Hotel Booking Engine
A hotel booking engine on your own website: guests see live availability and rates, pay online, and get an instant WhatsApp confirmation. No commission per booking, and inventory stays in sync with your OTAs.
- Live availability and rates
- Razorpay/UPI and card payments
- Channel manager sync
- Instant WhatsApp confirmation
Since 2019
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Overview
A beautiful hotel website without a booking engine is a brochure. Guests who are ready to book want dates, a price and a confirm button. Our hotel booking engine adds that to your site: room types, rate plans, taxes, coupons and secure payments, with a confirmation on WhatsApp and email within seconds. It syncs with your channel manager so a room sold on your site disappears from the OTAs. Pair it with our hotel website design for the full direct-booking setup.
- Best for
- Independent hotels, resorts, homestays, small chains
- Timeline
- 4–8 weeks
- Typical budget
- ₹45,000 – ₹1,80,000
- Built with
- Next.js, Node.js, Razorpay/Stripe, channel manager API
The problem
What slows hotels down today
Every direct guest has to call
Without online booking, guests ready to pay must call or message, and many simply book on an OTA instead.
Overbooking risk
Manual updates between your front desk and OTAs cause double bookings on busy weekends.
Booking engine fees
Third-party engines charge monthly fees or commissions on bookings that came to your own site.
Payments chased manually
Advance payments by bank transfer and screenshots on WhatsApp are slow and easy to lose track of.
What you get
Features built for hotels
Availability calendar
Room types, inventory and blackout dates, with the cheapest available rate highlighted.
Rate plans
Room only, breakfast, half board, non-refundable and long-stay rates, with seasonal pricing.
Secure payments
Razorpay for UPI, cards and net banking; Stripe for international cards. Full or part payment.
Channel manager sync
Two-way sync with your channel manager so inventory stays right across OTAs.
Instant confirmation
Booking voucher on email and WhatsApp the moment payment succeeds.
Coupons and direct offers
Promo codes, member rates and direct-booking extras to beat OTA prices fairly.
Want to see how this would work for your business?
Send us a WhatsApp or book a free 30-minute call. We'll walk you through it and give you a clear price.
How it works
The workflow, step by step
- 1
Search dates
Guest picks dates and guests on your website.
- 2
Choose room
Sees available rooms and rate plans with taxes shown.
- 3
Pay
Pays securely by UPI or card.
- 4
Confirmed
Instant voucher on WhatsApp and email. Inventory updated everywhere.
- Availability calendar
- Rate plans
- Secure payments
- Channel manager sync
- Instant confirmation
- Coupons and direct offers
12
Search dates
8
Choose room
5
Pay
WhatsApp update
Confirmed: done automatically.
Built on real work
Booking and payment flows we run in production
Avontrip and Avon Tourism take online bookings and payments on platforms we built. The hotel booking engine uses the same proven parts: availability, checkout, payment gateway integration and instant confirmations. WhatsApp confirmations use the setup explained in our WhatsApp automation guide.
- Live booking + payment flows
- Razorpay and Stripe experience
- WhatsApp confirmations
- Mobile-first checkout
Pricing
What hotel booking engine costs in India
Typical ranges. Payment gateway and channel manager fees are billed by those providers.
Booking engine
₹45,000 – ₹81,000
Availability, rate plans, payments and confirmations for one property.
- Availability calendar
- Rate plans + taxes
- Online payments
- Email + WhatsApp vouchers
Engine + sync
₹81,000 – ₹1,35,000
Adds channel manager sync, coupons and a booking dashboard.
- Everything in Booking engine
- Channel manager sync
- Coupons + offers
- Booking dashboard
Multi-property
₹1,35,000 – ₹1,80,000+
Several properties with central reporting.
- Everything in Engine + sync
- Multi-property search
- Central reports
- Corporate rates
Compare
Your own hotel booking engine vs third-party engines
| Your own booking engine | Third-party booking engine | |
|---|---|---|
| Fee per booking | None (gateway fees only) | Monthly fee or commission |
| Look and feel | Matches your website exactly | Their widget |
| WhatsApp confirmation | Built in | Usually email only |
| Guest data | Yours | Shared |
| Setup | 4–8 weeks | Days |
Do you need your own hotel booking engine?
If you get only a handful of direct bookings a month, a third-party engine is the cheaper start. A custom hotel booking engine pays off when direct bookings grow, when you want checkout to match your brand, or when you want guest data and WhatsApp communication under your control.
Getting guests to your booking engine
Traffic comes from your name search, Google Maps and ads. A fast hotel website is the front door, and digital marketing brings people to it. Tour operators with their own properties can link it to tour operator software. For guest questions at night, an AI chatbot on your website can answer and pass guests to the booking page.
Talk to the team that builds it
No sales script. Tell us how your business runs today and we'll tell you what to build first, and what it costs.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Does it work with my channel manager?
We integrate with channel managers that offer an API, so inventory and rates stay in sync across your site and OTAs.
Can guests pay a deposit instead of the full amount?
Yes. You can take full payment, a percentage deposit, or pay-at-hotel for selected rates.
Is there a commission per booking?
No. You only pay the payment gateway's transaction fee and hosting.
Can I add it to my existing website?
Yes. The engine can be added to your existing site, or built together with a new hotel website.
Will guests get a WhatsApp confirmation?
Yes. A booking voucher is sent on WhatsApp and email immediately after payment.
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