On Lodgify Starter, the booking fee hits OTA and manual bookings too. VacayOps charges no booking fee.
On Lodgify's Starter plan the booking fee is charged on direct, OTA and manually entered bookings — including ones that never touched your website. VacayOps takes no fee, cut or markup on any booking; the Full Platform is $29/property/month, with a direct-booking website included.
Where the fees land
This page compares booking fees only. Rows we have not checked on Lodgify's own pages are marked as not compared.
| Capability | VacayOps | Lodgify |
|---|---|---|
| Booking fee on direct bookings | None — card processing billed by your own processor | 1.9% + 1% — Starter (booking fee); all plans (1% transaction fee) |
| Booking fee on OTA bookings | None | yes, on Starter |
| Booking fee on manually entered bookings | None | yes, on Starter |
| What the booking fee is charged on | No booking fee | the full total, including taxes and add-ons |
| Plans with no booking fee | Every plan | higher plans (the transaction fee still applies on all plans) |
| Published per-property price | $29/property/month | not compared on this page |
| System of record for your properties (PMS) | not compared on this page | |
| Direct OTA channel connections | not compared on this page | |
| Direct-booking website builder | not compared on this page | |
| Task scheduling, checklists & inspections | not compared on this page |
Lodgify fees from Lodgify's own help center as of October 2026. Card processing is not counted as a booking fee on either side. Lodgify is a trademark of its owner; VacayOps is not affiliated with Lodgify.
Why no booking fee matters
No fee on any channel
Keep 100% of your direct bookings. No booking fee, no revenue share — card processing is billed by your own processor at its rates. The same holds for OTA bookings and bookings you enter by hand.
One published price
$29/property/month, with two published add-ons: smart devices at $5/device/month and phone lines at $7/line/month. Your software bill follows your property count, not your booking volume.
Switching is handled
Switching is on us. We move your data, listings and reviews.
What the Starter fees add up to
On $500,000 a year of direct bookings. Because Lodgify's booking fee also applies to OTA and manual bookings, the real Starter number grows with every channel.
Lodgify Starter
$14,500/yr in fees
1.9% + 1%: a 1.9% booking fee on the full total including taxes and add-ons (3.9% on the legacy Lite plan) — on direct, OTA and manually entered bookings — plus a 1% transaction fee on all plans. Plans: Starter (booking fee); all plans (1% transaction fee).
On top of the subscription, before card processing.
VacayOps
$0booking fee
Keep 100% of your direct bookings. No booking fee, no revenue share — card processing is billed by your own processor at its rates. Guests pay through your own Stripe or Slim CD account. Software is $29/property/month.
Same booking fee in a slow year and a record year: none.
Lodgify fees as published in Lodgify's help center, as of October 2026. Math assumes the $500,000 is the full booking total. Current VacayOps pricing at vacayops.com/pricing. See how other platforms charge on direct booking fees compared.
No booking fee on any channel. One published price per property.
One login. One bill. One source of truth. Priced per property. No seat fees, no booking commission, no setup fee, no contract. 14-day free trial — no charge until it ends.