An honest Reservit review, and when Malvavisco fits instead.
Looking for a Reservit alternative? Start with what Reservit does well, taken from its own pages. Reservit is an all-in-one hospitality suite with offices in Montreal and Toronto, used by hotels, campgrounds, chalets and outfitters (pourvoiries), with support in French or English. Malvavisco is built around running a lodge stay: guides, boats, the kitchen and the bill, in English, Spanish or Portuguese, not French. We wrote this page, and we say when Reservit is the better choice, which for most Quebec pourvoiries it is.
What is the best Reservit alternative?
For an outfitter in Quebec, usually none: Reservit supports you in French, handles GST and QST by province, and sells cabins and packages online and through channels, and Malvavisco has no French interface and doesn’t print invoices in French. Malvavisco fits a lodge outside Quebec whose team works in English, Spanish or Portuguese and whose hard part is the week itself: named guides and boats, meals for every guest and a bar tab on one bill.
What Reservit does well
From Reservit Canada’s own website, checked on 23 October 2026.
Reservit sells one suite for hotels, motels, inns, B&Bs, chalets, campgrounds, restaurants, spas, activity operators and outfitters. Its activities page says more than 10,000 active properties in over 25 countries use it (source).
- Packages for outfitters. Packages that link a cabin with fishing rights, a boat rental and meals, which guests build online from real-time availability (source).
- Boats, motors and access rights. Inventory per equipment type, so a boat stops selling online once all are rented, and access rights sold as an activity with a daily capacity (source).
- Online sales and channels. A commission-free booking engine and a channel manager connected to Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo, WeChalet and nearly 300 other platforms (source).
- Payments. Deposits by percentage or fixed amount, card guarantees, pre-authorizations, security deposits and automatic balance payments before arrival (source). You can use the payment processor you prefer (source).
- Canadian taxes and invoices. GST, HST, PST or QST, accommodation taxes and tourism levies calculated by province; invoices emailed at checkout with a payment link; your own accounting codes (source). Billing works with Acomba, Sage 50 and QuickBooks (source).
- More modules. Housekeeping with room status and checklists, restaurant table reservations, a spa module, gift certificates, a CRM, a website builder and a mobile app (source).
- Team and support. Unlimited users at no extra cost, with permissions per role (source). A Canada-based team gives free phone and email support in English or French, with a dedicated account manager; most clients are running within a few days, training included (source).
How much Reservit costs
From Reservit Canada’s pages, checked on 23 October 2026.
Reservit doesn’t publish prices. It sells an annual subscription and takes no commission on bookings (source). Its outfitter page says the price scales with the number of units, cabins or camps, whether you have 3 or 50 (source). You ask for a quote on its request page.
Malvavisco doesn’t publish prices either; it quotes after a demo.
Malvavisco and Reservit, row by row
Malvavisco wrote this comparison. Reservit’s column comes from its own website, checked on 23 October 2026, with a link for each row. Its details may have changed since.
| Feature | MalvaviscoLodge software | Reservit |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Remote lodges in the Americas where a stay includes guided days, meals and a bar: fishing, hunting, guest ranches, eco lodges | Hotels, campgrounds, chalets, B&Bs, restaurants, activity operators and outfitters, in one suiteSource |
| Guest online booking | No: staff enter bookings from email, phone and agents | Commission-free booking engine that sells cabins, activities and packagesSource |
| Channel manager | No: no connection to Booking.com, Airbnb or Expedia | Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo, WeChalet and nearly 300 other platformsSource |
| Card payments | No: staff record cash, transfer and card-terminal payments with receipts | Deposits, card guarantees, pre-authorizations, security deposits and automatic balancesSource |
| Guides, boats and gear | Named guides with skills and languages; boats, horses, vehicles or floatplanes as assets; overlap, capacity and skill checks on every assignment | Inventory for boats, motors and access rights to prevent overbooking; guides not mentioned on its outfitter pageSource |
| Kitchen and meals | Included meals planned per stay, a daily dietary brief, kitchen tickets from preparing to ready to served | Meals sold inside packages; a restaurant module for table reservations; no kitchen tickets mentionedSource |
| Bar and shop | Point of sale on the booking’s bill, with stock counts, supply orders and supply receipts | Restaurant, spa, activity and shop charges flow into a single invoice; stock not mentionedSource |
| Staff roles | Eleven roles enforced on the server, including guide, kitchen, housekeeping, finance and owner read-only; two-factor sign-in | Unlimited users at no extra cost, with permissions per roleSource |
| Taxes and invoices | Tax rules you set up yourself and a printable booking invoice, not in French | GST, HST, PST or QST, accommodation taxes and tourism levies by province; invoices emailed at checkoutSource |
| Staff interface language | English, Spanish or Portuguese, set per workspace; no French | Not stated; website and support in French and EnglishSource |
| Offline | No: needs an internet connection; the kitchen screen disables its buttons when its data goes stale | Not stated; 100% cloud-based, with a mobile appSource |
| Price | Not published; quoted after a demo | Annual subscription that scales with the number of units; quoted on request; no booking commissionSource |
When to choose each
Stay with Reservit, or choose it, if…
- You run a pourvoirie in Quebec: your staff and your guests’ invoices need French, and Malvavisco has neither
- You want GST, HST, PST or QST and tourism levies set up by province for you
- Guests book cabins and packages online, or you sell through Airbnb, Booking.com or Vrbo
- You want card guarantees, security deposits and automatic balance payments
- You also run housekeeping checklists, a restaurant’s table reservations, a spa or gift certificates
Choose Malvavisco if…
- Your lodge is outside Quebec and your team works in English, Spanish or both
- Every stay includes guided days, and you want each outing scheduled with a named guide and the boat, horse or vehicle it needs, with overlap checks
- The kitchen cooks for every guest and needs meal counts, a dietary brief and tickets
- Drinks and shop sales should land on the guest’s bill, with stock counts and supply orders
- You bill guests in US dollars, pesos or other currencies and want each one reported on its own
What Reservit’s pages don’t cover
Its outfitter page doesn’t mention guide scheduling, kitchen tickets or dietary needs, a bar with stock, waivers or offline use. If any of that matters, ask Reservit during its demo. For a wider field, see the best fishing lodge software comparison, or how Malvavisco runs a lodge in Canada.
Reservit reviews and alternatives
For Quebec and Canadian outfitters that sell cabins, boats and packages online, yes. Its outfitter page covers packages with fishing rights, boat and motor inventory, access rights with a daily capacity, a channel manager and embedded payments, with support in French or English. It doesn’t mention guide scheduling, kitchen tickets or a bar with stock.
Reservit doesn’t publish prices. It charges an annual subscription with no booking commission, and its outfitter page says the price scales with the number of units, from 3 to 50. You ask for a quote.
No. Malvavisco’s staff app runs in English, Spanish or Brazilian Portuguese, and it doesn’t print invoices in French; taxes follow rules you set up yourself. A pourvoirie in Quebec is better served by Reservit or another French-language system.
For a lodge outside Quebec that wants to run the stay, yes: bookings, rooms, guides, assets, the kitchen, the point of sale, payments and reports. It does not replace Reservit’s booking engine, channel manager, card payments, Canadian tax presets, housekeeping, restaurant or spa modules.
Yes, for free. Our team sets up your rooms, rates, services, guides, assets and staff roles, enters every upcoming booking with its deposits, loads your guest list and rebuilds your emails. Past stays and invoices stay in Reservit.
No. Reservit says it charges an annual subscription and no commission on bookings.
