Build It. Own It. Grow From It.
Build the Business Behind Your Property
LaunchPad brings your website, booking tools, and operations together into one foundation built for growth.
Founder LaunchPad
$3,495
$4,495
One-time implementation for up to 3 properties.
Founder pricing increases to $4,495 after the introductory launch period.
YOUR PROPERTY IS THE ASSET. BUILD THE BUSINESS AROUND IT.
Hosting Should Be Bigger Than a Listing
Airbnb and Vrbo can be powerful distribution channels.
But when they become your entire business infrastructure, they also become your biggest dependency.
They control the platform.
They control the guest relationship.
They influence your visibility.
They determine the rules.
And they can change any of it
LaunchPad helps you build the pieces that belong to you — so marketplaces become channels within your business instead of the business itself.
LaunchPad
- $3,495
- $4,495
One-time implementation
A professionally built website, connected booking infrastructure, and essential systems configured around your property and ready to operate.
Choose your design. Send us your property details. Invite us to your accounts. We build the foundation.
Save $1,000 during our Founders Launch.
What’s Included
Choose from 8 professionally designed HostMode templates, then we make it yours.
- Your choice of HostMode website template
- Full template installation + website implementation
- Copy customized around your property
- Property photography + content implementation
- Core website pages
- Individual property pages
- Domain + hosting configuration
Everything guests need to move from discovery to confirmed reservation.
- PMS / booking platform setup + connection
- Direct-booking engine configuration
- Real-time availability integration
- Airbnb, Vrbo + supported channel synchronization
- Stripe or supported payment processor setup
- Booking-flow testing + quality assurance
The essential connections working behind the scenes.
- Dynamic pricing connection
- Core guest messaging
- Essential booking automations
- Guest / lead capture
- Analytics + direct-booking tracking
- Direct-booking systems mapping
We make sure you understand what we built before handing over the keys.
- Final system testing
- Website + booking launch
- Host training + walkthrough
- 90 Days of Direct Booking Growth PDF
- System handoff
Additional properties: $245 each
10+ properties: Custom pricing
Included Bonus
Your first 90 Days of Direct-Booking Growth
Going live is only the beginning.
After your LaunchPad is built, you’ll receive a 90-day marketing roadmap outlining the next opportunities to begin generating direct demand—from guest retention and email capture to local visibility, content, partnerships, and promotion.
The infrastructure gets you ready.
The roadmap tells you what to do with it.
SYSTEMS, MAINTAINED
Keep the Foundation Strong After Launch
LaunchPad Care
Your LaunchPad belongs to you, but that doesn’t mean you need to manage the technical side yourself.
LaunchPad Care keeps the website, PMS connections, booking infrastructure, and essential integrations we built secure, updated, connected, and performing as intended.
You continue operating the business and hosting stays.
We keep the machine behind it running.
- Weekly website maintenance + security
- Booking-flow monitoring
- PMS + integration health checks
- Quarterly guest journey audit
- Analytics snapshot
- Website content updates
- Annual system review
- Weekly website maintenance + security
- Booking-flow monitoring
- PMS + integration health checks
- Quarterly guest journey audit
- Analytics snapshot
- Website content updates
- Annual system review
YOUR INDEPENDENT HOSTING FOUNDATION
One Launch. All the Essential Pieces.
LaunchPad is HostMode’s done-for-you implementation service for hosts who want more ownership without becoming their own web developer, systems integrator, or operations consultant.
We help you select the right foundation, build your direct booking website, connect your essential tools, configure the guest journey, and prepare the system for launch.
Direct Booking Website
Choose from a curated collection of HostMode website templates designed specifically for independent short-term rental brands.
We customize it around your property, photography, content, amenities, policies, and guest experience — giving you a polished, credible place to send travelers beyond the OTAs.
Booking + Payment Infrastructure
Your site is connected to the tools guests need to check availability, reserve their stay, and pay securely.
Property + Calendar Connections
Your booking ecosystem is configured around your existing channels so you can begin moving toward a more connected operation without abandoning the marketplaces already working for you.
