Migrate from Guesty
Move from Guesty to PeakSpitz, safely.
Moving off Guesty should feel like restoring from a backup, not a leap of faith. Your short-let management tool data is read into a PeakSpitz environment of your own, checked against your real numbers, and run in parallel — while Guesty keeps running, untouched, the whole time. Here is exactly how, step by step.
Guesty earns its reputation running busy, multi-channel short-term-rental portfolios: its channel sync, unified inbox and deep automation keep a manager on top of dozens or hundreds of listings across Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo at once. What usually prompts a move is the pricing model and the scope — Guesty is typically priced by listing volume (often with a revenue share), so cost climbs as you add units, and it is a specialist rental PMS rather than a full business system. Teams that also want real accounting with VAT, a storefront and one joined-up back office tend to consolidate onto a single platform instead of stitching a PMS to separate books.
The safe way to leave Guesty
Work down the list at your own pace. Nothing here is irreversible, and your current system stays live throughout.
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Before you touch anything — get a backup you own
Get a copy of your data out of Guesty that you control — a file held on your side, not just a setting inside the system. Confirm in your contract that you have the right to export, and note any renewal, notice or lock-in dates so the timing stays on your terms.
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Export your data
Pull listings, bookings, guests and rate calendars out of Guesty in the most complete format it offers — CSV, spreadsheet, or an account/API export. Take the history too, not just open items: past records, documents and contacts are worth keeping.
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Send us a sample
Before you commit, send us a representative slice — a handful of customers, a few recent orders or bookings, part of your catalogue. We map it into PeakSpitz and show you the restored result, so you see exactly how your short-let management tool data lands before you move the rest.
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See what maps to what
We line Guesty up against PeakSpitz: listings, bookings, guests and rate calendars become customers, catalogue, orders, documents and ledgers in one joined-up system. Anything without an obvious home is flagged early, not discovered late.
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Bring it in — a read-only restore
Your data is read into a fresh, isolated PeakSpitz environment of your own. Nothing inside Guesty is touched, changed or switched off — it keeps running exactly as it is.
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Verify against your numbers
Before you trust it, reconcile the totals — balances, counts, tax and revenue — against what Guesty shows today. The numbers have to match before anything goes live.
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Run both in parallel
Keep Guesty live and run PeakSpitz alongside it for as long as you like. Compare like for like, move one area across first, and build trust before you depend on it. No big-bang cutover, and no deadline from us.
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Cross over and decommission — on your terms
Switch over only when PeakSpitz has earned it. Keep your Guesty export archived as a safety net, and close the old subscription when you are ready — not a moment before.
What maps where: Guesty → PeakSpitz
Guesty
Listings (single & multi-unit)
PeakSpitz
Bookable rental items in one catalogue
Guesty
Multi-calendar & availability
PeakSpitz
Availability calendar per item
Guesty
Reservations
PeakSpitz
Bookings / orders
Open stays migrate live; completed stays archive read-only.
Guesty
Unified inbox & automation workflows
PeakSpitz
Guest CRM with message templates run by Spitz, which acts the moment you approve
Guesty
Channel connections (Airbnb/Booking.com/Vrbo)
PeakSpitz
OTA links re-established over the open REST API + webhooks
Reconnected and re-verified per listing.
Guesty
Owner statements & Owners Portal
PeakSpitz
Owner payouts & fees in the real accounting ledger
Commission and split logic is configured in accounting, not imported.
What to watch when leaving Guesty
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Guesty's channel sync does not carry across. Each Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo link is re-established via the open API and re-verified per listing before you rely on availability updating both ways.
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Owner-payout and management-commission logic is a mapping decision, not a file import. Decide how each fee, split and pass-through expense should compute before the first owner statement runs.
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Guesty's automation workflows and auto-message sequences are re-created as templates. The message content moves; the trigger timing is rebuilt so Spitz acts only the moment you approve.
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Card tokens held for future or saved reservations do not transfer between platforms. Upcoming guests re-authorise payment, so plan the cutover around your booking window.
Common questions about leaving Guesty
We manage listings for owners — do owner statements survive the move?
Owner reporting is a real Guesty strength, so treat it as a first-class mapping, not an afterthought. In PeakSpitz each unit's bookings, cleaning costs, management fees and expenses feed owner payouts directly, because the same platform holds the accounting — but you decide the fee and split logic up front rather than importing it.
Will channel sync keep working through cutover?
You re-establish Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo per listing over the open API and re-verify two-way sync before going live. Run both systems in parallel over a short window so no double booking slips through while the connections settle.
Guesty's automation is deep — what replaces it?
PeakSpitz re-creates your message templates and hands the timing to Spitz, which drafts and acts the moment you approve. It stays approval-gated, so you keep guest tone under control while cutting the manual work.
As much help as you want
Do it yourself, or have us map your fields, run the import and reconcile the result with you. Support is a ladder — you start where you are comfortable and step up only where an area needs it.
See the full safe-migration approach →Why people leave Guesty
PeakSpitz runs the whole business on one AI platform — not a single corner with the rest bolted on — with Spitz AI and unlimited users included. See the difference side by side.
Compare PeakSpitz vs Guesty →Bring your Guesty data in safely. Cross over when you are ready.
Send us a sample of your data and we will show you the restored result — no commitment, no risk to your live system.