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ThinkReservations vs TicketingHub

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ThinkReservations

Travel

Property management and booking system for North American inns, B&Bs and small hotels

From
On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
TicketingHub logo

TicketingHub

Travel

Ticketing and booking for tours and attractions with no subscription, only a percentage per booking

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: ThinkReservations no pricing is published anywhere, so you cannot compare it against Cloudbeds or Little Hotelier without first sitting through a sales call and extracting a quote.; TicketingHub the 3 per cent applies to cash and walk-up sales recorded in the system, not only to online bookings, which operators frequently miss and which makes on-site revenue more expensive than expected.
  • They diverge on capability: ThinkReservations covers Reservation calendar, TicketingHub covers No monthly fee.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which ThinkReservations and TicketingHub actually diverge.

Attributes where ThinkReservations and TicketingHub differ
AttributeThinkReservationsTicketingHub
Pricing modelquotePer booking, 3 per cent of booking value
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, Android

Identical on both: starting price (On request), free tier (No), 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 ThinkReservations

  • Reservation calendar
  • Direct booking engine
  • Channel management
  • Integrated payments
  • Yield rules

Only in TicketingHub

  • No monthly fee
  • Ticket scanning
  • Walk-up sales
  • Booking widget
  • OTA connections
  • Session and capacity management
  • Multi-currency and language

Both cover

  • Reporting

What people use each for

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

ThinkReservations

  • A fourteen room inn moving off a spreadsheet and a phone diary that needs breakfast counts and minimum stay rules handled nativelynot TicketingHub
  • A B&B selling gift certificates and packages that wants them redeemable in the same system that takes the bookingnot TicketingHub
  • An owner of three small New England properties wanting one login and consolidated occupancy reportingnot TicketingHub
  • A campground or cabin operator needing nightly and multi-night rules plus OTA distribution without buying a separate channel managernot TicketingHub

TicketingHub

  • A seasonal walking tour company that closes for four winter months and refuses to pay a subscription through themnot ThinkReservations
  • A small attraction wanting door scanning and online booking in one systemnot ThinkReservations
  • A transport operator selling timed boarding tickets with capacity limitsnot ThinkReservations
  • A new experience business unwilling to commit to fixed software cost before it has volumenot ThinkReservations

Where each one falls short

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

ThinkReservations

  • No pricing is published anywhere, so you cannot compare it against Cloudbeds or Little Hotelier without first sitting through a sales call and extracting a quote.
  • The product is built for North American operations, so European tax handling, guest registration requirements and local OTA mix are not supported and it is effectively unsellable outside the region.
  • There is no revenue management or dynamic pricing, so rates rely on manual seasonal and day of week rules that go stale unless someone actively maintains them.
  • Payment processing is bundled, which is convenient but means the effective card rate is negotiated inside a software deal rather than shopped separately, and operators rarely check it against a standalone merchant account.
  • There is no native point of sale, spa or restaurant module, so an inn with a dining room runs a second system and reconciles revenue by hand.

TicketingHub

  • The 3 per cent applies to cash and walk-up sales recorded in the system, not only to online bookings, which operators frequently miss and which makes on-site revenue more expensive than expected.
  • At meaningful volume the model is expensive: a hundred thousand pounds of ticket revenue costs three thousand pounds a year, well above what a subscription platform with a lower booking fee would charge.
  • The 3 per cent excludes card processing, so the total take on each ticket is materially higher than the headline rate implies.
  • Enterprise discounts exist but are negotiated privately, so the published price is not the price for anyone with scale and there is no way to benchmark what a good deal looks like.
  • The product is a ticketing engine rather than an operations platform, with limited resource scheduling, customer relationship tooling and reseller management compared with the larger competitors.

Pricing, plan by plan

ThinkReservations

On request
  • ThinkReservations$undefined/month
    • Property management system
    • Direct booking engine
    • Channel management to major OTAs

TicketingHub

On request
  • Standard$undefined/month
    • No monthly fee and no setup fee
    • 3% taken on every successful booking
    • Applies to website, OTA, card, cash and walk-up sales

Which should you pick?

Choose ThinkReservations if

  • You need reservation calendar.
  • You also want direct booking engine.
ThinkReservations review

Choose TicketingHub if

  • You need no monthly fee.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want ticket scanning.
TicketingHub review

Questions people ask

Is ThinkReservations or TicketingHub better?
Neither clearly leads. ThinkReservations starts at On request and TicketingHub at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, ThinkReservations or TicketingHub?
ThinkReservations starts at On request and TicketingHub at On request.
Does ThinkReservations or TicketingHub run on more platforms?
ThinkReservations runs on Web. TicketingHub runs on Web, iOS, Android.
What is ThinkReservations best used for?
ThinkReservations is most often used for a fourteen room inn moving off a spreadsheet and a phone diary that needs breakfast counts and minimum stay rules handled natively, a b&b selling gift certificates and packages that wants them redeemable in the same system that takes the booking, an owner of three small new england properties wanting one login and consolidated occupancy reporting, a campground or cabin operator needing nightly and multi-night rules plus ota distribution without buying a separate channel manager. Of those, a fourteen room inn moving off a spreadsheet and a phone diary that needs breakfast counts and minimum stay rules handled natively and a b&b selling gift certificates and packages that wants them redeemable in the same system that takes the booking are not what TicketingHub is typically brought in for.
What can ThinkReservations do that TicketingHub cannot?
ThinkReservations covers Reservation calendar, Direct booking engine, Channel management, Integrated payments. TicketingHub covers No monthly fee, Ticket scanning, Walk-up sales, Booking widget. Both handle Reporting.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

ThinkReservations: How much does ThinkReservations cost?

It is not published. Pricing is quoted per property, generally scaled by room count, after a sales conversation.

TicketingHub: What does TicketingHub cost?

There is no subscription. It takes 3 per cent of every successful booking, plus your card processing separately.

ThinkReservations: Is the channel manager an extra subscription?

No. OTA connectivity is part of the platform rather than a separately priced module, which is the main saving against a PMS plus channel manager pairing.

TicketingHub: Does the 3 per cent apply to cash sales?

Yes. It applies across the board, including cash and in-person walk-up sales entered into the system, which is the detail most operators overlook.

ThinkReservations: Does it work outside the United States?

In practice no. Tax, payments and support are built around North America.

TicketingHub: At what volume does a subscription platform become cheaper?

Roughly once ticket revenue passes about fifty thousand pounds a year, where 3 per cent begins to exceed a typical monthly subscription plus a lower booking fee.

ThinkReservations: Can it handle more than one property?

Yes, small portfolios are supported, but it is designed for a handful of properties rather than dozens.

TicketingHub: Can I negotiate the rate?

Yes for high volume. Enterprise rates are available but are not published, so you will need to ask directly.

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