Vote together on where your group stays
Paste stays from Booking.com, Airbnb and more into a shared party. Everyone votes head-to-head. The group's favourite wins.
Works with your favourite booking sites
Paste a link from any of these and VoteStay builds a vote card, pulling the listing's public photo and name where the site allows it.
Swiping beats debating
Every matchup is a snap decision: this stay or that one. Behind the taps, an Elo rating (the chess one) turns everyone's picks into a live leaderboard the whole party can see.
Nobody writes a three-paragraph case for their favourite. Nobody gets steamrolled. The winner is just... the winner.
How a party works
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Start and share
Name your trip, get a 6-letter code, drop it in the group chat.
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Add the contenders
Everyone pastes their finds from Booking.com, Airbnb and more. Photos and names come along automatically where the site allows it.
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Vote it out
Two stays at a time, tap the better one. The leaderboard crowns the winner.
Fair questions
+ Do my friends need an account or an app?
No. You share a link or a 6-letter code, they open it in any browser, type a name and start voting. Nothing to install, nothing to sign up for.
+ Where do the hotels come from?
Members paste links to listings they like on any of the booking sites VoteStay supports, from Booking.com and Airbnb to hotel brands like Marriott and Hilton. Where the site allows it, VoteStay reads the listing's public title and photo to build the vote cards; otherwise you type the name yourself. Booking itself always happens on the original site.
+ How does the voting work?
Two stays appear side by side and you tap the one you prefer, matchup after matchup. Every member votes each pair once. Results feed an Elo rating, the same idea chess uses, so the leaderboard reflects the whole group's taste rather than the loudest voice.
+ What if two stays end up tied on the leaderboard?
Exact ties are rare, because Elo weighs who you beat, not just how often you win: a victory over the group's favourite counts for more than one over the underdog. If two stays do land on the same rating, the one with more wins ranks higher, and if that is tied too, the stay added to the party first keeps the spot. Nothing is random — and a genuine near-tie usually just means your group would be happy with either.
+ Is VoteStay free?
Yes, completely. You book on the listing site at their normal prices. VoteStay is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of the booking sites it links to.
+ What happens to our data?
Parties delete themselves 90 days after the last activity. There are no ads. The only always-on cookie is a functional random identifier; analytics cookies are set only if you accept them, and we ask EU visitors first. Details in our privacy policy.
Your group's next stay, decided
The next trip in your group chat deserves better than "anyone have thoughts?".
Start a party