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rentalwidget
By RentalBeamUpdated October 29, 2026

Buyer's guide

The best booking widgets for rental websites.13 tools, read plan by plan, for hosts with 1 to 10 rentals.

For hosts with 1 to 10 rentals who already have a website, RentalBeam is our pick: a free calendar showing your Airbnb, Booking.com or Vrbo dates, up to 10 booking sites for $59.90 a year on Plus, and a booking form with no commission on Pro. Hosts wanting a new website and a channel manager fit Lodgify, Hospitable or Smoobu.

For listings onAirbnbBooking.comVrbo

A desk with a laptop in a wood-panelled cabin room
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What is the best booking widget for a rental website?

It depends on whether you already have a website.

Our pick for a website you already have

RentalBeam

Free with no end date: your dates from 1 booking site, on the website you already have. Plus reads up to 10 booking sites from $4.99 a month, and Pro adds a booking form with no commission.

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For a different job

If you type dates by handAvailCalendarFree, without ads. Nothing comes in from Airbnb or Vrbo.
If you want a property managerHospitableFree Essentials for messages and channels. A booking website costs $59 a month.

Booking widgets compared: price, free plan, sync and bookings

Pick what you need to narrow the list.

All 13 tools.

13 booking widgets and availability calendars for rental websites, compared
ToolWhat it isFree planSyncs Airbnb, Booking.com, VrboBookings on your siteBest for
RentalBeamCalendar, booking form and map widgets for the website you already haveFreePlus from $4.99 a month billed yearlyYes1 booking site free, up to 10 booking sites on Plus and ProOn ProNo commissionHosts with a website who want their real dates on it, and bookings later
The Accommodation CalendarAn availability calendar with channel sync, made by RentalBellFree with adsStandard $5.99 per rentalOne freeEvery channel on StandardNoA paid calendar when you never need a booking form
AvailCalendarA simple display-only calendar, paid for by donationsFreeNo ads, up to 50 unitsNoExport onlyNoOne rental with few bookings, dates typed by hand
Rental Calendars DirectA free availability calendar, from the team behind LodgixFreeNo paid tierUnclearIts site describes export onlyNoA free calendar for several units in one view
Google CalendarA personal calendar that can subscribe to iCal linksFreeWith a Google accountYesEach site as its own calendarNoYour own view of every booking, not a page for guests
BNBFormsA booking form widget at one flat price30-day trial$19 a month, any number of rentalsYesTwo-way iCal, as often as every 15 minutesYesPayPal, Stripe and othersA booking form when you need a processor other than Stripe
BookingmoodBooking widgets sold with a website builder14-day trialFrom $11.60 a monthYesEvery 5 minutesBooking plan$23.20 a monthHosts who want a website made from scratch
HospitableProperty management with channel sync and one inboxFree EssentialsNo booking websiteYesAirbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com connectedFrom $591% or more of each bookingHosts who want guest messages and channels automated
LodgifyA channel manager with a website builder and booking widget7-day trialFrom $14 a month billed yearlyYesAirbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com connectedFrom $26Website or widget, no booking feeA channel manager and a new website in one place
SmoobuChannel manager, property management and a booking website14-day trialFrom €29 a monthYesAirbnb and Booking.com connected, Vrbo by iCalYes0.9% on the cheapest planOne subscription for channels, operations and a website
OwnerRezA full property management system14-day trial$40 a month minimumYesAirbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com connectedYesNo commission, website $15 extraOwner statements, accounting and automation across properties
Guesty LiteProperty and channel management for 1 to 3 listings14-day trialFrom $20 a listing billed yearlyYesAirbnb, Vrbo, Booking.comYesBooking website includedProperty management for up to three listings
HostawayFull-service property and channel managementQuote onlyNo public priceYesAirbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com connectedYesThrough its website builderProperty managers with a team

What does a synced calendar cost for a year?

One rental, every booking site read automatically, in USD. Tools that need a site of their own, or have you type dates, are left out.

Yearly price for one rental, cheapest first
Tool and planPrice for a year
RentalBeam Plusbilled yearly, up to 10 booking sites$59.90
The Accommodation Calendar Standard$5.99 a month$71.88
Bookingmood Availability$11.60 a month; its page does not say whether that is the yearly rate$139.20
BNBFormsbilled yearly, calendar inside its booking form$192.00

Monthly prices times twelve where no yearly price is published. Read October 29, 2026.

Pros and cons of each tool

What it costs, what it does well, and where it stops.

RentalBeam

Free. Plus from $4.99 a month billed yearly ($5.99 monthly). Pro from $16.66 a month billed yearly.

Good Goes on the site you already have in about two minutes and refreshes your booking sites about every 15 minutes. The Free plan has no end date, and every rental also gets a link page for guests.

Watch out Free reads 1 booking site and shows a small RentalBeam mark on your site, so a host on both Airbnb and Vrbo needs Plus. Guest card payments are on Pro, and only through Stripe.

RentalBeam pricing page, October 29, 2026

The Accommodation Calendar

Basic free with ads. Standard $5.99 a month for one rental, $10.99 for two.

Good Standard syncs every channel both ways for $5.99 a rental.

Watch out The free calendar shows ads to your guests and reads one channel only. Its two websites disagree on whether that one channel syncs both ways.

accommodationcalendar.com and rentalbell.com, October 29, 2026

AvailCalendar

Free, with an optional yearly donation.

Good Free and without ads.

Watch out Its FAQ says it cannot import calendars from other websites, so every Airbnb or Vrbo booking is typed in by hand.

