Hostaway

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Joanna
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  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Best tool thus far!

Reviewed on 2024-07-18

Pros

I love how many integrations hostaway has.

Cons

The task would be perfect to use instead of turno if it had automatic payments.

Ivo
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  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

super cool product for STR

Reviewed on 2025-01-08

fullfilling all my requirements, for my more than 35 listings,

fullfilling all my requirements, for my more than 35 listings,

Pros

thank you for excelent support of [sensitive content hidden]

Cons

all is good , I like the product very much

Alex
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  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

Not a good company

Reviewed on 2024-11-26

Pros

I do not think they are a very good company

Cons

They are deceptive, they hide their fees, and customer support is slow and bad. I would not recommend them to anybody.

Marcelo
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  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

[sensitive content hidden] is 5-stars

Reviewed on 2024-11-15

Pros

The software works well so far. Although I am pretty techy, it does require some patience and playing around to understand. The kick-off course gives good insight but it's still some work. The best thing about Hostaway is [sensitive content hidden]. I have been about to throw in the towel a couple of times and he's a game changer.

Cons

A bit complex for the basic user. For example, I was struggling to add a new formula to an owner's report and it wasn't showing up. It was a simple "refresh" that had to be clicked. The "refresh" is hidden in the "more" button. I don't see a reason why a refresh would be required - the system should automatically refresh itself once you add a new formula. This is just an example of how I think Hostaway is very good but could be better.

Alternatives Considered

Homebase

Reasons for Switching to Hostaway

Seemed to have better reviews. One of my friends uses it.
Caroline
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  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Good so far

Reviewed on 2024-11-18

You are pretty much left on your own to work out how it works, as the onboarding is quite brief,...

You are pretty much left on your own to work out how it works, as the onboarding is quite brief, but luckily the software is pretty intuitive to use.

Pros

Intuitive to Use
Good onboarding sessions.

Cons

One of the features is not working right for us and the support team are taking too long to resolve.

Joeleen
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  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10

Review of client

Reviewed on 2024-11-27

Need quick online chat option. Can’t wait 24 hours for a response

Need quick online chat option. Can’t wait 24 hours for a response

Pros

Efficient helps us a lot to manage the calendar and work with financials

Cons

Need quick chat option can’t wait 24 hours to get info and help.

Angela
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  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Great help when needed

Reviewed on 2024-11-30

Very good. Really like the onboarding and the continued support when needed.

Very good. Really like the onboarding and the continued support when needed.

Pros

They really help with the onboarding process and you can call to get help when needed. [sensitive content hidden] was very helpful recently & others too in the past.

Cons

Some platforms are not fully integrated. All updates are not automatic on all fields.

Alternatives Considered

Hospitable.com

Reasons for Switching to Hostaway

On boarding approach & people you can talk to later
Roberto
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  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great PMS, easy to use and with lots of options.

Reviewed on 2024-11-19

Great, the onboarding was smooth and easy.

Great, the onboarding was smooth and easy.

Pros

User friendly once everything is setup, integration with everything.
Customise owners report really a plus.

Cons

Not easy to setup but followed step by step during the implementation process.

Reasons for Choosing Hostaway

Wanted to improve certain features: reporting, pricing, user friendly.

Switched From

iGMS

Reasons for Switching to Hostaway

Pricing, integration with other systems.
Alison
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  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great Support

Reviewed on 2024-11-22

Excellent! Very user friendly, and you can get in content with teh team via email or phone.

Excellent! Very user friendly, and you can get in content with teh team via email or phone.

Pros

Support team are great - especially [sensitive content hidden]!

Cons

There are a couple of features missing, but you can add them as feature requests, so hopefully they will add them soon!

Reasons for Switching to Hostaway

Overall better functionaility, and very user friendly
Oscar
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  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Hostaway first impressions

Reviewed on 2024-11-27

Really good product managed by a fresh and young team, I want to thank [sensitive content hidden]...

Really good product managed by a fresh and young team, I want to thank [sensitive content hidden] for all the help with our onboarding, she's great! The team is willing to offer solutions for hosts and business owners in terms of property management, rental arbitrage or to manage your own portfolio of properties.

Pros

All the integrations and setting to automatize your business, comunication with guests, financial reports, booking engine, all the stuff is studied to really have a 100% control of your business.

Cons

To set up auto messages, but not that bad to be honest.

Chris
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  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Hostaway is hands-down the best channel manager I've used to date...