Guest Communication Foundation
Create a more intentional guest journey before, during, and after the stay. With the right systems in place for confirmations, communication, and future relationship-building.
Pricing + Operations Connections
We help establish the supporting technology behind the booking experience, including the tools you use for dynamic pricing, property management, and day-to-day hosting operations.
Search + Discovery Foundation
Your website is structured with foundational SEO and local discovery considerations so your property has somewhere to build long-term visibility outside marketplace search results.
Launch Guidance
We don’t simply hand over a website.
You’ll know what has been built, what accounts belong to you, how the pieces connect, and what to focus on next.
FROM LISTING TO LAUNCHPAD
A Clear Path to More Ownership
Choose Your Foundation
Purchase LaunchPad, select your HostMode website template, and access your onboarding portal.
01
Share + Connect
Send us your property details, photography, branding, policies, and existing systems. If something is missing, we’ll guide you through what’s needed.
02
We Build the System
We customize your website, configure your booking infrastructure, connect your essential tools, and bring the ecosystem together.
03
Review + Launch
Review your completed LaunchPad, provide final feedback, and once everything is approved and tested, we take it live.
04
BUILT FOR MOMENTUM
Beautiful by Design. Seamlessly Connected.
HOW LAUNCHPAD COMES TOGETHER
Your Tools, Connected With a Plan
You’re not buying another platform.
LaunchPad brings together the trusted tools behind your website, bookings, payments, pricing, and day-to-day hosting operation—then connects them around one clear system.
We’ve already done the research, tested the workflows, and mapped how the pieces should work together.d
Our Recommended LaunchPad Stack
Hosting + WordPress
Hostinger — Unlimited
Your website, WordPress installation, domain, SSL, backups, and hosting infrastructure in one place—giving your LaunchPad a secure, reliable home.
Website Builder
Elementor Pro — Advanced Solo
The design engine behind your HostMode website, giving us the advanced tools needed to customize your template, forms, popups, dynamic content, and booking experience.
Property Management System (PMS)
Hospitable — Host
The operational hub behind your bookings—syncing channels, availability, guest communication, automations, and direct reservations in one system.
Payment Processing
Stripe
Secure payment processing for direct reservations, with funds deposited into your connected business account.
Already Have Your Own Tools?
You don’t necessarily need to start over.
If you already use a PMS, pricing platform, hosting provider, or other compatible technology, we’ll evaluate your existing stack during onboarding and determine what can stay, what should connect, and where changes may make sense.
LOCK IN FOUNDERS PRICING
Ready to secure the price but not ready to start today?
When you purchase LaunchPad, you’re securing your implementation at the current founder rate.
From there, you’ll receive access to the onboarding process so you can begin preparing the information, assets, and accounts needed for your build.
Purchasing is the beginning of the process—not a requirement that you have everything figured out beforehand.
The Details
Commonly Asked Questions
Absolutely not.
LaunchPad isn’t about abandoning the marketplaces that already generate business for you. It’s about adding an owned channel alongside them so you aren’t completely dependent on a third party.
No.
HostMode is not another PMS or booking platform. We help you establish and connect the technology that powers your independent booking ecosystem.
Your software accounts remain with the respective providers and belong to you.
In many cases, yes.
During onboarding, we’ll learn which systems you currently use and determine how they fit into your LaunchPad setup.
That’s okay.
Your onboarding portal will show you what needs to be established, and HostMode will guide you through the required accounts before implementation.
LaunchPad doesn’t require an existing brand identity.
Add a Brand Set to your package and we’ll create a polished visual foundation inspired by your property and preferences—including your color palette, typography, and a custom typography-based logo.
No.
LaunchPad is a one-time implementation service.
Some third-party tools used within your technology stack may have their own ongoing subscriptions or transaction fees, but those relationships are directly between you and the respective providers.
You’ll receive training and guidance so you understand how your LaunchPad works and how the pieces connect.
From there, you can manage it independently—or add LaunchPad Care and let HostMode handle the ongoing technical maintenance, monitoring, and system upkeep for you.