Set up Kimchee yourself — the Kimchee AI Assistant guides you
The basics take about 10 minutes. Already selling on an OTA? Start with your property number and your rooms come in at once (Agoda and Trip.com can take a day or two for the OTA’s approval). After you sign up, the Kimchee AI Assistant on the right of the screen points to the step you’re on, and the AI reads your listing screenshots and booking files and enters them. Everything is free until you connect a booking site — pick your country to see its prices and the steps you need.
🎁 The free plan works with your own property, with no time limit. The paid plan that connects your OTAs (channel manager) turns on without a card and is free for a month from the day your first OTA connects — add a payment method before the free month ends to keep going, and cancel anytime.
Your price
In : hotels & guesthouses from a month for 1–10 rooms, short-term rentals per unit a month (VAT excluded). The channel manager turns on without a card and is free for a month from your first OTA connection; month to month, cancel any time.
Full price tableStep by step
- Sign up freePress Start free, choose your kind of property (hotel & guesthouse, or short-term rental) and your country, then sign up with Google or e-mail. No card — your own account opens with a sample property. Read in the manual
- Switch to your own propertyAlready selling on Booking.com, Expedia, Agoda, Trip.com or Hostelworld? At the top, under “Where do you sell the most?”, pick that OTA and enter your property number — its rooms come in as they are and the channel manager turns on with it. No OTA yet? Press “Start with my property” — the samples are removed and your own setup opens. Short-term rentals: press “Start with Airbnb” and sign in to Airbnb to bring your listings in as units. Using another PMS today? Press “I use another PMS right now”. Read in the manual
- Add room types and roomsStarted with your OTA property number? Your rooms are already in — just check them here. In the Kimchee AI Assistant on the right, “📎 Set up with AI in one go” reads a screenshot or PDF of your Airbnb or Booking.com listing and fills in the address, check-in times, rooms and prices. To do it by hand, add each room type with its capacity in Settings → Rooms, then its rooms. For dorms, add the beds — guests book by the bed. Read in the manual
- Set your pricesOpen Pricing and set a base price per room type, plus the lowest and highest price you accept. Automatic rules then adjust prices by date and occupancy. Read in the manual
- Take the guided toursIn the Kimchee AI Assistant panel on the right, press 🧭 Guided tour. It points out the calendar, a booking, pricing, channels, messages and housekeeping on your own screen.
- Connect your booking sitesWhen you are ready to sell, connect Booking.com, Expedia, Agoda and Trip.com one by one with your property number under Channels → Overview “Connect your OTAs” — the channel manager turns on with the first one, no card needed. Booking.com usually connects right away; Agoda and Trip.com can take a day or two for the OTA’s approval. Hostelworld connects with its property number too, and depending on your country you’ll also see Traveloka, Klook or tiket.com buttons. Airbnb and other channels are connected in “Connect & Map” once the channel manager is on. It’s free for a month from the day your first OTA connects; before the free month ends, add a payment method in Settings → Billing (a card in Korea, PayPal elsewhere) to keep going. Read in the manual
- Stuck? Ask usAsk the Kimchee AI Assistant on the right of the screen (🤖 at the bottom right on a phone). It sees how far your setup is and tells you the next step, and if you paste a screenshot of the screen you're stuck on, it reads it and answers. For errors or billing problems you can't solve yourself, a person from our team takes over. Read in the manual
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