ApartmentsBlocks and scattered doors on long lets
BuildingsOne roof, many floors, one book
HOAs and condosLots, dues and the guard post
Co-living and dormsBeds and dormitories, billed per bed
Hotels and innsThe front desk, the folio, the night audit
Short stayAirbnb and the channels, one calendarAll six, side by side →Hostaway is a strong short-stay operation in one place — a channel manager, an automation engine and a booking site for Airbnb and Vrbo hosts, sold worldwide on a per-listing quote. Below, the seven things every property business needs; every verdict on their side names its source and the day we checked it.
The channel manager and the automation are genuinely theirs — a busy short-stay host juggling Airbnb and Vrbo is well served.
The moment the estate needs what it does not carry: priced per listing in USD on a quote, with a one-time onboarding fee on top; a short-stay platform — no estate gatehouse; and short-stay automation, not a hotel front desk with a night audit. Those are not gaps in their product — they are a different product, and an operator who runs more than one kind often needs both.
The same seven rows appear on all ten of these pages, in the same order, argued the same way.
who came in, what they drove, what they carried — the guard’s book
a short-stay platform — no estate gatehouse
Who came in, what they drove, what they carried. An estate has a gate, and the gate keeps a book; software that runs the estate keeps it too.
check-in, the folio, the night’s close — a hotel’s real desk
short-stay automation, not a hotel front desk with a night audit
Check-in, the folio, the night’s close. A property that lets by the night needs a desk, not a calendar with a price on it.
Airbnb, Booking.com and Agoda in and out, so a door is never sold twice
a two-way channel manager across Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com and more
your own page that takes a booking without a commission
a booking site is included, commission-free on direct reservations
a dollar price you can plan on, never a slice of your rent
priced per listing in USD on a quote, with a one-time onboarding fee on top
A price you can plan on, in your own currency. No slice of the rent or the booking, and no bill that grows every time a door is added.
your name on every page and paper, not ours
a branded direct-booking site is part of it
apartments, buildings, HOAs, beds, hotels and short stay in one set of books
short-stay across the OTAs — no long-term ledger, no dues, no HOA, no bed space
Clear them to see the seven again.
Of the seven above, these are the ones that end the conversation here rather than merely shading it.
A price you can plan on, in your own currency. No slice of the rent or the booking, and no bill that grows every time a door is added.
✗Hostawaypriced per listing in USD on a quote, with a one-time onboarding fee on toprow 5 →Who came in, what they drove, what they carried. An estate has a gate, and the gate keeps a book; software that runs the estate keeps it too.
✗Hostawaya short-stay platform — no estate gatehouserow 1 →Check-in, the folio, the night’s close. A property that lets by the night needs a desk, not a calendar with a price on it.
✗Hostawayshort-stay automation, not a hotel front desk with a night auditrow 2 →Their export is a file we have read before. Send it and we load the doors, the people, the rates and the dates — you sign in to a book that is already yours. It costs nothing and it is not a sales call.
We did, on Hostaway’s own public pages, on the date printed in each cell. Our deploy gate goes red when a date passes 90 days, so a claim is re-checked or it comes down. Seen otherwise? Tell us at /support and we will print it.
Yes. Premises reads any calendar that speaks iCal and answers with its own feed, exports every book as a spreadsheet, and nothing in it locks a door. Most estates retire the second tool within a quarter; nothing forces it.
Nothing, up to fifty properties, on every plan. You send the export and a person on our side loads it — doors, people, balances, dates — before your first login. Over fifty, or coming off software we have not seen, we scope it first and give you the date before you commit.
No card, no contract, every module open. On day 181 you choose month by month or the yearly term, or you export your books and leave with them.
Free under five listings for as long as the Free plan is offered. Never a percentage of what you collect, on any channel, including your own door.