Guesty vs ThinkReservations Booking Engine

Guesty is a property management platform for vacation-rental operations, with Android and iOS apps for mobile administration. Listings can synchronize across Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com and more than 60 other channels. Its Multi-Calendar and real-time channel synchronization are designed to reduce double bookings. Listed tools include maintenance management, property accounting, AI agents for guest messaging, pricing, reconciliation, reviews and fraud prevention, plus Guesty Pay for major cards, chargeback management and payment reconciliation. Trust Accounting provides vacation-rental trust accounting and automated compliance tools. Teams can use an owners portal, owner management and dedicated customer success support. Packages are sized for different portfolios: Lite covers 1–3 listings, Pro 4–199 and Enterprise 200 or more. There is no free version, but a 14-day Lite trial is available. Monthly and annual billing are offered, and monthly plans are not discounted.

ThinkReservations Booking Engine displays rates and availability to lodging guests, with the aim of supporting direct reservations. The booking experience can be customized to match a property's website and supports mobile bookings. Properties can set single-night, customer-group, seasonal, and member rates, run promotions, and apply automatic rule-based rate adjustments. The engine can collect deposits, create tasks from reservation add-ons, update third-party channels, and send guest emails and texts. Listed connections include Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia, Tripadvisor, PriceLabs, Google Hotel Ads, and Micros-interface POS systems. An August 2026 update added booking-flow translations and automated bot protection at registration, enabled by default. ThinkPayments uses Stripe infrastructure; card data is tokenized and stored in Stripe's PCI-DSS Level 1 environment. 3D Secure is supported for SCA-regulated transactions and high-risk bookings. The service includes account configuration and staff training, plus on-demand knowledge articles and webinars. Its External API lets partners access reservations, availability, rates, rooms, room types, and inventory, and create reservations. Pricing is available on request.