Is This the Easiest PMS for STR Hosts? Let’s Find Out!
The Boostly Podcast
Mark Simpson
5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2025
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
🎙 Welcome back to the Episode 777 of Boostly Podcast! 🎙In today’s Behind the PMS episode: we’re shining a spotlight on Free to Book—a popular property management system especially loved by B&Bs and small accommodation providers.
Joining us is Harro, owner of The Hive at 52 in Cheshire and long-time hospitality pro, who’s been using Free to Book for over a decade. From handling bookings and automation to using dynamic pricing tools like RoomPriceGenie, Harro shares exactly how this PMS helps streamline his day-to-day operations and boost direct bookings.If you’re running a small guesthouse, B&B, or even a multi-room STR under one roof—and you’re looking for a low-cost, flexible PMS that scales with you—this episode is packed with honest, hands-on insights from someone who’s been there, done that.Let’s jump in.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Boostley podcast. This is the podcast that hosts the tools, the tactics, the training, |
| 0:04.5 | and most importantly the confidence you can go out there and get more direct bookings. |
| 0:08.2 | We're doing something slightly different on this episode, and I'm going to call this behind the PMS. |
| 0:14.0 | We've been asked by many, many of our clients, and I see it often in the Facebook group saying, |
| 0:19.5 | what PMS should I go for. And here at |
| 0:21.8 | Boosley, we are one of the most connected website partners with many PMSs. So there's not one that we |
| 0:28.7 | favor over others, but ultimately we figured that if we get people on who use different PMSs and |
| 0:34.8 | they can then talk through what is good about the PMS, what they'd like to see more from the PMS, and just give you a bit of an insight. |
| 0:42.3 | So today we're diving into Free to Book and to help us with that, we've got Harrow. |
| 0:47.3 | He is the owner of the Hive at 52, which is an amazing bed and breakfast. |
| 0:53.3 | And we're going to dive into a little bit about his business. |
| 0:56.3 | And then we're going to dive into free to book so you can find out more. |
| 0:59.2 | Welcome along, Harrow. |
| 1:00.0 | Thank you for joining me. |
| 1:00.9 | Thank you, Liam. |
| 1:01.7 | Thank you for having me on the podcast again. |
| 1:04.7 | So Harrow, you're very welcome. |
| 1:06.9 | And I know it's been a little while since we last saw you. |
| 1:09.9 | I think you guys have just won an award, |
| 1:11.7 | am I right? Yeah, that's absolutely right. We became the winner of the small accommodation |
| 1:18.7 | or serviced accommodation provider for marketing Cheshire. It's the second year we actually |
| 1:25.9 | entered the award. Last year we came highly recommended and this year we actually entered the award. |
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