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Overview

Barefoot

4.6

(38)

Pricing

Starting at $800.00 per month

About Barefoot

Barefoot is a cloud-based solution that helps businesses in the vacation rental industry streamline operations related to trust accounting, online reservations and lead management. The customer relationship management (CRM) module enables professionals to capture and store information about guests, vendors, suppliers, properties and more in a centralized repository.

Features of Barefoot include marketing management, reminders, reporting, data synchronization, property management and more. The platform allows managers to handle group bookings, offer discounts, calculate taxes and process payments in real-time. Additionally, employees can utilize the built-in email management tool to parse incoming or outbound emails as comments in the system.

Barefoot provides an API and iLinks integration, which lets businesses connect with several third-party applications and websites. Pricing is available on a monthly subscription and support is extended via phone, email and other online measures.

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Barefoot Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $800.00 per month

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

$800.00

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Barefoot Features

Popular features found in Vacation Rental
Availability Management
Channel Management
Contact Management
Guest Experience Management
Housekeeping Management
Marketing Automation
Online Booking
Owner Statements
Payment Processing
Property Management
Reservations Management
Work Order Management
More features of Barefoot
Accounting
Activity Dashboard
API
Calendar Management
Credit Card Processing
Customizable Reports
Customizable Templates
Data Import/Export
Data Synchronization
Discount Management
Electronic Payments
Email Management
For Vacation Rentals
Guest Check-in/Check-out
Guest Communications
Inbox Management
Inventory Management
Mobile Access
Multi-Channel Management
Multi-Property
Rate Management
Reminders
Reporting & Statistics
Revenue Management
Search/Filter
Short/Long Term Rental
Task Management
Third-Party Integrations
Website Management

Barefoot Integrations

Breezeway

Barefoot User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.6

Ratings Breakdown

66%

26%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.3

Value for money

4.5

Customer support

4.6

Functionality

4.3

Have you used Barefoot and would like to share your experience with others?

Kenneth D.

Verified reviewer

Hospitality

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2021

Conversion from Hotel based to Property Management based systems

This is the 2nd time I've been in charge of converting from hotel to property management software in a business like ours(3rd time involved). This was one of the simplest to train my team on. A couple hours of basics and they were off and running. I can't say enough about the trainers and support at Barefoot. We have some quirky nuances about our business that the Barefoot team found easy to handle. In addition, the contacts I've made by purchasing Barefoot are priceless. Our website has a who new look and a seamless interface with our PMS. We have also partnered with RealTech marketing and Beyond pricing.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

*We're not functioning truly legally. We no longer worry that our Real Estate licenses may be in jeopardy *There are soooo many bells and whistles to help our business that we've only scratched the surface

Cons:

I'd like a meaty report writer. Our ownership likes analyses.

Reasons for choosing Barefoot

It allowed us to be more than we were when we were shopping.

Reasons for switching to Barefoot

V1 was far too inflexible and clunky for our business. We needed to make a big change to move our business in the direction our competition is outpacing us on.

Vendor Response

Thanks Ken! Looking forward to many productive years of our partnership!

Replied January 2022

Benjamin L.

Verified reviewer

Real Estate

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed August 2019

Tricky roll out, very good support, so far so good

I feel like through the implementation process I got to know the folks at barefoot pretty well. Seems to be a relatively small company and I feel like I get personalized service and folks there are aware of my customizations. Overall, I'm pretty happy with the product.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It can be customized to meet most of my business needs. It's very robust- meaning there are tons of features to use and some very clever functions. The auto email module called "letters" works great once it's fully set up. Managing pics and rental calendar from inside barefoot is so much better than managing inside of each separate channel partner. Some very clever features and reports are hidden inside Barefoot Agent- you have to find them though. Thankfully support is pretty good and often very fast with answers. So far the software has no bugs or glitches either- seems very stable. The Vrbo integration is good.

