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Lodgify vs myCWT

Lodgify logo

Lodgify

Travel

Direct booking website builder and channel manager for vacation rental owners and small managers

From
$16/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
myCWT logo

myCWT

Travel

Corporate travel booking and traveller care platform from CWT

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Lodgify the 1.9 per cent booking fee on Starter and Professional applies to direct reservations, the exact bookings you built the site to win, so an owner turning over 200,000 dollars direct pays around 3,800 dollars a year on top of the subscription unless they move to Ultimate.; myCWT pricing is per transaction and agent touches cost several times an online booking, so a programme with low online adoption pays far more per trip than the quoted online fee implies.
  • They diverge on capability: Lodgify covers Website builder, myCWT covers Online booking tool.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Lodgify and myCWT actually diverge.

Attributes where Lodgify and myCWT differ
AttributeLodgifymyCWT
Starting price$16/monthOn request
Pricing modelPer month by property count and planquote

Identical on both: free tier (No), platforms (Web, iOS, Android), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Travel).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Lodgify

  • Website builder
  • Channel manager
  • Booking engine
  • Unified inbox
  • Automated messaging
  • Rental agreements
  • Multi-calendar
  • Damage deposits

Only in myCWT

  • Online booking tool
  • Mobile itinerary and check in
  • Hotel programme content
  • Duty of care tracking
  • Approval workflows
  • Unused ticket management
  • Reporting and analytics
  • Expense handoff

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Lodgify

  • An owner with three holiday cottages who wants a branded site to cut Airbnb commissionnot myCWT
  • A manager consolidating Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com calendars to stop double bookingsnot myCWT
  • A rural property with weak OTA visibility that relies on repeat direct guestsnot myCWT
  • A host adding rental agreements and deposit collection to bookings taken off-platformnot myCWT

myCWT

  • A multinational consolidating travel across dozens of countries that needs one duty of care record and one set of negotiated air agreementsnot Lodgify
  • An organisation with heavy long haul and multi sector air travel where reissues and complex fare construction need human counsellorsnot Lodgify
  • A company with strict pre trip approval requirements that must be enforced before ticketing rather than reported after the factnot Lodgify
  • A business standardising traveller tracking and incident messaging for security and insurance obligationsnot Lodgify

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Lodgify

  • The 1.9 per cent booking fee on Starter and Professional applies to direct reservations, the exact bookings you built the site to win, so an owner turning over 200,000 dollars direct pays around 3,800 dollars a year on top of the subscription unless they move to Ultimate.
  • Operations tooling is thin: there is no real housekeeping scheduling, task assignment or owner statement generation, so managers past roughly twenty units outgrow it.
  • Prices shown are annual-commitment rates; paying monthly costs substantially more, which makes the headline figure misleading for anyone unwilling to commit for a year.
  • The website templates are constrained, and heavy design customisation means editing within a narrow theme system rather than having real control over layout or markup.
  • Payment processing is effectively tied to a small set of gateways, so operators in markets without local acquiring support may struggle to take payments in their own currency without extra cost.

myCWT

  • Pricing is per transaction and agent touches cost several times an online booking, so a programme with low online adoption pays far more per trip than the quoted online fee implies.
  • myCWT cannot be licensed as software on its own, so a buyer who likes the tool but wants a different servicing partner has no route to it.
  • CWT was acquired by Amex Global Business Travel, with the deal closing in July 2025, leaving genuine uncertainty about whether the myCWT platform survives long term alongside Amex GBT's own Egencia and Neo tools.
  • Hotel content is anchored on the CWT programme, so clients with strong direct hotel relationships often find their own negotiated rates displayed inconsistently against programme rates.
  • The consumer facing app trails mainstream booking apps on search speed and content breadth, which suppresses online adoption and therefore raises the average transaction cost of the programme.

Pricing, plan by plan

Lodgify

$16/month
  • Starter$16/month
    • Billed annually, higher month to month
    • Website builder and booking engine
    • Channel manager
  • Professional$42/month
    • Billed annually
    • Payment automation
    • More integrations and higher limits
  • Ultimate$103/month
    • Billed annually
    • No booking fee on direct reservations
    • Priority support

myCWT

On request
  • myCWT within a CWT travel programme$undefined/year
    • Priced as transaction fees per booking, not per user
    • Online booking fee is materially lower than an agent touched booking fee
    • After hours, offline and complex ticketing surcharges are common

Which should you pick?

Choose Lodgify if

  • You need website builder.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want channel manager.
Lodgify review

Choose myCWT if

  • You need online booking tool.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want mobile itinerary and check in.
myCWT review

Questions people ask

Is Lodgify or myCWT better?
Neither clearly leads. Lodgify starts at $16/month and myCWT at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Lodgify or myCWT?
Lodgify starts at $16/month and myCWT at On request.
Does Lodgify or myCWT run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, iOS, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is Lodgify best used for?
Lodgify is most often used for an owner with three holiday cottages who wants a branded site to cut airbnb commission, a manager consolidating airbnb, vrbo and booking.com calendars to stop double bookings, a rural property with weak ota visibility that relies on repeat direct guests, a host adding rental agreements and deposit collection to bookings taken off-platform. Of those, an owner with three holiday cottages who wants a branded site to cut airbnb commission and a manager consolidating airbnb, vrbo and booking.com calendars to stop double bookings are not what myCWT is typically brought in for.
What can Lodgify do that myCWT cannot?
Lodgify covers Website builder, Channel manager, Booking engine, Unified inbox. myCWT covers Online booking tool, Mobile itinerary and check in, Hotel programme content, Duty of care tracking.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Lodgify: Does Lodgify charge commission on direct bookings?

Yes on the two lower tiers. Starter and Professional take 1.9 per cent of each direct booking; the Ultimate plan removes it.

myCWT: Can I buy myCWT without using CWT as my travel agency?

No. It is delivered as part of a CWT managed travel contract and is not licensed separately.

Lodgify: At what point is Ultimate cheaper than Professional?

Roughly once your direct booking revenue passes about 38,000 dollars a year, at which point the 1.9 per cent fee exceeds the price difference between the plans.

myCWT: What actually drives the cost?

Transaction fees. The gap between an online booking fee and an agent touched fee is the single biggest lever, so measure your likely online adoption before comparing quotes.

Lodgify: Is Lodgify a full property management system?

No. It is a website, booking engine and channel manager. Housekeeping, task management and owner accounting are largely absent.

myCWT: Does the Amex GBT acquisition affect the platform?

It creates roadmap risk. Amex GBT completed the CWT acquisition in July 2025 and already runs Egencia and Neo, so ask for written platform commitments across the contract term.

Lodgify: Can it run a hotel?

It is designed for whole-unit vacation rentals. Room-level hotel inventory, folios and night audit are not part of the product.

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