeeper sorts your invoices. A CRM stores your guests. You end up stitching five subscriptions together — and still paying commission on top.
Wielo is the lot, in one login: the booking site and the calendar sync and the accounting ledger and the guest CRM and the payments — built for the way a real, hands-on host works.
You're not adding another tool. You're replacing the pile.
Everything serious hosts have been asking for — in one tidy dashboard.
Here's what you'd otherwise buy separately — and what it would cost you every month. With Wielo, it's all included.
Your branded booking website
Your own bookable site with photos, policies, instant-book and a custom URL. No developer, no agency invoice.
Booking engine + calendar sync
Two-way sync with the OTAs so double-bookings end here. Manage multiple rooms, listings and properties from one calendar.
Full accounting ledger
Accurate ledger plus invoices, receipts, credit notes and refund notes generated automatically. Your books, done as you go.
Guest CRM + unified inbox + quotes
Every guest's details stored and yours forever. One inbox for every channel. Send an accurate quote, matched to live availability, in seconds.
Revenue tools
Dynamic seasonal rates, upsell add-ons at checkout, full-control coupon codes, and refund/cancellation policies you set.
Review manager
Collect verified reviews after every stay and show them off anywhere — your site, your socials, your Google Business.
Reporting + commission-saved tracker
Occupancy, lifetime guest value, booking rates, website views, outstanding amounts — and a live tally of exactly how much commission Wielo has saved you.
Staff & co-hosts
Add cleaners, co-hosts and assistants with scoped permissions. They run bookings and the inbox — never your billing.
of tools you'd otherwise juggle — and pay commission on top of. On Wielo, it's one login and one flat fee.
See your score + your exact annual commission leak. No card. Free.
This doesn't cost you money. It hands money back.
A host doing around R200k a year through the OTAs gives away R30 000+ in commission annually. On Wielo, that's R0. So your subscription doesn't sit in the "expenses" column — it sits in the "things that paid for themselves in the first month" column.
And it keeps proving it. Then it compounds: because you own the guest, next season's booking is direct too — commission-free, forever.
Take direct bookings from anywhere — in the currency your guests already trust.
Here's where hosts near Kruger, the Panorama Route and the Winelands quietly bleed the most: international guests. An overseas traveller can't easily pay a South African host direct — so they retreat to the big OTAs, where they feel safe, and you pay full freight on your most valuable bookings.
Wielo closes that gap. Paystack handles cards and instant EFT. PayPal handles your international guests in a checkout they recognise and trust. The booking you used to lose to the OTA, you now take yourself.
There are always processing fees — there are on every platform. The difference is what it unlocks: direct international bookings you simply couldn't capture before.
Live on Wielo in under 20 minutes.
If you can fill in a form and upload a few photos, you're ninety percent there. We do the heavy lifting on setup — import your existing listings, and you're running.
Claim your handle
Pick the URL your guests will use. Yours forever.
Add your listing
Photos, pricing, policies. Import your existing calendars in one click.
Connect payments
Link Paystack, PayPal or your bank. Guests pay the way they want.
Share & book
Share your link. Wielo handles payments, confirmations, reviews and the books.
See your score + your exact annual commission leak. No card. Free.
Instant BookA fully branded booking page — built for mobile.
Your own dedicated bookings page for your property, styled in your brand — your colours, your fonts, your logo. Instant Book and a fast mobile checkout let guests confirm in a couple of taps, and you keep full control of pricing, policies and availability.
Approved guests confirm and pay in a couple of taps — no back-and-forth, no waiting on email.
Most guests book on their phone. A fast, thumb-friendly checkout keeps them from bouncing back to the OTA.
Customise the colours, fonts and logo to match your establishment — it's your page, not a generic template.
You set the pricing, policies, availability and add-ons — and change any of it anytime. No developer, no agency.
A directory guests trust — because not just anyone gets in.
The Wielo Directory isn't a free-for-all listings dump. Every property on it is a real, verified, paying host running their business properly. That's the point: when a guest browses Wielo, they know they're looking at serious operators — not abandoned listings and ghost accounts.