AvailCalendar homepage and FAQ, October 29, 2026

Rental Calendars Direct

Free, with no paid plan.

Good Free, with a view of several units at once.

Watch out Its site does not show it pulling in Airbnb or Vrbo bookings, so plan on updating dates yourself.

Rental Calendars Direct homepage; its help manual did not load, October 29, 2026

Google Calendar

Free.

Good Free, already on your phone, and an Airbnb or Vrbo link goes in under "From URL".

Watch out Guests see it only if you make the whole calendar public, and it was never made to show open dates to guests.

Google Calendar Help, October 29, 2026

BNBForms

$19 a month, or $16 a month billed $192 yearly, for unlimited rentals.

Good One flat price for any number of rentals, and several payment processors.

Watch out No free plan, and no calendar of its own outside the form. Its own comparison table says Vrbo dates do not sync instantly.

BNBForms pricing page and iCal help page, October 29, 2026

Bookingmood

Availability $11.60 a month for one rental, Booking $23.20, in USD before tax.

Good Includes a website builder.

Watch out No free plan. Showing your calendar costs $11.60 a month, and taking bookings moves you to the $23.20 plan.

Bookingmood pricing page and iCal docs, October 29, 2026

Hospitable

Essentials free. Host $29 a month. Professional, with a booking website, $59.

Good Free Essentials covers channel sync and one inbox for guest messages.

Watch out A website that takes bookings starts at $59 a month and still takes 1% or more of each direct booking.

Hospitable help center; its pricing page shows no figures, October 29, 2026

Lodgify

Basic from $14 a month billed yearly. Starter, with the website and booking widget, from $26 billed yearly.

Good Connects Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com directly, even on Basic.

Watch out Taking bookings needs Starter, about twice the Basic price, and the trial is 7 days.

Lodgify pricing page, October 29, 2026

Smoobu

Professional Flex €29 a month plus 0.9% of bookings, or Prepaid €35 with no fee. Billed in euros.

Good Connects to Airbnb and Booking.com directly.

Watch out The cheapest plan takes 0.9% of every booking, and its help center says Vrbo changes can take up to 24 hours to show.

Smoobu pricing page and help center, October 29, 2026

OwnerRez

$40 a month minimum, plus $15 for a hosted website: $55 for one rental with a site.

Good No commission or per-booking fees.

Watch out The $40 minimum is charged even when every property is turned off, and the website costs extra.

OwnerRez pricing page and costs article, October 29, 2026

Guesty Lite

$29 a listing monthly or $20 billed yearly. A $9 plan adds 1% of every reservation.

Good Self-serve for one to three listings, with a booking website in the plan.

Watch out The $9 headline price adds 1% of every reservation, and past three listings pricing is by quote.

Guesty pricing and Lite pages, October 29, 2026

Hostaway

By quote, per listing.

Good Connects directly to the big booking sites.

Watch out There is no public price or trial: its pricing page is a form that asks how many listings you manage.

Hostaway pricing page, October 29, 2026

Quick answers

What hosts ask before they pick.

Which booking widgets are free?

RentalBeam's Free plan shows your dates from 1 booking site and has no end date. The Accommodation Calendar is free with ads to your guests. AvailCalendar and Rental Calendars Direct cost nothing, but you type booked dates yourself.

Which ones take no cut of my direct bookings?

RentalBeam, BNBForms, OwnerRez and Bookingmood charge a monthly price and take nothing from each booking. Smoobu's cheapest plan takes 0.9%, Hospitable 1% or more, and Guesty's $9 plan 1% of every reservation. Whatever you pick, the card processor charges its own fee.

Do I need a channel manager?

Not with one to a few rentals on two or three booking sites. iCal sync between Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo covers most small hosts, with a calendar on your own site. A channel manager earns its price when you change rates daily across many listings or run a team.

I don't have a website. What should I use?

You may not need one. RentalBeam gives every rental a link page with its calendar on the Free plan, to share in messages and on social media. A whole website built by a platform costs more: Lodgify from $26 a month, Bookingmood's booking plan $23.20, Hospitable's $59.

How we check

  • Every price is for one rental, in the currency the tool's own page uses, on the cheapest plan that does the job.
  • A tool counts as syncing only if its own pages say it brings in Airbnb, Booking.com or Vrbo dates. Export alone does not count.
  • Facts come from each tool's pricing page or help center, never from other reviews. Each entry names its source and the date we read it.
  • This guide is by RentalBeam, one of the tools in it. RentalBeam gets the same checks and its own "Watch out".

Found on October 29, 2026

  • Guesty Lite's $9 plan adds 1% of every reservation. Without it, a listing is $20 a month billed yearly or $29 monthly.
  • Hospitable's free plan has no booking website. That starts with Professional at $59 a month, which also takes 1% or more of each direct booking.
  • OwnerRez costs $55 a month for one rental with a hosted website: the $40 minimum plus $15.
  • The Accommodation Calendar's two websites disagree on whether its free channel syncs one way or both ways.
  • Lodgify's booking widget for any website comes with Starter, $26 a month billed yearly, not with Basic.

Further reading

Longer guides on taking bookings yourself, from the RentalBeam blog.

Airbnb's 15.5% host fee: what it means for your direct bookingsEvery rollout date, and the same stay booked directHow to avoid double bookings when you also take direct bookingsWhere the gap between calendars is, and how to close itA booking link for your rental, no website neededOne page for one rental, to share anywhere