Developer · Decatur, GA · Member since 2011 · 1k+ posts · 1k+ votes
I have three listings and several more in process, so selfishly, I wanted to start a thread where we comment on off the shelf software tools and best practices for managing listings when you have several or many.
Let's start with tools for managing communication with all parties. Who is using something outside of Airbnb/VRBO? What do you like about it and how was it to set up?
Feel free to ask about other tools for managing multiple listings too!
I started using something called Guesty. $500 on boarding fee, and 3% of bookings.
It was cheap, and it did the job. I think across the board, they are all ugly and have hard to use user interfaces. It's like corporate software stuck in the 90s.
I also looked at Streamline VRS and LiveRez, but they were pretty pricy, like $5000 to onboard.
I just found out about Tokeet recently, and would've tried it out.
I spent months comparing most of the major players, landed on YourPorter based on my needs. Feel free to copy paste in creating your own criteria-based comparison. Lots of opinions on what’s best in this space, less so unbiased analysis of how tools compare:
I use Smartbnb for all messaging automations and responses. They are in my opinion the best tool out there for any airbnb host. I would recommend using them if you have 3 or more. For multiple platforms and syncing i use lodgify. They’re a bit more complicated but really good for the price point. You can sync all your platforms to a central calendar, set up direct bookings etc.