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Switching from Bookingmood to SeaSpace
Many agencies on the coast use Bookingmood to show their houses’ calendars on their website. This guide sets out, fairly, what each one does, what each costs, and how to move across without losing a booking.
The short version
SeaSpace Agency Bookings does the same core job as Bookingmood: a calendar for every house, widgets on your website, booking requests and calendar links with Airbnb and Booking.com. It is built for agencies on the Kenya coast, priced in shillings and paid by M-Pesa, and it grows into a full agency workspace when you want one.
Bookingmood does more on its own: guests can pay online, book instantly and get automatic emails, and it has a website builder and connections to other software. If you rely on those, it may suit you better.
What each one does
Bookingmood has two plans. Availability shows your calendars and rates. Booking adds booking requests, the search widget, online payments and guest messages. SeaSpace Agency Bookings sits between them.
| Feature | SeaSpace Agency Bookings | Bookingmood Availability | Bookingmood Booking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calendar for every house, bookings and blocked dates | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| House calendar and all-houses timeline widgets | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Search widget (dates and guests) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Booking requests from your website | Yes | No | Yes |
| Holds that release on their own | Yes | No | No |
| Seasonal prices, minimum and maximum stay, arrival days | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Calendar links (iCal) with Airbnb, Booking.com and others | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Bookings list, CSV download and occupancy | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Logins for your whole team | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Reply to guests on WhatsApp in one tap | Yes | No | No |
| Landlord statements with commission and VAT | Yes | No | No |
| Free accounts for your landlords, owner stays shown only as blocked | Yes | No | No |
| Instant booking and online card payments | No | No | Yes |
| Automatic guest emails, coupons and discounts | No | No | Yes |
| Website builder, pricing and reviews widgets | No | Partly | Yes |
| API, webhooks and Zapier | No | Yes | Yes |
| Languages for guests | English, Italian, Kiswahili | 32 | 32 |
Bookingmood features as listed on bookingmood.com/pricing on 28 October 2026. The Bookingmood website builder costs extra on both plans.
What it costs
Both charge a monthly base plus a fee for each house. These are monthly prices in US dollars, before tax. Bookingmood is about 17% cheaper if you pay for a year up front.
| Houses | SeaSpace Agency Bookings | Bookingmood Availability | Bookingmood Booking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | US$15 + 1.20 a house | $9.60 + 2.00 a house | $19.20 + 4.00 a house |
| 10 houses | US$27 | $29.60 | $59.20 |
| 25 houses | US$45 | $59.60 | $119.20 |
| 50 houses | US$75 | $109.60 | $219.20 |
In shillings, Agency Bookings is KES 1,900 a month plus KES 150 for each house: KES 3,400 for 10 houses, KES 5,650 for 25 and KES 9,400 for 50. You pay in the app by M-Pesa or card.
How to switch, step by step
Most agencies can do this in an afternoon. Keep Bookingmood running until the last step, so nothing is missed in between.
- Start your free trial and add your houses.Sign up as an agency, then add each house with its photos, bedrooms and how many it sleeps.
- Bring each calendar across.In Bookingmood, copy each house’s calendar export link. In SeaSpace, open Calendar, then Calendar links, and paste them all on one screen. Every taken night shows on your SeaSpace calendar within 15 minutes, and stays up to date while you run both.
- Add the bookings you want to manage.A calendar link carries dates, not guest details. For upcoming stays you want SeaSpace to look after, add the guest, price and deposit from the booking pop-up.
- Set your rates and rules.Add your seasons with their dates and prices, the minimum stay, and any arrival days. The website widgets show these to guests.
- Swap the code on your website.Open Website widgets, choose a widget and copy its one line of code, or email it to your web designer from there. Paste it where the Bookingmood code was.
- Point your channels at SeaSpace.Give Airbnb and Booking.com the export links from SeaSpace’s Calendar links, so they see dates you take in SeaSpace.
- Switch Bookingmood off.When requests are arriving in SeaSpace and your calendars match, remove the Bookingmood links from your channels and cancel your plan.
Guests still pay you directly. SeaSpace never takes guest payments or a commission. When you confirm a request or hold the dates, you send the guest a booking page with your payment details by WhatsApp or email, and mark the deposit and balance as they arrive.
Questions agencies ask
Will we lose bookings while we switch? No. Until the last step both calendars run side by side, and SeaSpace reads Bookingmood’s calendar every 15 minutes.
Can landlords see our guests? No. Landlords you sponsor see their own house’s bookings and statements. Other agencies listing the same house see only that the dates are taken.
What if we want more later? Agency Pro adds the front desk, guests, operations, reviews and market insights. You can change plan at any time in the app.