Hotelogix vs. BookDirect2Save vs. VacayHome Connect: Which is a Better Fit?

Hotelogix Channel Manager (formerly axisrooms)

Rate Management

Support for Weekly & Monthly Rates

Create a short term rental type of hotel product to compete with Airbnb and other vacation rental companies. Entice guests with long term stay discounts and attract more digital nomads, extended stays and family getaways.
Yield Rules

Maximises profit by automatically adjusting availability of rate plans in select channels and room types
Derived Rates

Saves time and reduces risk of errors by deriving multiple rates from a single base rate.
Inventory Management

Ability to provide recommendations/decisions on yielding availability/ Rate is only part of revenue management, availability controls (minimum length of stay, open or close, overbooking) have just as great an impact.
Inventory grid

Stay on top of your distribution and keep track of everything from one connected place.

Room Type Mapping

Channel Self-Mapping

Map new rate plans to direct and third-party channels with no effort

Automation & Syncing

Bulk Updates & Multiple Restrictions

Saves time by updating multiple room types and room rates in a select date range. Save hours of manual work every week with intelligent design for updates and restrictions.
2-way real time integrations

Keep your availability, rates, and inventory, an property content up to date and sync bookings and cancellations across individual channels.
PMS connectivity

Your Channel Manager connects directly into your hotel property management system, acting as the real-time connection of rate and availability data between your PMS and whichever booking websites you sell on. Each new reservation is delivered right into the PMS, without any manual intervention.

Administration & Settings

Multi-lingual
Centralized user & role management
Multi-Currency Support

The ability to manage more than one loyalty point/mile currency - this is not a fundamental requirement of a loyalty program but many programs are now allowing customers to choose which loyalty currency they want to earn.
Inventory grid

Stay on top of your distribution and keep track of everything from one connected place.
Integrated Payment Processing

Enjoy peace of mind thanks to automated, secure and seamless payments.

Analytics & Reporting

Analytics dashboard
Booking Performance and Pace Reporting

Grow faster by knowing your top performing channels and what’s working best for you.

Online API

Content Management

Content management
Guest profiles

Pricing Rules

Geotargeted pricing module
Support for Weekly & Monthly Rates

Create a short term rental type of hotel product to compete with Airbnb and other vacation rental companies. Entice guests with long term stay discounts and attract more digital nomads, extended stays and family getaways.
Dynamic Pricing

Ability to adjust prices based on rules and conditions/Provides for flexibility and control without making daily pricing changes
Availability Management

Advanced availability management: ability to manage overbookings and differentiate availability by OTA.
Booking Rules

Control panel with precise management of booking rules that can be applied by filtering by room type, rate plan, channel.
Cancellation Policies

Management of different cancellation policies and payment methods applicable either at the hotel level, for a single rate plan or for a period. Possibility of interfacing a banking gateway.
TMC Management

Efficient management of corporate clients (companies, Tour Operators, Travel Agencies) and events (weddings, conferences, private events).
Mobile App

iOS and Android back office App for quick operations management: monitoring reservations, viewing and editing prices, availability, restrictions, viewing sales reports.

Distribution

Metasearch connectivity
Channel management & OTA distribution
Booking engine
TMC Management

Efficient management of corporate clients (companies, Tour Operators, Travel Agencies) and events (weddings, conferences, private events).

Ecommerce

Booking engine
Guest profiles
Refund Vouchers

In case of cancellation, a voucher is generated for the guest.

Integrations

RMS connectivity
PMS connectivity
Metasearch connectivity

Reporting

Multi-property management
Reporting Dashboard
Reporting Dashboard

Detailed reports and statistics available in real time and a Dashboard for an overview of performance.
Mobile App

iOS and Android back office App for quick operations management: monitoring reservations, viewing and editing prices, availability, restrictions, viewing sales reports.

Admin

Centralized user & role management
Multi-property management
Mobile App

iOS and Android back office App for quick operations management: monitoring reservations, viewing and editing prices, availability, restrictions, viewing sales reports.

Call Center

Call center functionality

VacayHome Connect

What Customers Are Saying

Most Recent Review

Convenient

Sales

BookDirect2Save doesn’t have any clients that have vouched for the product

VacayHome Connect doesn’t have any clients that have vouched for the product

Most Positive Review

Excellent connectivity, customer support and ease of use

CEO from Kochi (India)

Most Critical

Best Channel Manager

General Manager

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