Vachr Short-Term Rental Reservations

Vachr Short-Term Rental Reservations is a free WordPress booking engine and channel manager for vacation rentals. Accept direct bookings without commission, synchronize availability with Airbnb, Booking.com, and other iCal-compatible platforms, accept online payments, and automate guest communication.

100% FREE — Unlimited properties — No commission on direct bookings. Manage apartments, vacation homes, rooms, and other short-term rental properties from one WordPress site.

Direct bookings and reservation management

Add a booking calendar and reservation form to your pages with the included shortcodes. Guests can check availability, choose dates and services, submit a reservation, and receive booking communication. Manage reservations, guests, services, pricing, payments, and external calendars from one place.

Airbnb, Booking.com, and iCal sync

Use two-way iCal synchronization to keep availability aligned with Airbnb, Booking.com, VRBO, and other platforms that support iCal. Import external reservations and export availability from your direct booking system to reduce calendar conflicts.

Payments and invoices

Accept online card payments through Stripe or Mollie, as well as bank transfer or cash. Track payment status and transactions, issue invoices, and generate Czech SPD QR payment codes for CZK bank transfers when the supplier uses a Czech IBAN. Optionally connect a dedicated IMAP mailbox for bank payment notifications: the importer matches a variable symbol or payment reference to one unpaid reservation and marks it paid automatically.

Vacation rental automation

Automate guest and team communication for your short-term rental operation:

• Send arrival instructions to guests before check-in.
• Notify owners, cleaners, managers, repair staff, or other recipients about new bookings, arrivals, departures, guest registrations, unpaid reservations, and iCal cancellations.
• Turn arrival and departure notifications into staff tasks with confirmation links and email escalation.
• Display color-coded staff duty calendars and booking lists on protected WordPress pages.

Guest management

Collect guest registration and ID document photos through a public form, store registration details with reservations, and match registrations to direct or imported bookings. Create custom contact fields and consent checkboxes for the booking form.

More booking engine features

• Manage unlimited properties, each with its own availability, settings, content, services, amenities, and public booking pages.
• Configure seasonal and weekend rates, recurring rental seasons, closures, stay-length discounts, surcharge rules, and reusable discount codes.
• Create multilingual apartment descriptions, amenities, arrival instructions, and bank-transfer instructions with apartment-specific overrides.
• Use multiple currencies and configured conversion rates.
• Customize the booking calendar and reservation form, then preview the appearance on desktop and mobile before publishing.
• Generate editable VacationRental JSON-LD from apartment data with the optional Vachr Short-Term Rental Reservations Pro add-on.

Video tutorial

Video tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1sXajxPurg

The plugin is free and supports unlimited apartments. Donations help fund continued development.

Optional setup assistance

Need help with setup? I offer one-time WordPress setup for short-term rentals, including connection to Booking.com, Airbnb, and more for 100 EUR, plus optional yearly light support for 20 EUR.