Hotel channel manager: sell everywhere, oversold nowhere.
Stayvieo’s channel manager pushes your availability and rates to Booking.com, Airbnb, Expedia and more, and pulls their bookings straight back onto your calendar. Built for UK independents — hotels, B&Bs and guest houses — and included in every plan, so a room that sells anywhere closes everywhere without a second subscription.
- Included in every plan
- From £39/month + VAT
- No commission on your bookings
What a hotel channel manager does — and why iCal is not one.
A channel manager keeps one set of rooms, rates and availability in step across every site you sell on. When a guest books a room on Booking.com, the channel manager closes that room on Airbnb, Expedia and your own website within moments, and the reservation lands on your calendar with the guest details attached. Without one, someone is copying availability between extranets by hand — or holding rooms back to be safe.
Free iCal calendar links look similar, but they only share blocked dates, refreshed on each booking site’s schedule rather than instantly. They carry no rates, restrictions or guest details, which is why they tend to break the first time two bookings arrive close together. How to sync Booking.com and Airbnb calendars covers both approaches step by step, and our explainer on PMS, reservation systems and channel managers shows where each one fits.
For a UK property the practical questions are which OTAs you sell on, whether the channel manager is a separate login and a separate bill, and what it costs on top of everything else. In Stayvieo it is not on top: it is built into the same system as your calendar, booking engine and payments. See every channel we connect.
One inventory, every channel.
Your rooms, rates and restrictions live in Stayvieo and flow out to the OTAs automatically. A booking on any channel closes the room across all of them in moments, so you stop holding rooms back "just in case" and start selling the last night with confidence.
- Availability and rates push to every connected channel
- A sale anywhere closes the room everywhere
- Rates, minimum stays and closeouts managed in one place
OTA reservations land on your calendar.
Every reservation from an OTA drops onto the same tape chart as your direct bookings, with the guest details, dates, price and any channel notes attached. There is no separate extranet to keep checking — the diary you already run is the diary that has everything.
- Reservations, modifications and cancellations flow in
- Guest details, price and channel notes attached
- No extranet-hopping to reconcile your day
The OTAs that matter to independents.
Connect Booking.com, Airbnb, Expedia, Vrbo and the rest through channel connections that are proven in the field. Each OTA room maps to a room and rate plan in Stayvieo, so a listing with several rates stays tidy and the right price reaches the right channel.
- Booking.com, Airbnb, Expedia, Vrbo and more
- Per-channel room and rate-plan mapping
- Payment and prepayment details carried through
What to check before choosing a channel manager in the UK.
The questions that separate a channel manager that holds from one that leaves you reconciling extranets.
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Genuine two-way sync
Rates and availability go out, and reservations, amendments and cancellations come back — not just blocked dates over iCal.
- 02
The channels you actually sell on
Booking.com, Airbnb and Expedia at minimum, plus Vrbo, Agoda, Hotels.com or Google Hotels if they matter to your guests.
- 03
Room and rate-plan mapping
Each OTA room maps to a room and rate plan, so channel-specific prices and minimum stays reach the right listing.
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Bookings on your own calendar
OTA reservations land on the same diary as direct and phone bookings, with guest and payment details attached.
- 05
Prepayments and virtual cards
Prepaid bookings and virtual cards carried onto the booking, so the folio matches what the channel collected.
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No second subscription
Check whether the channel manager is a separate bill or charged per channel. In Stayvieo it is included in every plan.
Works with everything else you run.
Bookings & front desk
OTA bookings land on the same drag-and-drop calendar.
ExploreDirect bookings
Win the reservation on your own site and skip the commission.
ExplorePayments & invoicing
Handle OTA prepayments and virtual cards on the folio.
ExploreInsights & reports
See which channels earn their keep by occupancy and ADR.
ExploreWhat is a hotel channel manager?
Software that keeps your rooms, rates and availability in step across every booking site you sell on, and brings their reservations back into one calendar. When a room sells on one channel it closes on the others, so the same night cannot be sold twice.
Is Stayvieo’s channel manager built for UK properties?
Yes. Stayvieo is made for UK independents — hotels, B&Bs, guest houses, holiday lets and serviced apartments — with prices in pounds and the channel manager included in every plan, from £39 a month + VAT.
Which OTAs can I connect?
The major channels independents rely on — Booking.com, Airbnb, Expedia, Vrbo and others. Each connection is two-way, so both your rates and their bookings stay in sync.
How does it stop double bookings?
Your rooms are one shared inventory. When a room sells on any channel — or on your own website — it closes across all of them straight away, so the same night can never be sold twice.
How is this different from iCal calendar sync?
iCal links only share blocked dates, refreshed on each booking site’s own schedule, and carry no rates or guest details. A two-way channel manager sends rates and restrictions out and brings full reservations, amendments and cancellations back in moments.
What happens when a guest cancels or amends an OTA booking?
The change flows back into Stayvieo automatically. The booking updates on your calendar and the room is returned to sale, so your availability stays correct without you touching the extranet.
Can I set different prices on different channels?
Yes. Each OTA room maps to a room and rate plan in Stayvieo, so you can run channel-specific rates and restrictions while still managing everything from one place.
Do OTA prepayments and virtual cards come through?
Yes. Payment and prepayment details, including virtual cards where the channel uses them, are carried onto the booking so your folio and your money tell the same story.
Is the channel manager an extra cost?
No. It is included in every Stayvieo plan, with no per-channel charge and no commission on your bookings. Plans start from £39 a month + VAT.
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