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Now open to South African hosts·Paystack & PayPal ready
Take your bookings direct.
Keep every rand.
Vilo 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.
Take the 2-minute Scorecard
See exactly what the OTAs are costing you — and how ready you are to take it back. No card. Free.
Built in South Africa, for South African hosts
Paystack · PayPal · EFT — guests pay the way they trust
Founding cohort now open — first 100 hosts only
Instant Book
Guesthouse · Knysna
Featherstone Guesthouse
from
R 1 200
Vilo kept in your pocket
R 2 847
commission saved · this month
New direct booking
VILO-2026-AB3471 · 4 nights
Payout to youR 4 800
The founding cohort
Hosts from Cape Town to Kruger.
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The OTA tax
Lekkeslaap takes 15% + VAT. Booking.com takes its cut. Airbnb takes theirs. Vilo 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.
Vilo 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.
The commission leak calculator
Drag the slider. See the leak.
R
R 5kR 50kR 100kR 150kR 200k+
Lekkeslaap 17%
−R 11 050
15% + VAT, every month
Booking.com 15%
−R 9 750
skimmed off the top
Airbnb 15%
−R 9 750
host service fee
WIELO
On Wielo
R0
commission. Flat fee only.
That's R 132 600 / year you stop handing over.
Want your exact number? Take the ScorecardNot just another channel manager
Vilo 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.
Vilo 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.
One platform, everything in it
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 Vilo, it's all included.
normally R1 000/mo
Your branded booking website
Your own bookable site with photos, policies, instant-book and a custom URL. No developer, no agency invoice.
normally R900/mo
Booking engine + calendar sync
Two-way sync with the OTAs so double-bookings end here. Manage multiple rooms, listings and properties from one calendar.
normally R450/mo
Full accounting ledger
Accurate ledger plus invoices, receipts, credit notes and refund notes generated automatically. Your books, done as you go.
normally R500/mo
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.
normally R600/mo
Revenue tools
Dynamic seasonal rates, upsell add-ons at checkout, full-control coupon codes, and refund/cancellation policies you set.
normally R300/mo
Review manager
Collect verified reviews after every stay and show them off anywhere — your site, your socials, your Google Business.
normally R300/mo
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.
normally R300/mo
Staff & co-hosts
Add cleaners, co-hosts and assistants with scoped permissions. They run bookings and the inbox — never your billing.
Add it all up
Over R4 000/mo
of tools you'd otherwise juggle — and pay commission on top of. On Vilo, it's one login and one flat fee.
Take the 2-minute Scorecard
See your score + your exact annual commission leak. No card. Free.
The math that matters
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 Vilo, 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.
Your dashboard, every login
LIVEVilo kept in your pocket this month
R 2 847
vs the OTA cut on the same bookings
Saved this year
R 31 200
Paid Vilo this year
R 11 988
Net in your pocket: +R 19 212
Checkout · international guest
Paystack
Cards & instant EFT
PayPal
For your overseas guests
Manual EFT
Proof-of-payment upload
Booking totalR 6 400
For hosts who get overseas guests
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 Booking.com, where they feel safe, and you pay full freight on your most valuable bookings.
Vilo 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.
No developer. No agency. No brand book.
Live on Vilo 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.
1
step one
Claim your handle
Pick the URL your guests will use. Yours forever.
2
step two
Add your listing
Photos, pricing, policies. Import your existing calendars in one click.
3
step three
Connect payments
Link Paystack, PayPal or your bank. Guests pay the way they want.
step four
Share & book
Share your link. Vilo handles payments, confirmations, reviews and the books.
Take the 2-minute Scorecard
See your score + your exact annual commission leak. No card. Free.
9:41
Instant BookKaroo Cottage
Prince Albert · sleeps 4
from
R 1 200
/night
4.9(34 reviews) Verified host
Check in
Fri, 14 Nov
Check out
Mon, 17 Nov
No surprise fees · you won't be charged yet
What your guests see
A booking page guests actually trust.
Clean, fast, honest pricing — no surprise fees on the checkout screen. Mobile-first, because most guests book from their phone and a clunky page sends them straight back to the OTA.
Instant Book
Approved guests confirm in one tap, no back-and-forth.
Verified host badge
ID-checked operators earn trust, and more bookings.
Clear policies
Cancellation rules and refund preview shown up front.
A name they can trust
Listed on the curated Vilo Directory alongside other vetted hosts.
The Vilo Directory
A directory guests trust — because not just anyone gets in.
The Vilo 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 Vilo, 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.
Members only · verified hosts · no free tier
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Placeholder slots · filled with real listing cards as founding hosts go live.
Side by side
How Vilo stacks up.
| Feature | Vilo | 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 |
Take the 2-minute Scorecard
See your score + your exact annual commission leak. No card. Free.
Founding members only
Get everything. Pay founding-member rates. Lock them in.
We're opening Vilo to a first cohort of 100 founding hosts. You get the entire platform — every tool above, the website, the directory listing — at a price the public will never see again.
The value (tools, built in)R4 000+/mo
Fair price after launchR2 499/mo
Your founding rate
R999/month
Locked for as long as you stay · billed annually
First 10 hosts
R499/month — locked for life
The bravest backers get the best deal.
- The entire platform — every tool, the website, the directory listing
- Founding rate locked for life — the public never sees it again
- A direct line to the team & first say on new features
- Month-to-month available at the standard rate
90-day money-back guarantee
Run it through real bookings. If Vilo hasn't earned its keep in 90 days, we refund you in full. The only risk is staying where you are.
Create your host account and lock in your founding rate.
First 10 founding spots at R499· 100 founding spots total·then the rate goes to R2 499
What it means to be founding
Get in early. Get looked after.
Founding members aren't just early customers — they're the hosts who build Vilo with us. So the deal runs both ways.
You get
- Your founding rate locked for life
- A direct line to the team
- First say on new features
- A featured spot in the Directory
We ask
That once Vilo 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 rate, in exchange for helping the next host trust what you already proved.
From the founding hosts
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.
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Name
Property · Town
Founding host quote — the unified inbox and accounting saved hours every week.
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Name
Property · Town
Founding host quote — took their first international direct booking via PayPal.
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Name
Property · Town
R—
in commission saved across founding hosts
—
avg. time to first direct booking
—%
would recommend to a host friend
Straight answers
Anything else?
Can't find what you're looking for? Email hello@wieloplatform.com — a real person replies in under an hour.
Do I have to leave Airbnb, Booking.com or Lekkeslaap?
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.
Why is the founding rate billed annually?
Because founding pricing is a real commitment on both sides. Annual lets us lock your rate for life and gives you a full season to see the savings. And it's covered by the 90-day money-back guarantee, so it's risk-free either way. Month-to-month is available at the standard rate.
Is it safe to pay annually for a new platform?
That's exactly what the 90-day money-back guarantee is for. Run Wielo through real bookings for three months — if it hasn't earned its keep, you get every rand back, no questions.
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.
Take it back
The next booking should be yours. All of it.
Every rand, every guest, every season — yours. One flat founding rate, locked for life. 90 days to prove it, fully refundable. And only 100 founding spots before the rate doubles.
Start with your score. It takes two minutes and tells you exactly what you're losing today.
The Direct Booking Scorecard
Your 2-minute Direct Booking Health Check.
See your score, your exact annual commission leak, and confirm your founding rate.
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