Cons:

Barefoot and many other platforms assume that the vacation rental properties are owned and managed by separate parties and so it uses a Trust Accounting system. It was a bit of extra work on our end to set this up and to make it work for us. Some of the pricing tools that are available in Barefoot are not supported by its partners. The integration with airbnb is not great. On vrbo/ airbnb aka channel partners, some features that were available to us pre-integration are not available after integration which makes setting rates a challenge. Customized reports can take a long time. Due to the number of features and reports it's tough to learn them all during implementation. It's not the easiest software to interface with or the prettiest to look at.

Reasons for choosing Barefoot

Barefoot had a connection with my local market that I thought would be important. I also didn't want a software that was owned by Homeaway/ VRBO like Escapia/ v12.

Malia R.

Real Estate

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed June 2016

Have not delivered the support they promised

Barefoot software markets a lot of functionality but their system is full of bugs and their support team cannot keep up with it. Customer support sometimes does not respond to emails for days and it is very difficult to talk to the right person who has the expertise in the specific area of need. We have been live on Barefoot since 1/1/16 and have been unable to use many of the marketed features because those systems had bugs or did not function as sold to us.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The functionality that is has is good IF you are starting from scratch and can tailor your business practices to the way Barefoot does things. The functionality is not as innovative or user friendly for a client switching from a legacy software to this one.

Cons:

The housekeeping module is very inferior compared to competitors.

Vendor Response

Malia, Thank you for your comments. They have been shared with the team and will help us continue to improve our processes. It is true that Barefoot has a very broad technology toolbox. We try to address this both through our Business Rules document and individualized training sessions. That being said, for our more complex clients who are switching from legacy systems we do see that it may take 6 to 12 months to really get your solution working the way you need, just because it takes time to be in a system to understand what to tailor and configure. Regarding the housekeeping functionality, we continue to develop our product and we do this by relying on customer feedback and need. So we will look forward to your input moving forward to help make this aspect of our solution a better support to you. We are grateful for you as a customer and look forward to continuing our dialog. Thank you, Claiborne Yarbrough Director of Customer Engagement

Replied June 2016

Brenda H.

Verified reviewer

Leisure, Travel & Tourism

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2019

Robust software with great customer service

We have our calendars and our property information all in one place which is a huge timesaver for us. We work with an outside company that handles our listings on many of the national sites and they connect to Barefoot with updates happening in real time. Barefoot offers an option to integrate with Air BnB.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Barefoot overall is working well for us. It has taken us a long time to get it set up and to learn everything we need to use it efficiently however we are happy that we purchased it and that that our direct contact there and support desk people are quick to respond, helpful and patient. We don't have any other software to compare it to so cannot help there but for us it is working well.

Cons:

The first thing that comes to mind is the website property listings. They have two levels to choose from and we chose the lower level (less expensive). It's limited in how the property pages are set up and searched, and we've had to unwillingly adjust. I will be honest, we wish we had our old website back, as we did not know the change was going to be a step down. Another significant downfall with the less expensive website is that our property ratings (the stars and reviews) could not be ported over - and - the functionality isn't available for us to have new ratings/reviews on the property page. That is a real dilemma for us and worth noting. We're hoping that it will be added. We are able to upgrade our website when we are ready to do it.

Vendor Response

Hi Brenda. Thanks for your review. We have some ideas for you about your concerns with your website and we will plan to reach out to set a meeting. Thanks for being a Barefoot client.

Replied February 2019

Mary S.

Verified reviewer

Hospitality

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2019

They always go the extra mile!! Great company to work with, highly recommend!!

As mentioned above it took a little bit to get everything up and running but that was a few years ago and now everything is working fine. They're always updating and adding new features, and they are always welcome to input from current users.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Having used the software for over 3 years now it's wonderful to have all those stats in there to look at week the week, month to month and year to year rentals. It has also streamlined all of our systems and accounting so it's very easy to pull out reports, pay the proper parties as well as keep in touch with our guests throughout the process.

Cons:

At this point there is nothing I don't like about the software. Most of the big Kinks have been worked out and things are running very smoothly for us. Anytime there is an issue or new update the team is always there to help and support us through the transition or to find the solution.

Vendor Response

Thanks Mary. We love working with your team!

Replied January 2019

Bob O.

