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ThinkReservations vs Wheelhouse

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ThinkReservations

Travel

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

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Wheelhouse

Travel

Dynamic pricing and market data for short-term rental operators

From
$19.99/month
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.; Wheelhouse the two plans cross over at roughly $2,000 of monthly booking revenue per listing, and Wheelhouse does not flag which plan is cheaper for you, so most users are on the wrong one.
  • They diverge on capability: ThinkReservations covers Reservation calendar, Wheelhouse covers Dynamic nightly pricing.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which ThinkReservations and Wheelhouse actually diverge.

Attributes where ThinkReservations and Wheelhouse differ
AttributeThinkReservationsWheelhouse
Starting priceOn request$19.99/month
Pricing modelquotePer listing per month or percentage of revenue
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS

Identical on both: 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
  • Reporting

Only in Wheelhouse

  • Dynamic nightly pricing
  • Strategy controls
  • Market reports
  • Dynamic Sets
  • Channel push
  • Portfolio view

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 Wheelhouse
  • A B&B selling gift certificates and packages that wants them redeemable in the same system that takes the bookingnot Wheelhouse
  • An owner of three small New England properties wanting one login and consolidated occupancy reportingnot Wheelhouse
  • A campground or cabin operator needing nightly and multi-night rules plus OTA distribution without buying a separate channel managernot Wheelhouse

Wheelhouse

  • A host with two cabins in a seasonal market who wants rates shaped by booking pace rather than a fixed summer and winter ratenot ThinkReservations
  • A manager with sixty units wanting one pricing strategy applied across a portfolio with per-unit floorsnot ThinkReservations
  • An owner with a low-occupancy listing who prefers to pay 1% of revenue rather than a fixed monthly fee in quiet monthsnot ThinkReservations
  • An analyst benchmarking a new acquisition against neighbourhood occupancy and ADR before setting an offer pricenot 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.

Wheelhouse

  • The two plans cross over at roughly $2,000 of monthly booking revenue per listing, and Wheelhouse does not flag which plan is cheaper for you, so most users are on the wrong one.
  • Dynamic Sets, the tool for defining accurate comparable sets, is charged separately at $12.99 per set per month, so genuinely good market analysis costs more than the pricing engine itself.
  • Data quality depends on local listing density, and in thin or rural markets the recommendations become unreliable because there are too few comparables to model against.
  • Rate pushes depend on channel and PMS connections, and a lag or failed sync means a stale price sits live on the OTA with no obvious alert to the operator.
  • The strategy controls that make it attractive to professionals also mean the tool underperforms if left on defaults, so an operator who wanted to set and forget will not get the benefit they paid for.

Pricing, plan by plan

ThinkReservations

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

Wheelhouse

$19.99/month
  • Pro Flex$undefined/month
    • 1% of booked revenue
    • $2.99 minimum monthly fee
    • Billed at reservation time, refunded on cancellation
  • Pro Flat$19.99/month
    • $19.99 per listing per month
    • $16.99 per listing at 10 to 49 listings
    • Custom pricing above 50 listings
  • Dynamic Sets$12.99/month
    • $12.99 per set per month
    • Navigator mapping interface
    • Eighteen filter categories for comparable selection

Which should you pick?

Choose ThinkReservations if

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

Choose Wheelhouse if

  • You need dynamic nightly pricing.
  • You work on Web, iOS.
  • You also want strategy controls.
Wheelhouse review

Questions people ask

Is ThinkReservations or Wheelhouse better?
Neither clearly leads. ThinkReservations starts at On request and Wheelhouse at $19.99/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, ThinkReservations or Wheelhouse?
ThinkReservations starts at On request and Wheelhouse at $19.99/month.
Does ThinkReservations or Wheelhouse run on more platforms?
ThinkReservations runs on Web. Wheelhouse runs on Web, iOS.
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 Wheelhouse is typically brought in for.
What can ThinkReservations do that Wheelhouse cannot?
ThinkReservations covers Reservation calendar, Direct booking engine, Channel management, Integrated payments. Wheelhouse covers Dynamic nightly pricing, Strategy controls, Market reports, Dynamic Sets.

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.

Wheelhouse: Which plan should I be on?

Flat below about $2,000 of monthly revenue per listing is the more expensive option; above that Flat is cheaper. Compare 1% of your actual monthly booking revenue against $19.99.

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.

Wheelhouse: Does it push prices to Airbnb directly?

Yes, and to Vrbo, plus through connected property management systems.

ThinkReservations: Does it work outside the United States?

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

Wheelhouse: Is there a free option?

You can create an account and see market reports without paying, but rate automation requires a paid plan.

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.

Wheelhouse: Is there a contract?

No lock-in. Flex is billed at reservation time and refunded if the booking cancels.

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