Freetobook

Last reviewed 28 July 2026 · Verification: public pricing page and homepage fetched

At a glance

Entry price (GBP): £0; Price last verified 28 July 2026
UK-based: Yes
Free trial: Not published

Vendor

www.freetobook.com

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Best for

1 property / 2-5 / 6-20

UK signals

The block no global directory publishes: whether the company trades in the UK, whether it bills in sterling, whether it charges VAT and issues a VAT invoice, when its support is actually open in UK time, and where the data sits. Every line is what the vendor publishes, or a record that it does not.

UK-based: YesUK HQ. Address published on site: 100 Berkeley Street, 2nd Floor, Glasgow, G3 7HU.Source
UK support hours: Not published
Support channels: phone, email
UK phone published: Number: 0141 270 2173
Billed in GBP: YesSource · Checked 28 July 2026
UK VAT charged: Not published
VAT invoice provided: Not published
Payment rails: Not published
Data residency: unstated
ICO registration number: Not published
UK case studies published: Not published

Pricing

Verified against the vendor's own published page on 28 July 2026. Figures are reproduced as published — we do not convert currencies or estimate a total.

Pricing model: free core system, paid per-booking channel manager and paid annual add-on modules
Pricing published: Yes
Entry price (GBP): £0
Quoted inclusive or exclusive of VAT: Not published
At 1 property: £0 for the core booking engine. Channel Manager from £9/month (0-6 bookings). Card Payments £99/year for a single unit; Messaging £59/year for a single unit.
At 5 properties: Not published
At 20 properties: Not published
Booking fee: 0% on direct bookings. Channel Manager is £1.50 per booking, capped monthly. Google Bookings ads, if used, are 7% of booking value.
Setup fee: £49 one-time connection fee per channel
Minimum contract (months): 0
Free plan: Yes
Price last verified: 28 July 2026Source

Freetobook: published plans as recorded on 28 July 2026.
Plan	Published price	Scope
Core booking engine	FREE forever - no tie-in, no annual fee, no commission on direct bookings	Not published

Paid add-ons

Channel Manager — £1.50 per booking with a monthly cap: minimum £9 (0-6 bookings), maximum £99 (66+ bookings). £49 one-time connection fee per channel.
Card Payments — £139/year (£99/year for a single unit)
Messaging — £89/year (£59/year for a single unit)
Google Bookings — £59/year; optional ads charged at 7% of booking value
Reputation Suite — £7.50/month paid annually, or £15/month paid monthly
Dynamic Pricing — Price on application

Unbundled model: the PMS/booking engine is genuinely free and each capability is bought separately. Total cost is driven by booking volume through OTAs rather than by property count, which makes it hard to compare on a per-property basis. Dynamic Pricing is quote-only. No VAT statement published.

Channel connections

Not a logo wall. Where the vendor states how a channel is connected, we record the connection type, because a direct API and an iCal feed are not the same product.

Freetobook: channels and connection types as published by the vendor.
Channel	Connection type	Checked
Airbnb	supported via Channel Manager (connection type not stated)	28 July 2026 Source
Booking.com	supported via Channel Manager (connection type not stated)	28 July 2026 Source
Expedia	supported via Channel Manager	28 July 2026 Source
TripAdvisor	supported via Channel Manager	28 July 2026 Source
Google Vacation Rentals	supported (paid Google Bookings add-on, £59/year)	28 July 2026 Source
Agoda	supported via Channel Manager	28 July 2026 Source
Hotels.com	supported via Channel Manager	28 July 2026 Source
Hostelworld	supported via Channel Manager	28 July 2026 Source
HRS	supported via Channel Manager	28 July 2026 Source
Vrbo/Expedia (Vrbo specifically)	Not publishedExpedia is named; Vrbo is not named separately.	28 July 2026 Source
Sykes Cottages	not named by the vendor	28 July 2026 Source
Cottages.com / Hoseasons / Awaze	not named by the vendor	28 July 2026 Source
Independent Cottages	not named by the vendor	28 July 2026 Source

Integrations

Accounting

Not published

No accounting integrations named.

Compliance features

Stores licence number per property: Not published
Pushes licence number to listings: Not published
Certificate expiry reminders: Not published
Guest ID capture: Not published
Guest registration export: Not published
Counts let-nights per property per calendar year: Not published
Making Tax Digital ready export: Not published
On HMRC's recognised software list: Not published
VAT handling: Not published
Damage deposit handling: Not published
Security certifications: Not published

Product features

Unified inbox: Not published
AI messaging: Not published
Automated messaging: Yes
Upsells: Not published
Built in guidebook: Not published
Owner statements portal: Not published
Housekeeping module: Not published
Built in dynamic pricing: Yes
Direct booking site: Yes
Reviews management: Yes
Mobile app: Not published

Company identity

Recorded from the vendor's own pages and, where a company number was findable, from Companies House.

Legal entity: Not published
Companies House number: Not published
Founded: Not published
Head office: Glasgow, United Kingdom
Ownership: Not published
Employees: Not published
Status: active

Our verdict

Freetobook is a Glasgow company with an unusual commercial model: the booking engine and property management core are free permanently, with no tie-in and no commission on direct bookings, and every other capability is bought separately. That makes it the cheapest way for a UK owner to take commission-free direct bookings, and the most awkward system in this set to compare on price, because cost scales with OTA booking volume rather than property count. The Channel Manager is £1.50 per booking with a monthly cap running from £9 at up to six bookings to £99 at sixty-six or more, plus a £49 one-off connection fee for each channel. Card payments, guest messaging, Google Bookings and reputation management are separate annual fees; dynamic pricing is quote-only. A property taking sixty-plus OTA bookings a month and using most add-ons is not a cheap customer. The channel list skews hotel and hostel, naming Booking.com, Expedia, Agoda, Hotels.com, Hostelworld and HRS alongside Airbnb and TripAdvisor, with no UK holiday-let channels. A Glasgow street address and a published landline are on the site; support hours are not. Best suited to a B&B, guest house or small self-catering operator whose bookings are mostly direct.

Written by The UK Holiday Let Software Directory editorial team. Nobody paid for this and nobody reviewed it before publication except us.

Third-party scores

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How this listing was checked

Verification method: public pricing page and homepage fetched
Verified: 28 July 2026
Last reviewed: 28 July 2026
Publisher relationship: none

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