Booking app for a small hotel or guesthouse, built by describing it

A small hotel or guesthouse usually takes bookings by phone, WhatsApp, and a booking site that charges commission on every stay. The front desk then re-types the same booking into a paper chart or a spreadsheet, and housekeeping finds out a room is occupied only when a guest is already standing at the door.

What a hotel booking app needs

• A booking page guests use directly — dates, room type, guest count, no phone call and no commission to a third party.
• One room chart for the front desk — who's checking in today, who's checking out, which room is still being cleaned.
• A housekeeping view — which rooms need turning over, updated as guests check out.
• Guest records — past stays and preferences, so a returning guest isn't a stranger again.
• Revenue and occupancy — a daily and weekly view for the owner, without totting up a spreadsheet.

How to get one by describing it

On BooDoo, you describe your property — how many rooms, what room types, how guests usually reach you — and get back a real web app and Android app with these roles already built: guest booking, a front-desk dashboard, and a housekeeping view, each with its own sign-in. There's nothing to code and no template to squeeze your hotel into.

Can I see it before changing anything?

Yes. The app comes with sample rooms and bookings already in it, labelled as sample data, so you can click through check-in, check-out and housekeeping before you touch your own guest list.

Does this replace booking sites like Booking.com?

No, and it doesn't need to. Keep listing on booking sites if that brings guests; this app is the direct-booking page you send guests who find you any other way, so you're not paying commission on every one of those stays, and it's also what your own front desk runs on day to day.

What does it cost?

Signing up and seeing your first version is free. Keeping the app live for guests is a paid plan, shown before you pay, and you're never charged for a mistake that's ours.

See one already built, or start your own

StayDesk, a hotel booking and housekeeping app for independent hotels and guesthouses with 10 to 40 rooms, shows how this looks in practice: a guest booking page, a front-desk room chart, and a housekeeping board. See it in the hotel booking app catalogue, including StayDesk. When you're ready, describe your property and see your first version.