What kinds of systems does your hostel use to manage reservations and guests?
Here are some of the ones that I have seen:
Any others to add? Recommendations or warnings about one system vs. another?
14 years
Sounds Great!
is this a brand new system or is it an old system upgraded?What sort of money will you charge?
Thanks
When you're ready with your new state of the art hostel, let us know. HostelTraveler.com offers lower costs for a Booking Engine on your website, and more options for deposits, etc., than ANY other service.
14 years
Do you offer integration with hostelworld? i.e. If a booking gets taken online can the beds be removed from my hostelworld availability?
14 years
Do you offer integration with hostelworld? i.e. If a booking gets taken online can the beds be removed from my hostelworld availability?
Thanks for your question. No, we don't integrate directly with HostelWorld. However, we integrate with at least 1 Channel Manager (MyAllocator.com) that has indicated they are working on integrating with HostelWorld. Having said that, we offer a full XML API, so that virtually any developer would be able to integrate our calendar and bookings with any 3rd party channel manager, PMS, front desk software, etc.
14 years
Thanks a lot for your prompt reply on that. I guess integration with hostelworld depends on them allowing it. In a previous post last year someone was saying that Charts had previously been integrated with HW, but had lost that. Not sure if it's back now or not, as I don't use it.
14 years
Hi Scotch Argus,
I talked to Charts today and they say they have full integration!
Does anyone have any experience with this company? Any problems we should know about?
Thanks
14 years
Greeting everyone, I am really happy to have found this site.
I recently acquired a B&B of 15 rooms but unfortunately I am not on site to manage it myself due to the nature of my work. Recently it seems like the person I hired is the one making the most money due to flaws of the paper style of booking.
I have gone through various posts in this thread, nevertheless may I kindly ask if anyone could recommend me an inexpensive POS System & Software which can be accessed via the internet as well.
Looking forward to hearing, thank you in advance.
M.
14 years
There are many things to consider when choosing hostel management software (PMS).
If full integration with agents like Hostelworld, Hostelbookers, HostelsClub and more is what you seek then www.hosteloffice.com does that.
Like wise www.hosteloffice.com enables you to use Mac, Windows, Linux or any combination. So you can have the software loaded on the Receptions Windows PC and you can open the reception view on your Mac laptop from anywhere with an internet connection. Data is stored on every computer so if internet crashes you can still work checking in and out guests.
1/4 of all new users open an additional hostel within 12 months due to many features gaining more bookings, enabling higher profits per booking, and decreased costs for some of the bookings.
Being able to cut your release time with agents from 1 day to 0 will alone gain you more bookings that more than pays for our software. There are an abundance of reasons to use www.hosteloffice.com , contact us to find out reasons specific to your hostel.
Happy Hostelling
Dean
14 years
I recently acquired a B&B of 15 rooms but unfortunately I am not on site to manage it myself due to the nature of my work. Recently it seems like the person I hired is the one making the most money due to flaws of the paper style of booking.
I have gone through various posts in this thread, nevertheless may I kindly ask if anyone could recommend me an inexpensive POS System & Software which can be accessed via the internet as well.
I own a small B&B as well as a hostel. For the B&B we use a SaSS PMS called Reservation Key. There are only a few things about it that I don't like, but I think that's common in most PMS. But it's very reasonably priced, and the owner is really on top of support and very helpful and timely when you need it.
13 years
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