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Holuwayfor Hosts

Channel manager and distribution

Every calendar in step, and honest about the rest

Sync calendars by iCal with any site today. Map rooms and rates, watch sync health and rate parity, and connect partner channels as each one certifies Holuway.

Channels in Holuway: calendar sync by iCal and each partner channel with its certification status.
Real screens, sample dataReal Holuway screens, captured from the app with a sample company: Harbor Light Inn in Galveston, Cypress Creek Cabin in Wimberley and Eastside Loft in Austin.

01 · Today

Calendar sync with any site, by iCal

Each unit has an export address to paste into another site, and imports that site's calendar in return, refreshed about every 50 minutes. A night booked elsewhere closes in Holuway; a night booked in Holuway closes there.

  • Works with Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com and Google Calendar
  • Imported nights block the calendar; they carry no guest or money
The calendar of Cypress Creek Cabin in Holuway: one home by night, each stay marked with where it was booked.
Real screens, sample data

02 · Partner channels

Booking.com, Expedia, Airbnb and Google

Holuway has built the connections to these partners to their published specifications. Each one switches on when that partner certifies Holuway, and the Channels screen marks every partner as certified or not certified yet, so you never wait on a connection that cannot send.

  • Expedia Group includes Hotels.com and Vrbo once certified
  • Google free booking links once Holuway's Hotel Center account is ready

03 · Mappings

Your rooms and rates, mapped once

Map each room type and rate plan to a channel by name, with a markup per channel or per plan, from 50% below to 100% above your rate.

  • Promotions stay yours: channels receive your nightly rates only

04 · Sync health

See every update arrive

Median and slowest time to a channel, retries, updates that gave up, reservation exceptions and failed acknowledgements, with rate parity across channels.

  • Holuway's own test channel proves the full sync, changes, cancellations and overbooking safety before a partner goes live

Where the connections stand

Said plainly, so you can plan around it.

  • No partner channel is certified yet: Booking.com, Expedia Group, Airbnb and Google Vacation Rentals each wait for that partner's certification of Holuway.
  • Until then, calendar sync by iCal is the connection that works, on every plan.

Commission only when Holuway brings the guest

Bookings you bring cost no commission: your website and booking engine, walk-ins, phone and email bookings, and your own channels. Holuway charges a commission only on bookings from the Holuway marketplace, and the guest pays no service fee.

Bookings you bring

No commission

Your website, booking engine, desk, phone and email.

Bookings from other channels

No Holuway fee

A channel's booking carries that channel's own commission, never Holuway's.

Bookings from the Holuway marketplace

12% on Free, 12% on Pro, 12% on Business

Taken from the payout of each booking, refunded in proportion with a refund. No guest service fee.

Spaces marketplace bookings: 12% on Free, 12% on Pro, 12% on Business.

Card money you take for your own bookings through Holuway carries no Holuway fee.

Card processing (2.9% + $0.30 for standard US cards) is charged by Stripe to your own Stripe account.

Questions, answered

Which plan includes the channel manager?

Stays Pro and Stays Business. Calendar sync by iCal is on every plan, Free included.

Does Holuway take a commission on channel bookings?

No. A channel's booking carries that channel's own commission, never Holuway's.

When will Booking.com connect?

When Booking.com certifies Holuway's connection. The Channels screen shows each partner's status, and it changes there first.

Open your desk today

Create your account, add your property and its rooms, and take your first booking. The core is free and needs no credit card.

  • Booking engine and website

    A direct booking engine and a website made from your rooms, rates and photos, on a Holuway address or your own domain. Card authorised at the request, extras and promotion codes, and no commission on direct bookings.

  • Revenue and pricing

    Revenue management for hotels and rentals: a rates and availability grid with restrictions, derived rate plans, pricing rules inside your floors and ceilings, promotions and explainable rate recommendations.

  • Vacation rentals

    Vacation rental software for hosts with one home or many: calendars that sync by iCal, your own booking website, cleanings after every checkout and automatic guest messages. Free to start.