Describe your property and booking rules. Makeform creates an editable request form for guest contacts, stay dates, party size, property choice, and host follow-up.
Send booking requests to Slack, Google Sheets, and Zapier.
Sample prompts for the builder
Choose a prompt, tailor it to your rental, or send it to the builder. Each structure is an example, not a confirmed reservation.
Audience
Hosts taking direct inquiries for one property
Format
Booking request with dates and party details
Prompt size
310 chars
Example form structure
Booking request with dates and party details
Primary guest name and contact details
Requested check-in and check-out dates
Adults, children, and children's ages
Will you bring any pets?
Arrival notes and special requests
Suggested routing tags
Availability check
Needs follow-up
Ready to quote
Call the submission a booking request until you have checked availability, pricing, minimum-stay rules, and turnover time.
Step 1
Inquire
guest, dates, party, and property
Step 2
Review
host checks fit and availability
Step 3
Reply
quote, alternatives, or questions
Step 4
Confirm
host sends the next booking step
Why use a booking request form
One structured request gives hosts the dates, party details, and special needs required to review a stay.
Required dates, party size, and contact fields reduce follow-up before review.
Show pet, group, or alternate-property questions only when relevant.
Route requests to the calendar reviewer and label them as unconfirmed.
Built for independent stays
Choose a use case, then add your properties, rules, and routing.
Guest details, dates, and occupancy for one property.
Property choice, flexible dates, and available alternatives.
Conditional pet, parking, amenity, and arrival questions.
Rooms, vehicles, activities, vendors, and organizer details.
Direct inquiry workflow
Turn email questions into consistent intake, then review each request.
Name the property, capacity, stay pattern, rules, and request recipient.
Add your property list, required dates, and conditional pet or group questions.
Share a link or embed the form on your property page.
Route submissions, check availability and rules, then reply.
Form vs message vs instant booking
A request form collects structured details for review; it does not independently reserve dates.
Field guide
These six groups turn a vague inquiry into a reviewable stay request.
Primary guest
Collect the lead guest's name and contact details for questions, alternatives, and next steps.
Property and dates
Use date fields. Multi-property hosts can ask for a preferred home and acceptable alternatives.
Party composition
Separate adults and children, then request ages or room details only when needed.
Conditional details
Branching reveals focused details after answers about pets, events, or large groups.
Arrival and support
Ask for arrival, accessibility, and amenity needs that affect the stay.
Expectation setting
Explain that the host reviews availability, show relevant rules, and request acknowledgment.
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Open toolFAQ
Practical answers for hosts and property managers collecting direct stay requests.
It collects guest contacts, requested dates, adults, children, property preference, pets, and special requests. The host reviews availability and fit before responding.
Not by itself. It is a request until your wider process checks availability, rates, payment, and confirmation. State that requested dates await host review.
Require the primary guest's name, contact, stay dates, adults, children, and preferred property. Make pet, event, parking, accessibility, and arrival questions conditional when possible.
Yes. Add your homes to a dropdown and ask whether alternatives are acceptable. Branch into property-specific questions when needed.
Yes. Conditional logic can show pet details to pet owners and rooming, vehicle, or gathering questions to larger parties.
Yes. Makeform provides unlimited free forms and responses for generating, editing, publishing, and collecting requests. The paid tier removes the Makeform badge.
Responses can reach your Makeform inbox, Google Sheets, Slack, or Zapier. Route each one to the host reviewing the selected property.
Often, dates, party details, contacts, and special needs are enough for initial review. Request payment or identity details later through an appropriate step and explain why.
Turn scattered stay questions into one clear request.
