Restaurants, Hotels & Travel
How Hotels and Homestays Can Get More Direct Bookings
OTAs bring guests but take commission on each stay. Here is how hotels, resorts and homestays can win more direct bookings without walking away from the portals.
Restaurants, Hotels & Travel
A booking engine on your own website with live room availability, so guests can book direct and pay you.
Overview
Travellers often find a hotel on a booking portal and then look up its own website before deciding. If that website only has a phone number and an enquiry form, they go back to the portal and book there, and you pay commission on a guest who was already looking for you.
We build hotel and resort websites with a direct booking engine. Guests see live availability by room type, choose their dates, add extras such as airport pickup or breakfast, and pay online. You control rates for weekends, seasons and long stays, and each booking lands in your admin panel with a confirmation sent to the guest by email and WhatsApp.
If you also sell rooms on OTAs such as MakeMyTrip, Booking.com or Airbnb, a channel manager connection can keep availability in sync to help prevent the same room being sold twice. The same setup works for boutique hotels, resorts, homestays and villas.
Features
Every feature is adjusted to how your business works. Add what you need and skip what you don't.
Guests see which room types are available for their dates, updated the moment a booking or block is made.
Refundable and non-refundable rates by room type and meal plan, with weekend and seasonal pricing.
Sell airport pickup, breakfast, spa sessions or late checkout while the guest is booking.
Take full payment or an advance by UPI, card or net banking, with international cards for foreign guests.
Early-bird, long-stay and repeat-guest offers, with promo codes you can share by email or WhatsApp.
Photos, amenities, bed types and maximum occupancy for each room, so guests know exactly what they are booking.
Booking vouchers by email and WhatsApp, followed by a pre-arrival message with directions and check-in details.
Arrivals, departures, room blocks and payments for the day, plus manual bookings for phone and walk-in guests.
Rates in the guest's currency and pages in more than one language for international travellers.
Run several hotels or homestays from one admin, each with its own rooms, rates and policies.
A typical build. We confirm the final list with you in the quote.
Typical timeline: 4–6 weeks, depending on features and content.
How it works
Tell us about your business and the features you need, on a call, on WhatsApp or through the form.
We suggest the right scope and send a clear proposal with timeline and fixed pricing before work starts.
We design your pages, then build in stages with regular progress reviews so nothing is a surprise.
We deploy on your domain and stay available for maintenance, changes and new features.
FAQ
Can't find your answer? Ask us directly and we'll reply on WhatsApp or by email.
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Tell us a little about your business and what you need. We reply with questions or a clear proposal, usually within one business day.
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Restaurants, Hotels & Travel
OTAs bring guests but take commission on each stay. Here is how hotels, resorts and homestays can win more direct bookings without walking away from the portals.
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