For short-stay hosts

    Only pay for the nights you've got guests.

    Um bills by the day. Sync your booking calendar and your bach's internet follows it.

    The porch of a bach
    $2.30 a day when it's busyChangeover day stays connectedNo contract

    How it works

    1. Paste your calendar link

      We read it on the spot and show you the bookings we can see, so you know it's the right place.

    2. Pick what we do with it

      Keep your credit covering booked nights, or switch the connection off between guests.

    3. That's it

      The connection goes off in the gaps between bookings.

    Works with Airbnb, Bookabach, Booking.com, VRBO, Hospitable, Guesty and Lodgify, and anything else that gives you a calendar export link.

    Two ways to do it

    • Credit only

      Follow my bookings

      We only touch your credit, never the connection. When your calendar's empty we stop topping up and your balance runs down like normal.

      Saves money over a whole empty season. Won't save anything on a week or two between guests, because we can't let your credit run out with a booking coming.

    • Saves on the gaps

      Switch off between guests

      The connection goes off in the gaps between bookings. This is the one that saves money on the gaps.

      Reconnection is booked with your fibre company, so we start two days early and only act on gaps of a week or more. Same IP address, so nothing breaks.

    What it saves

    Fibre (100 Mbps down, 20 Mbps up) at a bach that's busy over summer and quiet the rest of the year.

    5 busy months, booked solid$69.00/month

    7 quiet months, 2 short stays each$29.40/month

    A year with Um$550.80

    A year at $69 a month$828.00

    You keep$277.20

    Counts connected days, not booked nights. Changeover day stays on and we reconnect two days before check-in, so a quiet month is 12 days at $2.30 and 18 days off at 10c to keep your IP address. Your numbers will differ.

    We'll never charge your card more than $73.60 in a month

    That's the most your calendar can top you up on Fibre. If a top-up would go over it, we don't take it, and we email you to say so.

    Setting it up

    1. Get your calendar link

      Airbnb: Listing, Availability, Sync calendars, Export calendar. Bookabach and VRBO: Calendar, Import & export. Booking.com: Rates & Availability, Sync calendars.

    2. Paste it into your account

      We read it immediately and show you what we found.

    3. Choose a mode

      Change your mind whenever. Stop any single switch-off with one tap.

    We treat your calendar link like a password, and we only store dates. Never guest names.

    Questions

    Will the wifi work for my cleaner?

    Yes. Changeover day stays connected.

    What about a last-minute booking?

    A new booking cancels a planned switch-off. If your internet is already off, we book it back on. How quickly it comes on depends on your fibre company, so a booking made at the last minute might not be connected before your guest arrives. If we can't read your calendar we leave your internet on and tell you.

    Can I keep the same IP address?

    Yes, with a static IP. It comes back on the same address after a switch-off, so port forwarding and remote access work again without changes.

    How fast does it come back on?

    Reconnection is booked with your fibre company, so it isn't instant. We start two days before check-in, and we email you and our team if it looks tight.

    What if I list on more than one site?

    Add as many calendars as you like. A booking on any of them means the place is occupied.

    Can I skip one gap?

    Every planned switch-off has a Keep it on button. It only affects that gap.

    Is there a contract?

    No. Turn the sync off any time.

    Start paying by the night

    $2.30 a day when you need it. No contract, no lock-in.