All Forum Posts by: Chris Barczewski

Whats interesting is that there are SO many short term/vacation home owners, yet so few independent reviews and information online comparing these services. Somebody needs to make a youtube channel just comparing all the new STR products and services and make that youtube money! Pretty much all I can find are what are obviously paid/sponsored endorsements.

Thanks so much for that feedback, I too currently use hospitable. Conner, I too am in Austin. Thanks for the feedback.  I will look into Guesty as well.

Hi there,

I'm currently using Hospitable for my channel management, automated messages, calendar sync, etc.  I'm considering switching to Futurestay because it has (i think) more robust features for direct booking and credit cards, etc.  There are a lot of choices for these channel managers right now.  Does anyone have experience with these?  Do you know what is the best one if you were going to choose one in 2022?  Thanks so much in advance.

To follow up on this older post:  

Ashish, thanks for that great answer.  In number 3 is travel reimbursable for only the person doing the repairs?  Say if I travel with my Wife and children to our Short Term vacation Rental, and both my wife and I are putting in the required time per day to qualify, do we deduct travel for just the two of us or can we deduct for the whole family having to be there?  Thanks very much.