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Marrowby Hollow

Have a look round. Nothing here is real: what you add stays in this browser tab.

12th November 2026

Afternoon, Beth.

97 bookings still to come across the four places, 46 of them direct.

Arriving this week7Changeovers this week9Balances still to come in£9,575Since Airbnb was last read2 min
These pages are the owner's side of the site, which we call the admin. They come with the site's own bookings: £5,450 for the site and all of this, for up to four places, plus care at £45 a month. Already rent booking software? The site with that set into it is £2,450. See the prices

Calendar

All four places and every booking, wherever it came from. A night sold here closes on the site straight away.

  • Direct: your site or the phone
  • Airbnb
  • Booking.com

Dairy Cottage

The Old Smithy

Orchard Pod

The Shepherd's Hut

From today, Thursday 12th November: two weeks on a phone, four on a wider screen. A night ringed in yellow is one you booked from the example.

Airbnb and Booking.com

Each place has one calendar address. Paste it into each platform once, and paste theirs in here. After that it runs on its own.

  • Dairy Cottage

    • AirbnbRead 4 min ago, 8 bookings found
    • Booking.comRead 4 min ago, 6 bookings found

  • The Old Smithy

    • AirbnbRead 9 min ago, 2 bookings found
    • Booking.comRead 9 min ago, 2 bookings found

  • Orchard Pod

    • AirbnbRead 12 min ago, 10 bookings found

  • The Shepherd's Hut

    • AirbnbRead 2 min ago, 11 bookings found
    • Booking.comRead 2 min ago, 7 bookings found

What a calendar link can and can't do

  • Their bookings reach you quickly. This site reads each platform's calendar about every 15 minutes, and once more in the moment before it takes a booking. It's built not to sell nights a platform's calendar shows as sold.
  • Yours reach them more slowly. Airbnb reads your calendar every 3 hours. Booking.com reads it on its own timetable, and only some listings can use its calendar link. Neither lets a website change that.
  • So there is a gap. A night booked here can still look free on a platform until it next reads your calendar. If it sells that night in the gap, this admin flags it and emails you when it next reads that platform's calendar, usually within 15 minutes.
  • Only the dates come across. A platform guest's name and money stay on the platform, so those bookings show here as “Airbnb guest”.

Two bookings for the same nightsExample alert

The Old Smithy, Fri 4th Dec to Mon 7th Dec. Booked on your site at 9:12pm. Booking.com sold the same nights at 9:40pm, before it had read your calendar again.

What to do: ring the later guest today and offer another of your places if one is empty, or cancel the later booking on Booking.com.

A calendar link makes double bookings rare. It can't make them impossible, and we won't say it does. The straight answer

Bookings

Who's coming, what they've paid and what's still due. Balances are asked for six weeks before arrival, with a link to pay.

97 bookings still to come, soonest first.

Book a stay on the example site, or add a phone booking below, and it appears here first.

  • Airbnb guestNo. 2027Airbnb

    Dairy Cottage: Fri 6th Nov to Fri 13th Nov, 7 nights

    Paid on Airbnb. The guest's name and the money stay there: a calendar link only brings the dates across.

  • Tariq EllisNo. 2028Booked on your site

    The Old Smithy: Fri 6th Nov to Fri 13th Nov, 7 nights, 3 adults, 1 child

    Paid in full, £735.

  • Emma BennettNo. 2029Booked on your site

    Orchard Pod: Tue 10th Nov to Thu 12th Nov, 2 nights, 3 adults

    Paid in full, £140.

    Note: Gluten-free welcome pack.

  • Phil RogersNo. 2030Booked on your site

    The Shepherd's Hut: Wed 11th Nov to Fri 13th Nov, 2 nights, 2 adults, 1 dog

    Paid in full, £250.

  • Airbnb guestNo. 2031Airbnb

    Orchard Pod: Thu 12th Nov to Sun 15th Nov, 3 nights

    Paid on Airbnb. The guest's name and the money stay there: a calendar link only brings the dates across.

  • Airbnb guestNo. 2032Airbnb

    Dairy Cottage: Fri 13th Nov to Fri 20th Nov, 7 nights

    Paid on Airbnb. The guest's name and the money stay there: a calendar link only brings the dates across.

Changeovers

Who's out and who's in, place by place, for whoever does the cleaning. Print it, or open it on their phone.

Add a phone booking

Someone rings, or a regular asks for the same week next year. Type it in, or block dates for yourself. The nights close on your site at once, and on Airbnb and Booking.com when they next read your calendar.

Take a phone booking
Which place?

November 2026

Dairy Cottage is let from Friday to Monday, Monday to Friday, or by the week.

Next free arrival: Monday 23rd November.

No dates chosen yet.

Deposit taken over the phone?

Emails guests get

Sent on their own, in your name: the confirmation, the balance reminder, how to find you, and a thank-you after.

To Priya, from Marrowby Hollow

You're booked, Priya

  • The Old Smithy
  • Fri 1st Jan to Mon 4th Jan, 3 nights
  • £139 paid today
  • £416 due by Fri 20th Nov

Cancel six weeks or more before and everything comes back.

To Priya, from Marrowby Hollow

Your balance is due next week

  • £416 for The Old Smithy
  • Due by Fri 20th Nov
  • Pay by card: one tap

Sent a week before it's due, and again on the day if it's still unpaid.

To Priya, from Marrowby Hollow

Finding us on Friday

  • Arrive from 4pm
  • Directions that work without signal
  • The key safe code
  • Logs are in the porch

Sent three days before they arrive.

To Priya, from Marrowby Hollow

Thank you for staying

  • A link to leave a review
  • A link to book again, with you

Sent the day after they leave, to guests who said yes to hearing from you.

In this example nothing is sent. Guests who booked on Airbnb or Booking.com get those platforms' own emails, not these.

Rates and rules

A nightly price for each season, the shortest stay and the changeover days. You change them yourself, and the site follows.

  • Dairy Cottage, a night

    Winter
    £135
    Spring and autumn
    £165
    Summer
    £210
    Christmas and New Year
    £230

    Fridays and Mondays, 3 nights or more, up to 2 dogs.

  • The Old Smithy, a night

    Winter
    £105
    Spring and autumn
    £130
    Summer
    £165
    Christmas and New Year
    £185

    Fridays and Mondays, 3 nights or more, no dogs.

  • Orchard Pod, a night

    Winter
    £70
    Spring and autumn
    £85
    Summer
    £105
    Christmas and New Year
    £110

    Any day, 2 nights or more, no dogs.

  • The Shepherd's Hut, a night

    Winter
    £115
    Spring and autumn
    £135
    Summer
    £160
    Christmas and New Year
    £175

    Any day, 2 nights or more, up to 1 dog.

Deposit 25%, balance due 6 weeks before arrival, £20 a dog. Winter: 4th January to 19th March, November and early December. Spring and autumn: 20th March to 16th July, September and October. Summer: 17th July to 31st August. Christmas and New Year: 20th December to 3rd January.

Want a site like this for your place?

  • £2,450 with the booking software you rent set into it.
  • £5,450 with its own bookings, as you see here, for up to four places.

Care (hosting and upkeep) is £45 a month. Paid in three stages, no VAT to add. Built by zuoshi in Oswestry.

On Airbnb or Booking.com too? The straight answer on double bookings.

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