Channels Connect is a vacation-rental channel manager for distributing and updating listings across Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, Expedia, Google, and more than 90 channels from one dashboard. Two-way calendar syncing blocks booked dates across connected channels and sends updates back to the manager’s workflow. Property managers can centrally update photos, descriptions, and property details, and reuse them across channels. Pricing rules account for season, demand, booking window, and last-minute discounts. The service also supports iCal import and export, and its performance view shows which channels bring bookings. It names Hostfully, Guesty, OwnerRez, and Hospitable as PMS integrations, with API connection also available. Channels Connect is a channel manager, not a full PMS; users who need guest messaging, cleaning schedules, or accounting are advised to keep and connect their PMS. The free plan has no subscription or listing fee, but charges a commission on paid bookings that varies by channel and property type; the page gives 3% as an example.
Who it is for
It suits vacation-rental managers who want to distribute listings and synchronize calendars across multiple booking channels. Managers needing guest messaging, cleaning schedules, or accounting should use it alongside a PMS.
What is good
- Distributes listings to more than 90 channels.
- Syncs calendars in both directions.
- Supports dynamic pricing rules.
- Includes named PMS integrations and API connection.
- No subscription or listing fee.
What to know first
- A commission applies to paid bookings.
- It is not a full PMS.
- Commission varies by channel and property type.
Verdict
Channels Connect combines multi-channel listing and calendar management with pricing rules and performance reporting. Its free plan avoids subscription and listing fees, but paid bookings incur a variable commission, and users needing broader PMS functions must connect a PMS.
Channels Connect plans and pricing
All plansCompared on vacation rental channel manager software
- Free plan
- Yes
- Listing synchronization
- Yes
- Rate synchronization
- Yes
- Reservation synchronization
- Yes
