Short Term Vacation Rental Software

[Joe Prillaman]

Hi Friends,

I know this pops up from time to time but i'm curious who is having success with short term vacation rental software. There are a ton of options but I am looking specifically for a software that is reasonably priced, automates responses, syncs calendars, will automatically alert my cleaners of new bookings, and will work across multiple platforms such as AirBnB and VRBO.  SO the question is what are you using, what are the pros and cons, how many units are you managing, and what is the cost? 

Thanks,

[Boris Mordkovich]

@Joe Prillaman

After trying out a ton of different tools and services, this is the software stack that works really well for us:

* Smartbnb - for automating 95% of guest communication

* Uplisting - for managing our listings across Airbnb, VRBO and Booking; for managing calendars for housekeeping; for preventing double bookings; and also for creating a direct booking website.

* Pricelabs - for automating price management

* Slack - for internal team communication 

* We also end up using Zapier a lot to automate various functions, parse various confirmation emails from Airbnb to create reports, and so on.

The nice part about all of the tools above is that they charge a small monthly fee per listing vs. some of the other tools out there that will charge a % of revenue.

Hope this helps!

Boris