Most booking platforms are built for everywhere. That means they fit nowhere in particular — and they certainly don't fit the way Hacienda, the OTAs, and local payment rails actually behave in Costa Rica. We built VectorBookings to close that gap.
Booking.com and Airbnb take 15-18% of every reservation, forever. For a 5-room property doing 65% occupancy at $120/night, that is over $25,000 a year flowing out of the country. The percentage model gets worse the bigger you grow. Nobody seems to ask whether there is a different way.
Cloudbeds, Little Hotelier, Lodgify — none of them handle factura electrónica 4.4, IVA + ICT auto-calculation, SINPE, or USD/CRC dual currency without bolted-on workarounds. Operators end up running two systems: one for bookings, one for the compliance reality of running a property here.
When a guest books through an OTA, they remember the OTA — not your hotel. The relationship is owned by the platform. The repeat booking goes back to them, not to you. Direct booking is the only path to actually owning the guests who choose to stay with you.
These are not marketing values. They are the rules we use when we have to choose between two ways to build something.
A quick conversation is the fastest way to find out. Tell us about your property and we will reply within one business day with honest next steps — including if we are not the right fit yet.