Reviewed on 2024-04-15

I really enjoy using the software and find the customer service to be superior to what I'd...

I really enjoy using the software and find the customer service to be superior to what I'd experienced so far from software services like this previously. I also want to note that this is a complex piece of software and does require some dedicated setup time... however, the customer support staff is really patient, a readily available, and are very friendly. I haven't ever been turned away by them without having my issue resolved - they're pretty great!

Pros

Top level functionality, great customer service, intuitive controls/menus/interface.

Cons

It's slightly expensive, but far cheaper than the past channel manager I've used; it also includes most/all of the add-on features from the 'other' channel manager but they are included in the service rather than additional services.

Diana
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  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Best property management software out there

Reviewed on 2024-05-02

Kyle initially called me to pitch Hostaway, but I wasn't really interested. Once he told me all the...

Kyle initially called me to pitch Hostaway, but I wasn't really interested. Once he told me all the options Hostaway offered and the low cost per property, I agreed to a consultation with Alex. The consultation with Alex was great, I signed up later that day. It wasn't a high-pressure sales pitch, which I really liked. I also liked that it is a month-to-month contract. That really tells you how confident Hostaway is in its product. Gabriel was our onboarding specialist, and he was outstanding! Super patient and extremely helpful.

Pros

It is a complex system, but once you finish onboarding, it's a simple process. Gabriel was our onboarding specialist and he did an outstanding job.

Cons

Nothing so far, it's been a great experience.

Brian
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  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Best channel management software

Reviewed on 2024-06-07

Very satisfied. I couldn’t manage my three properties across three channels without this software.

Very satisfied. I couldn’t manage my three properties across three channels without this software.

Pros

The best thing they do is assist with the onboarding. All the other software tools don’t do much to help you get it setup. They stayed with me until I was fully setup. The support team is the bomb!

Cons

Probably just how not all channels integrate the same way but not sure anything can be done about that.

Alternatives Considered

Guesty Lite

Reasons for Choosing Hostaway

They did not help me set it up and it wasn’t working correctly under the trial. It was causing more issues than it was fixing.

Switched From

Guesty Lite

Reasons for Switching to Hostaway

Same as above, wasn’t working correctly and had zero setup help.
aleck
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  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Hostaway is a great channel manager

Reviewed on 2024-11-06

I think the onboarding is a great feature and to know that i have a point of contact at Hostaway,...

I think the onboarding is a great feature and to know that i have a point of contact at Hostaway, rather than just random support people, is great. This is one of the main reasons i would recommend Hostaway.

Pros

The control over rates and being able to manage across multiple platforms, we especially like the easy use direct website.

Cons

the speed of messages. airbnb message come through a lot quicker but booking.com i find easier to use on their website than Hostaway. We would like some features automated, like financial reporting and even a way to link to something like Pocksmith or Xero would be amazing.

Amanda
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  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

New Hostaway Client!

Reviewed on 2023-11-15

Our Hostaway experience has been great so far. We met with the Hostaway team at the VRMA conference...

Our Hostaway experience has been great so far. We met with the Hostaway team at the VRMA conference in Orlando in late October. We met with [sensitive content hidden]
and they were quickly able to answer all of our questions. We signed on with Hostaway during the conference. In about 2.5 weeks, we are now fully integrated. We have been very impressed with the process and [sensitive content hidden]
has been awesome! We learned so much from him and he was great at keeping our integration moving along quickly. We were previously integrated with another PMS software and the process took 3 months and we had lots of challenges. This experience was far better than we could have imagined.

Pros

Hostaway offers more features and better functionality compared to other PMS programs we have used or looked at. Hostaway's onboarding program is far better than the competition. Features that were critical for us: mobile app, ease of use, reporting, listing management.

Cons

We haven't found anything that will create issues for us yet.

Brian
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  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10

Seasoned host 5 years plus

Reviewed on 2024-06-10

Turn times for response is 24 hours or more. The chat option has AI directory but sometimes you...

Turn times for response is 24 hours or more. The chat option has AI directory but sometimes you need a person to explain or problem-solve an issue which sometimes is 24 hrs

Pros

The ability to control my listings with a minimum night stay, changing pictures, titles etc

Cons

Not so user-friendly. The mobile app limits what you can do. Many times I have to wait to get back in front of a PC to handle a simple task.

John
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  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Fantastic Property Management Solution!

