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Travelport Smartpoint vs Wheelhouse

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Travelport Smartpoint

Travel

Travelport GDS booking desktop for travel agents, now on version 12

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Wheelhouse logo

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: Travelport Smartpoint travelport retires older Smartpoint versions on its own schedule, and agencies that do not track release notes can lose sign-on access to Travelport+ or Apollo with little warning.; 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: Travelport Smartpoint covers Graphical and cryptic modes, Wheelhouse covers Dynamic nightly pricing.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Travelport Smartpoint and Wheelhouse actually diverge.

Attributes where Travelport Smartpoint and Wheelhouse differ
AttributeTravelport SmartpointWheelhouse
Starting priceOn request$19.99/month
Pricing modelquotePer listing per month or percentage of revenue
PlatformsWindows, WebWeb, 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 Travelport Smartpoint

  • Graphical and cryptic modes
  • Multi-GDS content
  • Smartpoint Cloud
  • Automation scripting
  • Marketplace distribution
  • Queue and PNR management

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.

Travelport Smartpoint

  • A retail agency already on a Travelport segment agreement needing the current supported desktop versionnot Wheelhouse
  • A TMC running mixed cryptic and graphical booking teams on one workspacenot Wheelhouse
  • An agency migrating from an older Smartpoint build after Travelport retired 8.1 to 9.1not Wheelhouse
  • A consolidator wanting Apollo, Galileo or Worldspan content behind a single agent interfacenot 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 Travelport Smartpoint
  • A manager with sixty units wanting one pricing strategy applied across a portfolio with per-unit floorsnot Travelport Smartpoint
  • An owner with a low-occupancy listing who prefers to pay 1% of revenue rather than a fixed monthly fee in quiet monthsnot Travelport Smartpoint
  • An analyst benchmarking a new acquisition against neighbourhood occupancy and ADR before setting an offer pricenot Travelport Smartpoint

Where each one falls short

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

Travelport Smartpoint

  • Travelport retires older Smartpoint versions on its own schedule, and agencies that do not track release notes can lose sign-on access to Travelport+ or Apollo with little warning.
  • Pricing is never published and is folded into a segment incentive agreement, so two agencies of similar size can be paying materially different effective rates with no way to compare.
  • Cryptic command knowledge is still needed for a meaningful share of servicing tasks, so a newly hired agent takes months to reach full productivity.
  • It is a Windows-weighted desktop product, and agencies wanting fully remote or Mac-based teams need Smartpoint Cloud or virtual desktop infrastructure to compensate.
  • Switching to Sabre or Amadeus means retraining staff on a different command language and renegotiating a separate incentive deal, which locks agencies into their existing GDS relationship longer than pure product quality would justify.

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

Travelport Smartpoint

On request
  • Travelport Smartpoint$undefined/year
    • Usually bundled into a GDS segment agreement
    • Distribution and version entitlement managed per country via the Marketplace
    • Segment incentive payments to the agency

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 Travelport Smartpoint if

  • You need graphical and cryptic modes.
  • You work on Windows, Web.
  • You also want multi-gds content.
Travelport Smartpoint 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 Travelport Smartpoint or Wheelhouse better?
Neither clearly leads. Travelport Smartpoint 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, Travelport Smartpoint or Wheelhouse?
Travelport Smartpoint starts at On request and Wheelhouse at $19.99/month.
Does Travelport Smartpoint or Wheelhouse run on more platforms?
Travelport Smartpoint runs on Windows, Web. Wheelhouse runs on Web, iOS.
What is Travelport Smartpoint best used for?
Travelport Smartpoint is most often used for a retail agency already on a travelport segment agreement needing the current supported desktop version, a tmc running mixed cryptic and graphical booking teams on one workspace, an agency migrating from an older smartpoint build after travelport retired 8.1 to 9.1, a consolidator wanting apollo, galileo or worldspan content behind a single agent interface. Of those, a retail agency already on a travelport segment agreement needing the current supported desktop version and a tmc running mixed cryptic and graphical booking teams on one workspace are not what Wheelhouse is typically brought in for.
What can Travelport Smartpoint do that Wheelhouse cannot?
Travelport Smartpoint covers Graphical and cryptic modes, Multi-GDS content, Smartpoint Cloud, Automation scripting. Wheelhouse covers Dynamic nightly pricing, Strategy controls, Market reports, Dynamic Sets.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Travelport Smartpoint: Do we pay a separate licence fee for Smartpoint?

Usually not directly. It is typically bundled into a GDS segment agreement in which Travelport pays incentives per booked segment.

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.

Travelport Smartpoint: What happened to older Smartpoint versions?

Travelport retired versions 8.1 through 9.1 as of 30 April 2026; agencies must be on Smartpoint 12.0 to keep signing on to Travelport+ or Apollo.

Wheelhouse: Does it push prices to Airbnb directly?

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

Travelport Smartpoint: Is there a browser version?

Yes, Smartpoint Cloud runs in a browser for agents without a managed Windows desktop.

Wheelhouse: Is there a free option?

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

Wheelhouse: Is there a contract?

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

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