Your own direct booking website
Guests who find your property can book directly with you — on your own site, under your own name, with your own terms. A direct booking setup has two parts: your website and your booking engine. ASTRO brings the two together for you, then steps out of the way.
Two parts, brought together
Your website is built and hosted by One Click SEO, an independent web agency. Your booking engine is VikBooking (Vik), which runs on your site and takes your reservations.
ASTRO is responsible for bringing the two components together: One Click SEO and Vik. Once they are paired and handed off to you, ASTRO steps out of the way — bookings, guests, and payments run through your own site, between you and your guests.
One Click SEO is the contracting party for your site and your Vik setup. ASTRO does not resell Vik, does not operate your site, and does not receive your booking, guest, or payment data.
Why an owner-run booking site
ASTRO is built on a simple idea: the owners who create a market's value should keep the relationship with the people who stay with them. A booking site you own is that idea in practice — your guests book with you, your policies apply, and the relationship stays yours.
It also gives you a channel that does not depend on anyone else's fee schedule or ranking rules. Many owners keep listing on the platforms that work for them; a direct site simply means guests always have a way to book with you.
Who does what
What ASTRO does
- Holds your verified property identity — your VPI and your public registry page.
- Links your registry page to your booking site, so guests who find you on ASTRO can book directly.
- Lets your site show your ASTRO Verified status and link back to your registry page.
- Brings the two components together — One Click SEO and Vik — when you ask, and shares only the information listed below.
What One Click SEO does
- Builds and hosts your website and sets up your VikBooking engine on it.
- Works with you directly on design, content, pricing, and setup.
- Your bookings and payments run between you and your guests through your site. ASTRO does not see them.
- Sets its own pricing and terms, which it shares with you directly.
What gets shared — and only when you ask
Nothing is shared until you confirm below. When you do, One Click SEO can retrieve this for the property you choose, to start your site:
- Your property's name, VPI, and ASTRO registry page link
- Location: street address, city, state, and map coordinates, with your address-visibility setting
- Size and structure: guests, bedrooms, bathrooms, square footage, year built, and style
- Amenities and feature tags from your published profile
- The published description sections on your ASTRO page
- Photos ASTRO hosts for your property that you've authorized (third-party images are never included)
- Links you've added to your ASTRO page
- Your name, email address, and phone number on your ASTRO account
- The business phone and website you enter below, if any
Only your published ASTRO profile is shared — never drafts. Your address-visibility setting travels with it, and One Click SEO honors it for anything shown publicly. Your Travelcoin activity, owner-to-owner stays, verification documents, and payment details are not part of the referral.
Disclosure
- One Click SEO is an independent web and SEO agency, separate from ASTRO.
- ASTRO's founder is a principal of One Click SEO.
- ASTRO receives no payment for referrals.
- The referral is optional. You can use any web provider you like and still link your direct booking site on your ASTRO page.
- Asking for a referral has no effect on your ASTRO listing — not its ranking, not its badges, not its placement. Owners who use another provider, or no provider, are treated the same.
Questions
Do I have to use One Click SEO to have a booking site linked on ASTRO?
No. Any direct booking site you run can be added to your ASTRO page as a direct booking link, from your property's public profile in your dashboard.
Will this change how my property appears on ASTRO?
No. Referrals are never used in ASTRO's discovery, ranking, or badges.
Does ASTRO handle my bookings or guest information?
No. ASTRO's part ends once your website and your Vik booking engine are brought together and handed off. Your site, your bookings, your guest details, and your payments are between you, your guests, and One Click SEO.
What happens after I ask?
One Click SEO receives your referral and contacts you at the email and phone on your ASTRO account. Whether you go ahead, and on what terms, is between you and them.
What does it cost?
One Click SEO sets its own pricing and shares it with you directly before you commit to anything. ASTRO receives no payment for referrals.
Who can ask for a referral?
ASTRO members with at least one ownership-verified property. The referral is made for a specific verified property.
Who do I contact with questions?
Write to Prudence at prudence@theASTRO.org.
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