Reviewed on 2024-11-11

We have been utilizing Hostaway for our short-term rental in Great Falls, and it has truly...

We have been utilizing Hostaway for our short-term rental in Great Falls, and it has truly transformed our property management experience! The interface is intuitive and offers everything required to manage bookings, calendars, and guest interactions effortlessly. Thanks to Hostaway’s automation features, managing messages and replies has become effortless, saving us countless hours while enhancing our response time and guest satisfaction.

The customer service is outstanding; the team responds promptly and is very knowledgeable. Whether you are overseeing a single property or multiple, Hostaway is a dependable tool that can help simplify operations and deliver an exceptional guest experience. I highly recommend it to fellow property owners and managers!

Pros

The customer support is exceptional; the team is always quick to respond and very knowledgeable.

Cons

Commission payments for VRBO and Booking.com. Would be nice if this can be done from the dashboard or automate payments.

Alternatives Considered

Guesty

Reasons for Switching to Hostaway

More user friendly compared to the counterpart
diego
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  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

Stay away from this system. I wasted time and money with them.

Reviewed on 2024-01-21

I started using the system because the sales team was very attentive and sold me a service level...

I started using the system because the sales team was very attentive and sold me a service level that would be a dream come true. However, during the implementation, I realized there would be problems because the person chosen to carry out the implementation lacked the necessary minimum knowledge. When I carried out the implementation, many calendar and pricing configurations were altered without them notifying me so that I could validate in time.

Furthermore, any issues I encountered took days to resolve. While they were quick to answer the phone, the representative had to escalate the problem to the responsible team because they didn't have the answers. So, this 24/7 support is deceptive. They do respond immediately, but they document the issue and open a ticket.

The only good team is the sales team. Stay away from this system. I wasted time and money with them.

Pros

There are no positive aspects because, from the implementation process onwards, you are assisted by unprepared individuals, and thereafter, support is non-existent

Cons

The system is not designed with the property manager in mind; there are serious interface issues that, once discovered, have already caused significant losses. To make matters worse, the support team's response falls below the minimum expectations for a hospitality business.

Alternatives Considered

Guesty Lite

Switched From

Lodgify

Reasons for Switching to Hostaway

Sales team is very good, the price was better. Buts didn t works
Jessica
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  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Hostaway Review After 7 Onboarding Sessions with Super-[sensitive content hidden]!

Reviewed on 2024-05-22

Overall experience once I was paired with [sensitive content hidden] was beyond expectations. We...

Overall experience once I was paired with [sensitive content hidden] was beyond expectations. We had talked to Lodgify, Cloud Beds, Vacasa and some other management options, but I never felt like I would have the support I knew I would need to feel good about this transition -- to feel good about being able to move our business onto a new platform with total confidence in the middle of one of our busiest seasons! If you're in vacation rentals as a business, you know how important the customer experience is. Hostaway (and [sensitive content hidden] in my case) really gives great peace of mind by my lights.

Pros

We already ran a successful AirBnB biz, and once we hit five listings, it became clear we needed to not only add multiple booking channels, but also to solve some basic operations issues. We looked into several options, with our biggest concern being that we would screw up our existing biz with a deficient or cumbersome product that would create headaches instead of solving problems. Hostaway offered what we needed to take the leap: an expert teacher/onboarder (in my case [sensitive content hidden]) to hold my hand through the entire setup and learning process, the features we felt would solve our existing problems and expand our business, plus a solid price to try it out. SOLD! And we 100% made the right choice. If you try this service, I hope you, too, get an onboarder like [sensitive content hidden]. He was ESSENTIAL to my satisfaction with this whole process. Our initial onboarder left the company after the first session, and that now feels like a gift! [sensitive content hidden] swooped in and was patient, a great listener, super-knowledgable, great sense of humor, followed through on every question, brought in outside help when we got stuck, and always had the best demeanor. I feel like I made a friend, and I also got exactly what I needed to feel good about making a big change to our existing operation.

Cons

In my perfect world, Hostaway would include a feature that would allow the housekeeping fee to go directly to our housekeeper, which would eliminate another rountine task for me. That is not currently possible. A couple of the available channels were much more time intensive and clunky to implement, but I think that is more about those specific channels than Hostaway -- looking at you, Booking.com.

Ruth
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  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Excellent features, easy to use, fantastic onboarding

Reviewed on 2024-07-23

Our overall experience has been excellent. I could not have asked for better. Our onboarding...

