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Airbnb Portfolio Cost in India: Channel Manager Included on Farmhouse/Villa

14 September 20266 min read

Portfolio tools get expensive when the hub and channel manager are add-ons. Here's BitLegacy's published maths: free Multiproperty hub + ₹650 per farmhouse/villa with CM included.

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Multi-property hosts often get surprised twice:

  1. The hub or “portfolio” tier is paid
  2. Channel manager is another line item per listing

BitLegacy’s published shape for entire-place villas is different: hub free, Farmhouse/Villa ₹650/month with Channel Manager included.

Pillar: manage multiple Airbnb properties India · SKU: farmhouse / villa software.

Example monthly software cost

Properties (Farmhouse/Villa) Property plans Hub Total (software)
1 ₹650 ₹0 ₹650
3 ₹1,950 ₹0 ₹1,950
5 ₹3,250 ₹0 ₹3,250

Label this as an example using published SoT prices. Always confirm on pricing.

Not included in the table:

  • Airbnb / Booking.com / MMT commissions
  • WhatsApp/SMS credit packs (optional)
  • Manager settlements addon (only if you need owner vs manager ledger)

Why CM-included matters at portfolio scale

Every extra villa on OTAs multiplies calendar risk. If CM is a paid add-on per property, five listings can quietly double your software bill.

On Farmhouse/Villa, CM is in the ₹650 — so the portfolio math stays linear: N × ₹650, not N × (PMS + CM).

Hotel Starter is a different ladder (rooms + optional CM). Don’t mix those numbers into a villa portfolio quote.

Hub vs “one cheap login for everything”

The free Multiproperty hub does not mean infinite free PMS. Each villa still needs its own plan. That is intentional: separate websites, GST context, and calendars stay clean.

Compare: hub vs multi-property PMS.

Next step

  1. Create free hub
  2. Add each villa on Farmhouse/Villa
  3. Connect channels
  4. Optional: grow direct on each site — Airbnb host direct website

Ops walkthrough: manage multiple Airbnb villas one hub.

Captainjeet Kaur, Managing Director of BitLegacy Solutions LLP

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Captainjeet Kaur

Managing Director, BitLegacy Solutions LLP

Captainjeet Kaur leads BitLegacy Solutions LLP, the team behind BitLegacy Hotels — hotel management software for independent Indian hotels — and writes about running and growing hotels with simple, practical technology.

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Free Multiproperty hub + Farmhouse ₹650 with CM included

Connect each villa as its own tenant. Example: 5 villas ≈ ₹3,250/mo + free hub. Not one mashed hotel login.