About Vacayge
Built for the coast.
By someone who lives here.
Vacayge is a direct booking platform for short-term rental owners along the Volusia County coast. No VC funding. No offshore team. One developer, one mission: put more money back in the pockets of the people who actually own these properties.
Brian Frahm
Founder · Frahm.agency
Ormond Beach, FL
The founder
22 years underway.
Now building software on the coast.
I retired from the U.S. Coast Guard after 22 years, serving as a technician supporting navigational equipment, fire control systems, and communications gear. In that time I was stationed in Virginia, New York, and California — and spent more than five years underway on search and rescue, environmental protection, and law enforcement missions across both coasts, as far south as Chile and as far north as Alaska.
My wife and I chose Ormond Beach deliberately. After two decades of moving, we wanted roots — near her family, near the water, near the kind of community where you actually know your neighbors. We've been here since 2018 and this coast is home.
After leaving the Coast Guard I taught high school mathematics. The combination shaped how I think: precision matters, systems matter, and good teaching means stripping a problem down to what's actually true.
When I left teaching I started building software. First came Nav-Rules.com — a course that helps sailors pass the navigational rules sections of their captain's license, now with an AI agent that answers specific questions about the material. Then came Frahm.agency, and then Vacayge.
I'm not trying to build the next Airbnb. I'm trying to build something genuinely useful for the people running short-term rentals on this specific coast — and to do it at prices that make sense for a small business owner, not a Fortune 500 marketing budget.
Why this exists
The math stopped making sense.
I've used Airbnb as a guest. The platform works — until you look at the fee breakdown at checkout. In late 2025, Airbnb standardized their host fee to a flat 15.5% on every booking. That's real money on a property that earns $40,000 a year. It's over $6,000 annually, gone before the host touches a dollar.
Vacayge costs $750 to set up and ~5.5% all-in per booking — our fee plus payment processing. On that same $40,000 rental, most owners are net positive within their first month. The platform pays for itself.
The goal isn't to replace Airbnb entirely — it's to give your repeat guests and referrals somewhere to book direct, so the platform fee stops being unavoidable.
What we stand for
Local over generic.
Vacayge serves one corridor: beachside Volusia County, east of A1A. That specificity is a feature. We know this market.
Transparent pricing.
$750 setup, ~5.5% per booking, no surprises. We tell you the number before you sign anything.
Owners as partners.
The ideal client isn't just a customer — they're a collaborator. Your feedback shapes what gets built next.
Ready to get started?