Vacation Rental Booking Software

[Sara Abernethy]

Hi all,

I have four vacation rental units (and growing) and I have been using Lodgify to manage my bookings.  I do need a booking system because about 60-70% of my revenue comes from direct bookings rather than AirBnB / HomeAway.  What I like about Lodgify is that it integrates the booking system into my website as well.  On paper, Lodgify has everything I need.  However, it's glitchy and the service is terrible. And there are little things that are super annoying, like putting the first and last name in the same field, so I'm always emailing "Hello John Smith" instead of just "Hello John".  It's also based in Europe so August 3rd is 3/8/18.  And they can't give me the option to change it.  It's really annoying.  And it has no app.  I really want an app.

fingerlakescabins.com

Sara

[Cliff H.]

There's a great thread with many STR manager's real world feedback on many of the channel managers out there up here:

https://www.biggerpockets.com/...

In that thread I also posted the comparison matrix I used to land on Porter based on the criteria I had outlined below. Feel free to take and adapt over to what matters most to you. It's sometimes helpful to itemize what capabilities matter and work backwards from there to visualize which suite best matches your needs. For me, that was Porter since I valued cross-channel management, mobile-optimized UI, reasonable pricing, and rapid product development. 

https://docs.google.com/spread...