How to Pick Your Tech Stack for Your Short-Term Rental
Summary
This article discusses building a tech stack for short-term rentals, emphasizing the lack of a perfect property management system (PMS) and the importance of integrating various software solutions. It highlights tools like Your Porter, Smartbnb, TurnoverBnB, and PriceLabs, offering insights on creating a customized technology setup to meet specific STR business needs.
Key Insights
- •There is no perfect PMS; instead, hosts should select one that meets most needs and integrate with other software.
- •Smartbnb uses AI to answer guest questions by identifying keywords and context, answering common queries.
Action Items
- ✓Consider what channels you want to be on and identify the core features that are most important to you when building your tech stack.Effort: lowImpact: medium
- ✓Look for software pieces with functionalities you need and develop workarounds in the absence of perfect integration.Effort: mediumImpact: medium
Tools & Resources
- →Your Porter, Smartbnb, TurnoverBnB, PriceLabs: Your Porter meets most needs as PMS, Smartbnb for some messaging, TurnoverBnB to communicate with cleaners, PriceLabs pricing engine
- →STR Legends, STR Profit Academy, Vreasy, Tokeet, OneRooftop, Uplisting, Hostaway, Hostfully, Guesty, Smartbnb, TurnoverBnB, Wheelhouse, Beyond Pricing, PriceLabs, Rentals United, Streamline, iGMS, Lodgify: Resources: STR Legends, STR Profit Academy, Vreasy, Tokeet, OneRooftop, Uplisting, Hostaway, Hostfully [Discount Code PAD], Guesty, Smartbnb, TurnoverBnB, Wheelhouse, Beyond Pricing, PriceLabs, Rentals United, Streamline, iGMS, Lodgify
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