Rentals United

RATING:

3.9

(134)

About Rentals United

Rentals United is a cloud-based channel management solution, which assists vacation rental managers with management of online reservations and guest communications. Key features include room bookings, pricing analysis, messaging and data synchronization. The application enables users to list properties on multiple websites and update pricing and availability details in real-time. Teams can use the mobile application to manage property calendars, access reservation details and receive booking notifications. Further, it allows property managers to adjust pricing based on factors such as a number of guests and duration of stay. Rentals United comes with an open API and integrates with third-party listings applications such as Airbnb, Wishbox, Booking.com, Expedia...

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FrontRunner 2021
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Rentals United Pricing

Starts at €69 per month for up to 4 properties

Starting price: 

€19.00 per month

Free trial: 

Available

Free version: 

Not Available

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Rentals United Reviews

Overall Rating

3.9

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4

Customer Support

4

Value for money

4

Functionality

4

Most Helpful Reviews for Rentals United

1 - 5 of 134 Reviews

User Profile

Edward

Verified reviewer

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed May 2018

Overall great company, there are some part still can improve and grow together

PROS

Multi-channels,Quick support Good account manager (Ms Vivian ) The important part is system stable and a responsible account manager for our company

CONS

Forgive my directness, System error happened many times between Airbnb and Agoda. and sometimes B.com . This issue keeps happening it's very unfortunately seems the system is not very strong. Rental Unite need to connect to Chinese channel *C-trip* and Japanese channel* Rakuten and Jalan * will be more powerful in Asia marketing

Valerio

Hospitality, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed February 2021

The channel manager you are looking for :)

I'm really having a positive experience with RU, special thanks to [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN]. She gave me really all support I needed! I would

PROS

The best part of this channel manager is the function that allows you to import the properties from Airbnb. It really saves you a lot of time! The setup time to make everything ready from zero 'til you are ready to work is really impressive. Excellent support from their team whenever you may need help or have any issue.

CONS

The only thing that I found missing it's the possibility to insert internal names to the properties like on Airbnb. The amenities for the rooms could have the amenities grouped by type instead of being listed A-Z and a better app for the phone

Reason for choosing Rentals United

Great connections to the main channels, easy setup by importing the properties from Airbnb

Vendor Response

Hello Valerio, Thank you very much for your positive review and for sharing your personal experience. We are really pleased to hear that our ongoing support has been a highlight! We are continuously working to improve our product, therefore we have forwarded your improvement suggestions to our Product Owner, for future consideration. Once again, thank you for your kind and encouraging words!

Replied May 2021

Areti

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

1

EASE OF USE

1

VALUE FOR MONEY

1

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

1

FUNCTIONALITY

1

Reviewed May 2018

The worst experience ever! Don't trust them you will lose your money

Less 600euro from my bank account

PROS

From where to start & when to finish! It is one of the experiences that i don't want to deal any more. In order to push the sail i have been mis sold a product that is not even able to synchronize the channels that i have already been as a customer, because i needed to have at least 5 properties with RU (never mentioned before the purchase). The customer support is one of the worst, i have been promised that after i buy their service they will deal with everything and i will enjoy my free time! This never happened since I had to spend three times more time of what i used to! I am using Tripadvisor, booking.com, Airbnb & HomeAway for my properties - the chanel was able to chanel manage only 1 of them! YOU have to do all the settings on your own, they provide you some NON updated pdf files and they expect you to do all the settings for all the chanels. In case you do something wrong is very difficult to contact them immediately since they work from 8am - 6pm and they have weekends and bank holidays off (no chance for working people to contact them). The software is just rubbish - there is the option to bring external calendars from other channels and this is just decorative. It can show the correct availability for few hours but after that be prepared to stay awake the entire night in order to make corrections. I wasted my money to make them reacher!

CONS

Since theys service was not functional i did request to add my fifth room for free or otherwise give me a refund! They executive decision did not accept to give the refund but charge me more for the fifth room. *The policy sais that you have the right to break the contract within 14 days - They booked my first appointment 7 days after i did the payment that unfortunately was canceled after the property manager was not medically feed to proceed with the introduction and rebooked it 3 or 4 days later. As you understand i didn't have much time to understand what rubish I have been sold. When i asked for refund the same property manager rejected my request since the 2 weeks past!!!??? Pls Do Not trust them - they can only successfully take your money and provide nothing more!

Vendor Response

Hi Areti I'm sorry you've had such a poor experience using Rentals United. Regretfully both Homeaway and Tripadvisor have a 5 property minimum requirement when a customer coming from either a channel manager or PMS. Our sales people are advised to inform all potential customers this information. During this period and also during the on-boarding schedule, it's made very clear that we are a software as a service. meaning that we do not do all the work for you and our rates reflect this. It requires work by you to ensure your properties can go live which is why we set a 30 day introduction & training period. I would be happy to start your contract from today with the intention of getting you live in those channels you can work with through us. We have many happy clients working with us and our platform generates 1000's of bookings. Please contact me directly at james@rentalsunited.com and I'd be happy to help. Thanks

Replied June 2018

Thom

Hospitality, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed March 2023

Rentals United is a must-have for large-scale property management on OTAs

Rentals United helps is bridge the gaps in using large-scale partners and OTAs as a small-to-medium size company. We couldn't do what we currently do without a channel manager and we feel RU is the best option at the best price, and the support is fantastic.

PROS

It makes your life so much better, when pricing and availability can be managed second to second, through a connected PMS.

CONS

Of course there are issues from time to time. To counter this as a con, however, the support is wonderful and always there.

Reason for choosing Rentals United

They were easier to work with and had a better existing relationship.

Vendor Response

Hi Thom, Thank you for your review and nice words. We are pleased to know Rentals United has been a must-have for your company. We constantly look to improve and it is great to hear how much you value our platform and customer support. Again, thank you for the encouraging words.

Replied March 2023

Debbie

Hospitality, 2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

3

VALUE FOR MONEY

3

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed August 2018

It's ok!

I think it has alot of potential just needs to update dashboard, make more easier to add properties and fix sync issues. The site itself takes forever to load and this is using it from different locations, computers, etc..

PROS

I have used rentals united for many years. It is ok, however their support team are great!

CONS

Dashboard not really user friendly, always syncing issues causing alot of overbookings especially on holiday/peak seasons