What is Xentra?
Overview: what Xentra can do, who it is for, and how you use it, completely or alongside your PMS.
Updated on November 6, 2026
Xentra is software for vacation rentals: bookings, portals, guests, payments, official guest registration forms, doors, cleaning, and accounting come together in one interface. You work in the browser at app.myxentra.com or in the app for iPhone and Android. Instructions for all areas can be found in the Help Center at help.myxentra.com, in the app under Help Center in the sidebar.
The booking calendar with bookings from Airbnb, Booking.com, and direct bookings in one view
Who Xentra is for
- Hosts with one or a few vacation rentals who want to spend less time on messages, keys, and paperwork.
- Managers and property managers who manage many units for owners, with a team, cleaners, and owner accounting.
- Small hotels, guesthouses, and apartment houses that sell rooms and apartments together.
Two ways to use Xentra
- As a complete system: Xentra connects your accommodations directly to Airbnb, Booking.com, VRBO/FeWo-direkt, and Expedia via the built-in channel manager. Prices, availability, and bookings then run in both directions. How you switch: "Replacing Smoobu: Xentra as a complete PMS".
- Alongside your existing PMS: You keep Smoobu, Guesty, Hostaway, Lodgify, Beds24, or iLoca and connect it to Xentra. Bookings arrive automatically, and Xentra takes over everything that your PMS cannot do or cannot do as well. Which integration can do what: "PMS integrations: which PMS can do what".
Integrations, PMS & iCal: connected systems and further available integrations
What is included
| Area | What Xentra handles |
|---|---|
| Calendar and bookings | All bookings from all portals in one calendar, direct bookings, and inquiries |
| Channel Manager | Airbnb, Booking.com, VRBO/FeWo-direkt, Expedia with prices and availability |
| Direct booking | Booking tool and custom website with online payment, also for multiple rooms simultaneously |
| Guest communication | One inbox for portal messages, email, WhatsApp, SMS, and Instagram, automations, and AI bot |
| Online check-in | Guest data, ID, signature, guest registration to the authority, and tourist tax directly in check-in |
| Doors | Door codes and access links automatically, including for Nuki, igloohome, TTLock, Tedee, SwitchBot, and Ring |
| Guest pages | Digital guest guide with arrival info, Wi-Fi, tips, and bookable extras |
| Security deposit and protection | Security deposit by card, damage waiver, or insurance |
| Invoices | Guest invoices automatically, e-invoicing, incoming invoices via scan, transfer to Lexware Office |
| Cleaning | Tasks, checklists, duty roster, and a dedicated view for cleaners |
| Team and owners | Logins with precisely defined permissions, owner access, and owner accounting |
| Reports | Occupancy, revenue, and costs per unit |
| Interfaces | Data API, webhooks, and connection to Claude or ChatGPT |
Languages and countries
The app is available in German, English, Spanish, Italian, French, and Polish. Xentra translates guest pages and messages for your guests. For Germany and Austria, guest registration and tourist tax are directly connected. For Italy, Spain, and Portugal, guest registration runs through our partner Chekin.
How to try it out
You start with a free trial, without a credit card: app.myxentra.com. What the first steps look like: "Testing Xentra: trial period, setup, and migration". What Xentra costs: "How much does Xentra cost?".