Verified reviewer

Used unspecified for unspecified

Review source

Reviewed June 2011

Best Customer Support ever! very customizable Property Management Software

As the manager of a startup Property Management Company, I do significant research and analytics. I knew when doing my research for a management software to go with that it would most likely be my "partner" for the life of our business, due to the complexity in switching property management software. I can say with absolute confidence that Offlake Rentals made the correct choice in software and I cannot give a reason that anyone in need of property management software would not want to include Barefoot Technologies in their consideration! This comes from the "bill payer" of our small company.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Pros:

The customer support is, without exception, the best I have experienced with ANY product, not just software support! I can generally submit a question, via email, before going home at the end of the day and I will have a solution in my inbox the next morning. I researched several Vacation Rental software companies prior to making the decision to saddle up to Barefoot Technologies. The driving reasons that I chose Barefoot: I could genuinely sense their interest in seeing our startup company grow (as a salesman myself, I am fairly trained at observing the intent of other salesmen); I could also easily see how the software could be customized to our unique market situation and Offlake Rentals' individualized approach to our market. I am sure there are significant capabilities of Barefoot software that we have simply not yet taken the time to implement, but look forward to doing so to increase Offlake Rentals' income streams!

Cons:

There is not an "operational manual"; however I am learing that, due to the customization of the Barefoot software, each company really needs to create their own operation manual for using Barefoot.

Vendor Response

We appreciate your ongoing partnership!

Replied December 2018

Josh E.

Real Estate

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2018

Essential VRM software

We've been happy with Barefoot since our implemenation. The personal attention is what really solidifies the product. VRM system can be complicated, especially when you get into specific business rules for a given office. Without a dedicated support team to help with that implemnetation it can quickly become a nightmare. The Barefoot staff was always avaialbe to help us.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The support is phenomenal. We can reach out to any number of people at Barefoot about any number of things and get help. The integrations with additional systems, which is always key, is wide ranging and ever increasing.

Cons:

There is a lot of data and options collected in Barefoot and the system is fairly complex. There is a bit of a learning curve simply because of all of the options. However, it is no more complex than any other VRM software. It's just a matter of learning where all of information is kept.

Vendor Response

Thank you for your partnership Josh. We have enjoyed getting to know your business needs.

Replied December 2018

Kirsten B.

Verified reviewer

Hospitality

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2019

Barefoot is great

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The software is almost completely customizable to each company's needs. Once you have a good grip on the platform, it is pretty simple to make and tweak your own reports, property attributes, features, etc.

Cons:

The user interface is busy and leaves much to be desired.

Vendor Response

Kristen. Thanks for your continued partnership with Barefoot. We are enjoying the bringing on even more functionality with Vantage over this year. I welcome a conversation with you about suggestions for streamlining the interface. Claiborne and the Barefoot Team.

Replied August 2019

Tom G.

Hospitality

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2018

The Increasingly Complex World of Vacation Rentals

These people know their software and they know the industry. I honestly don't know how they do it sometimes. We have experienced huge changes in the last 3 years in our model and Barefoot has been right there with us.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It finds a way to make everything I want to make work somehow work! Whether adding amenities to match amenities in an online distribution channel or adding automation - it works. Perhaps the greatest part of the software is not the software at all - it is the people and the support. I have never been disappointed in the response to my need for help.

Cons:

It is difficult to call this a con, but because the software is so versatile it can be a challenge to navigate. But again, the support.

Vendor Response

Thank you so much for your continued partnership. We love the innovation that you continue to bring to the software.

Replied December 2018

Chris W.

Verified reviewer

Leisure, Travel & Tourism

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2021

Barefoot Stomps the Competition

Exceptional - truly a wonderful experience.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The extremely user friendly interface that allows you to manipulate any information with ease.

Cons:

There are some minor challenges like setting up letters to guest which could be more robust. The owner portal is a bit "flat" but works for owners. And the texting platform needs to be expanded.

Reasons for choosing Barefoot

Great team, excellent product

Reasons for switching to Barefoot

Keeping up with technology changes

Vendor Response

Thanks for your review Chris. We are excited about our partnership with you.

Replied December 2021

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