Airbnb and channel managers

[Jason T.]

Would love to hear people's experiences and opinions with channel managers.

I currently have 5 Airbnb's in North Carolina and I list them exclusively on Airbnb. I've been researching channel managers and realizing that the good ones are expensive. There also seems to be considerable work in setting things up.

When I researched AirDNA, 85% of reservations in my city come from Airbnb only. And less than 10% of listings are marketed on multiple sites. But I can't tell if that's good or bad.

Has anyone made the jump from Airbnb only to multiple channels? If so, did you see a revenue improvement that justified the effort and cost? Should I be concerned that Airbnb dominates the bookings in my city? Or is that simply because fewer properties are listed on other sites, and so it'll be less competitive for me (which is good)?

Would love to hear from the community on this. Thanks!

[John Underwood]

I use Airbnb, Vrbo and Craigslist to advertise.

I get 95% of my bookings from Vrbo and I get better prices on Vrbo.

My bookings on Vrbo seem to be made further in advance also.