Made in Beirut
Lebanon's guesthouses, booked direct.
Mabeet is where you book a guesthouse, B&B or mountain cabin straight from the people who run it. No platform in the middle taking a cut, and never two guests on one night.
01The problem
What a platform takes from a host
Most Lebanese guesthouses also sell on Airbnb or Booking.com, and every night sold there costs the host a cut.
18%
of every platform booking can go to commission
$14.40
a night can go to commission, on a room at $80
$288
a month, for 20 nights sold through a platform
Estimates from public prices, at the top of the usual 15 to 18% commission.
02How it works
How booking direct works
From the host's dashboard to a confirmed night, in four steps.
The host adds their place
Rooms, prices per night and photos. The place gets its own booking link for Instagram and WhatsApp.
The guest picks dates
Nights already booked on Airbnb or Booking.com show as taken, because the calendars stay in sync.
Booked and paid in full
The guest pays online with Whish or a card, or arranges payment with the host, as the place chooses.
Confirmed everywhere
The host confirms from their phone, and the night closes on Airbnb and Booking.com too.
03Your way
Three ways to take bookings
Each place chooses how it works with its guests.
Automatic
The guest pays online in full, and the booking is confirmed the moment the payment is.
Online, with approval
The guest pays online in full and the host confirms or declines. No answer in time means a full refund.
Arranged with the host
No payment through Mabeet: the guest and the host arrange it, and the host confirms by hand.
04Our promises
What we stand by
Never double-booked
The database itself refuses two stays on one room night. Not a promise: a rule.
Refunds in full
A booking paid online is refunded in full if it is cancelled, declined or not answered in time.
No commission
Hosts pay a monthly plan, starting free. The money from every booking is theirs.
Your details stay yours
We keep only what a booking needs, and you can download or delete it any time.