Our overall experience has been excellent. I could not have asked for better. Our onboarding expert, [sensitive content hidden], is a superstar. He was friendly, helpful and efficient. He was always happy to answer our questions, including some that were "off topic". He made the onboarding process seamless, and super easy. I can't recommend him enough.

Pros

The things I love about Hostaway:
- Easy to use
- Enables us to connect to more platforms than we could before
- Enables us to have a professional booking engine on our website
- All messages, from any platform, can be answered in Hostaway
- Excellent reporting, including the ability to customise our reports ourselves
- Easy to see what channels we're connected to, and to manage the connections
- Intuitive to use
- So many features that are not available on other sites
- Onboarding was very comprehensive and extremely well done. [sensitive content hidden] was an excellent tutor and made it so easy.

Cons

It's not a criticism, but there's so many features it's hard to remember them all!

Rachel
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  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Onboarding Experience

Reviewed on 2024-05-14

Being new to both property management and the Hostaway software can be daunting. I really feel that...

Being new to both property management and the Hostaway software can be daunting. I really feel that Hostaway with its vast capabilities is exactly what I need to keep everything to do with property management in one place. I went through the onboarding process with Shabeeb and despite a lot of information to digest, Shabeeb took the time to explain everything in a very easy-to-understand manner. He was patient and supportive and told me that as a Hostaway user, if there is ever anything I need help with, the support and customer success teams are always there to help. I'm so pleased with my choice to use Hostaway for my new business and am grateful to Shabeeb for all his help.

Pros

I like the clean visuals Hostaway has to begin with, I have found the onboarding process to be super supportive. I'm so happy with everything that I know I made the right decision for my new business. Hostaway allows for so much automation, making managing properties much easier and less time-consuming.

Cons

I've only been using Hostaway for under 6 months, however, there is nothing that I do not like.

Jarl
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  • Industry: Public Safety
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Hostaway and [sensitive content hidden]

Reviewed on 2024-04-12

Positive! Product is good, call takers need a bit more training!

Positive! Product is good, call takers need a bit more training!

Pros

I have very few issues! Usually if I have an issue, it is fixed quickly!

Cons

When I have an issue it can be very difficult to find someone who knows how to fix it! [sensitive content hidden] has saved me with several issues recently and in the past. He is exceptional as far as customer service and knowledge go!

Mila
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  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great Experience at Hostaway like usual!

Reviewed on 2024-07-05

Overall we are happy with Hostaway, we have been using this Host Channel for about 3 years now and...

Overall we are happy with Hostaway, we have been using this Host Channel for about 3 years now and we continue to renew our membership.

Pros

Hostaway is very efficient and has a lot of valuable tools, they are constantly fixing and updating and adding better features over the years which is great.

Cons

Sometimes they have their glitches and can take a little while waiting to get assigned someone to help fix the problem if it's a bug, but once we you get the right agent, like
[sensitive content hidden], the problem is usually fixed quickly and that same day.

Ruthie
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  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great Multiplatform Manager

Reviewed on 2024-07-25

Onboarding is excellent. Dashboard is easy to use and most questions are answered in the support...

Onboarding is excellent. Dashboard is easy to use and most questions are answered in the support archive. I have only called a few times over a year for help with things, and the helpers have been excellent.

Pros

I was struggling managing multiple locations with spreadsheets and my own efforts. Hostaway made it easy to manage calendars, messages, cleaning delegation.

Cons

Customer service is a phone call away; I have not had any issues in a year with Hostaway and 3 properties.

Greg
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  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

A Fantastic Channel manager with great support

Reviewed on 2024-11-20

Since the start I have had a massively positive experience, if I've had any questions someone has...

Since the start I have had a massively positive experience, if I've had any questions someone has been on hand very quickly to help resolve and I've learnt so much. I love that everything is in one place and easy manageable.

Pros

The ease of learning how the system works, it's effectively laid out and very easy to implement. My onboarding agent is [sensitive content hidden], she has been fantastic in every way, she is friendly, knowledgable and super helpful not only in the online calls, but with further support and actual human qualities too, she's not just there for a job. You've got an incredible person to carry out the onboarding. The ability to have the dynamic pricing, smart locks, channel manager and in house booking engine all in one place is just amazing.

Cons

It's hard to say as it's all very well laid out, it's taken time to learn, however this is my first exposure to a channel manager which I took off recommendation from several people.