Earn on every guest's car rental — without owning a car
If you host a vacation rental in Hawaii, your guests already need a car. Send them to ReefRide and earn a commission on every booking. No inventory, no liability, no day-of work.
How the partner program works
- 1Apply as a home hostSign up with your name + email. Tell us your property listings (Airbnb, VRBO, direct site). Approval is usually within a day.
- 2Get your referral link + assetsYour dashboard generates a unique referral link plus a kit of pre-written welcome-message snippets and Wi-Fi-page copy. Drop them anywhere your guests see — the welcome book, automated check-in messages, the binder on the kitchen counter.
- 3Guest books a car through your linkWhen a traveler clicks your link and completes a booking on ReefRide, the trip is automatically attributed to you. The link works whether they book on the website or through the iOS app.
- 4Earn commission on completed tripsOnce the guest's trip ends and the trip clears the hold-back window, your commission lands in your earnings dashboard.
- 5Get paid weeklyWeekly payouts via Stripe Connect. Same Tuesday cycle as car hosts. Year-end 1099-K is generated automatically when you cross the IRS threshold.
The numbers
- 5% commission on the gross booking total of every trip booked through your link.
- Capped at $50 per booking — so a long luxury rental still pays out cleanly without surprising the guest's economics.
- Capped at $500 per month per home host — designed so this is a meaningful side-stream without becoming a category we have to license differently.
- 24-hour post-trip release window — commissions are confirmed once the trip closes cleanly (no damage dispute open).
- Real-time attribution dashboard — see clicks, bookings in flight, completed trips, and pending vs. paid commissions.
Why this works for your guests
- Local hosts, real photos, real reviews — guests trust it more than the airport rental counter.
- All-in pricing — no airport fees, no surprise add-ons. They see the same total at booking and at checkout.
- Pickup options including delivery to your property — many ReefRide hosts deliver to vacation rentals directly, so the guest skips the airport rental loop entirely.
- Apple Wallet pass with the lockbox code, pickup time, return countdown — slots into how a modern traveler already moves around Hawaii.
Frequently asked
Do I need to own a car to participate?
No. The home-host program is purely referral / commission — you're earning by sending your existing guests to a service they already need. If you do also want to list a car, you can become a car host in parallel; the two earnings streams stack.
What if my guest cancels?
Commission is only earned on completed trips. If the guest cancels before the trip starts, no commission is owed. If they cancel mid-trip, commission is prorated to the days actually completed.
Why is there a $500 monthly cap?
It keeps the program a clean partner channel rather than a regulated booking-agent relationship. If you have multiple properties and consistently hit the cap, talk to us — we have a separate property-manager program with different economics.
Can I track which of my properties is sending the most bookings?
Yes — generate sub-links per property in the dashboard. Each one tracks its own clicks + bookings + commissions so you can see which welcome-book copy or which property is converting best.
What does the guest see — do they know I get a commission?
The link looks like a normal ReefRide URL. Guests don't see the commission split, which is the same way Airbnb's Resource Center referral program works. That said, you're free to tell them — many home hosts pitch ReefRide as their personal recommendation, which it is.
Is there a contract or minimum commitment?
No. Sign up, get the link, drop it in your welcome flow, see how it goes. You can pause or remove your link anytime.