Booking Automation

RATING:

4.9

(34)

About Booking Automation

Booking Automation is a cloud-based channel and property management software which assists vacation rental managers, hosts and tour operators with rate setting and online bookings. Its key features include communication, commissions, payment processing, invoicing and guest registration. The application's customizable booking engine allows guests to browse packages and activities and choose between different room layouts. Team members can use the front desk functionality to manage housekeeping, view check-in details and monitor room status. A yield management tool allows managers to streamline revenue by adjusting prices based on availability. Booking Automation comes with an open API and integrates with third-party applications such as PayPal, Stripe, Realex, ...

Awards and Recognition

FrontRunner 2019
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Booking Automation Pricing

Booking Automation pricing starts at $11.95/month (per rental) and scales with the number of rentals.

Starting price: 

$11.95 per month

Free trial: 

Available

Free version: 

Not Available

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Booking Automation Reviews

Overall Rating

4.9

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

5

Value for money

5

Functionality

5

Most Helpful Reviews for Booking Automation

1 - 5 of 34 Reviews

User Profile

Mike

Verified reviewer

Hospitality, 2-10 employees

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

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed May 2020

Simply the easiest and most comprehensive platform we reviewed

Book It Now was a feature that many of our clients had asked for and Booking Automation took care of this from day 1. The 2nd feature we really thought highly of was the ability to add endless triggered emails and customize them easily. For example - the day of booking - 3 days before arrival - day of arrival - 1 day after departure. Really amazing software to be sure.

PROS

Our company is VacaRent and we own the website [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] (an advertising site for vacation homes for rent as well as hotels and resorts) Back in 2019 we decided we would include a property management platform along with a channel resource manager to our clients who list their properties on our site for free. We spent months evaluating numerous other PMS platforms and some of them were exceptional while others were difficult. Booking Automation continuously landed in the top spot for ease of use, technical support, and cost for features. With their well documented API we were able to easily integrate the 2 platforms (theirs and ours) together allowing our clients to seamlessly upload and download new reservations as well as providing financial reports, triggered emails, channel management and much more. Probably the feature that we were most amazed with was the click and drag interface for moving existing reservations around. No platform we reviewed had this feature and it was virtually assured from that moment on Booking Automation was the final choice.

CONS

It would be easy to say the onboarding is complicated as many others have written, but honestly we have removed all of this from the setup and made it simple to handle. In the end, we just assign a user ID and password and from there our clients only have to concern themselves with taking reservations and generating revenue. But yes, I will concede, when we first started out, it was complicated. Now... not so much.

Reason for choosing Booking Automation

Price Features Ease of use Technical Support (5 stars all the way)

Ian

Hospitality, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed February 2020

You can’t go wrong

We came to BA from another software platform due to numerous issues with the other software. BA was there from the outset to help us make the transition and get up and running in very little time. Their support staff have been there all along helping overcome challenges and providing helpful suggestions when things don’t go as planned.

PROS

BA offers an extremely wide, and growing, suite of features that make managing various properties a breeze. There is a learning curve but once you figure it out it’s a fantastic platform. Having used others that are easier to setup, the pay off with BA is that it works consistently. We tried other software and routinely had issues.

CONS

It’s a steep learning curve (that is still very worth it) but it is a steep one.

Reasons for switching to Booking Automation

We were experience repeated functionality issues and errors including the software indicating that certain task had been performed when they hadn’t.

Mark

Hospitality, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

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

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

2

VALUE FOR MONEY

2

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

2

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed August 2018

There are better channel management app

I rather use other channel management app, it's not user-friendly and the interface is poor and outdated.

PROS

I had an experience using the app, I was an assistant using BA. Can have the same feature as any other app but nothing so special about it.

CONS

Not user friendly, and the interface is so poor and outdated you won't love using it.

Anthony

Real Estate, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

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

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed August 2020

Extremely powerfull !

Really good, i could setup multi units, pricing, automation. This is really powerful for a competitive price!

PROS

I have to say that this tools is extremely powerful. It can do almost anything you dream of!

CONS

Can be overwhelming at the beginning, but when you pass that, OMG what a change!

Reason for choosing Booking Automation

The automation and the customization

Reasons for switching to Booking Automation

Multi-Units feature

Cathy

Hospitality, 2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed May 2018

Mind Blowing Product

BA is our entire business and everything runs on it.

PROS

This is our 4th year of using booking automation, we have grown from just 10 properties to 50+ and we are thankful we found this gem. It is very advanced and robust software which is the reason we have been able to scale our operation. The functionality and flexibility of the product never cease to amaze me

CONS

It takes a while to learn about all the features of the software, 4 years later we are still discovering cool features we wish we found out earlier