Your directory listing comes with your membership. It's extra discovery, commission-free — and it stays exclusive precisely because it's earned, not given away.
Live listings from Wielo founding hosts.
How Wielo stacks up.
| Feature | Wielo | Airbnb | Booking.com | Lekkeslaap | Your own site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Booking commission | 0% | ~15% | ~15–22% | 15% + VAT | 0% |
| Own the guest relationship | |||||
| Branded booking website | DIY | ||||
| Calendar sync (anti double-booking) | DIY | ||||
| Guest CRM | DIY | ||||
| Full accounting ledger | DIY | ||||
| Paystack, PayPal & EFT | card only | card only | limited | DIY | |
| Unified inbox | in-app only | in-app only | in-app only | DIY | |
| What it costs | flat fee | a cut of everything | a bigger cut | a cut + VAT | your time |
See your score + your exact annual commission leak. No card. Free.
Get everything. Start free for 30 days. Cancel anytime.
We're opening Wielo to a first cohort of 100 founding hosts. You get the entire platform — every tool above, the website, the directory listing — from R399/month, with zero booking commission on top and no surprise price hikes.
- The entire platform — every tool, the website, the directory listing
- No surprise price hikes — fair notice of any change
- A direct line to the team & first say on new features
- Cancel anytime — no lock-in, no penalties
No card to start · you only pay once the 30-day free trial ends.
Get in early. Get looked after.
Founding members aren't just early customers — they're the hosts who build Wielo with us. So the deal runs both ways.
- Priority support from the team
- A direct line to the team
- First say on new features
- A featured spot in the Directory
That once Wielo is saving you real money, you let us tell your story — a short testimonial, your before-and-after numbers, and the occasional "yes, you can call me" for a fellow host weighing it up.
Founding-member perks, in exchange for helping the next host trust what you already proved.
Real hosts. Real numbers.
We launched from zero, on purpose — so we won't show you invented traction. This is where our founding cohort's stories and savings will live as they come in.
Founding host quote — dropped an OTA, Wielo paid for itself in X days, finally owns guest emails.
Founding host quote — the unified inbox and accounting saved hours every week.
Founding host quote — took their first international direct booking via PayPal.
Anything else?
Can't find what you're looking for? Email hello@wielo.co.za — a real person replies in under an hour.
Do I have to leave the OTAs I'm already listed on?
No. Most hosts run Wielo alongside the OTAs at first and move guests to direct booking as the savings stack up. Two-way calendar sync prevents double-bookings while you transition.
How does Wielo make money if there's no commission?
Subscriptions only. One flat fee, and you keep 100% of every booking. Guest money goes straight from the guest to your Paystack or PayPal account — we never touch it.
What does Wielo cost?
Plans start from R399/month, with never a cent of booking commission on top and no surprise price hikes — we always give fair notice of any change. You start with a 30-day free trial too, so you run Wielo on real bookings for a full month before you pay anything.
Is there any risk in trying it?
None. The 30-day free trial means you run Wielo through a full month of real bookings before you pay a cent. If it hasn't earned its keep, you walk away having paid nothing. The only real risk is staying where you are.
Why isn't there a free directory listing?
Because a directory only works if guests trust it. The Wielo Directory is members-only and verified on purpose — no ghost listings, no abandoned accounts. That exclusivity is what makes a listing worth having.
What payment methods can my guests use?
Cards and instant EFT via Paystack. PayPal for international guests. Manual bank transfer with proof-of-payment upload. Local and overseas guests both pay the way they trust.
How long does setup take?
Under 20 minutes for most hosts. Import your existing listings and calendars in a click — no developer, no agency.
Can I add my team?
Yes — co-hosts, cleaners and assistants with scoped permissions. They handle bookings and the inbox, never your billing or your books.
The next booking should be yours. All of it.
Every rand, every guest, every season — yours. Plans from R299/month, with zero booking commission on top and no surprise price hikes — and 30 days free to prove it before you pay a cent. Only 100 founding spots.
Start with your score. It takes two minutes and tells you exactly what you're losing today.
See your score, your exact annual commission leak, and the plan we recommend for a place like yours.
Claim your founding spot