Room Booking System for Cumbrian B&Bs and Guesthouses
No
commission
Live room
availability
iCal sync
two-way
Built in
Cumbria
Service · Rooms Booking
Every room, its own calendar and its own rules
A Cumbrian guesthouse might have a family room, two doubles and a single, each with different prices in August and November, a two-night minimum at weekends and a premium for event weekends. Our Rooms Booking system is built around that kind of detail, so the booking form on your website offers guests exactly what you would offer them on the phone.
Room records
Each room or room type with photos, facilities, maximum occupancy and its own availability calendar.
Flexible rates
Seasonal prices, weekend uplifts, length-of-stay discounts and minimum stays by room, type or season.
Booking on your site
Guests pick dates and a room, see the price and pay without leaving your website or seeing another brand.
Two-way iCal sync
Bookings from Booking.com and Airbnb close the dates on your site, and direct bookings close them there.
Guest emails
Confirmation, pre-arrival information with directions, and a post-stay thank-you and rebooking offer, all automatic.
Occupancy reports
Occupancy by room, revenue by month and which channel each booking came from.
Why direct
Every direct booking keeps the commission with you
At 15% commission, a £100 night booked through a platform costs you £15. For a guesthouse taking £60,000 a year in rooms, moving half of those bookings to your own website saves around £4,500 a year. Returning guests, walkers who come back every spring and families who book the same week each summer are the easiest to move.
Your brand
No platform logo on the confirmation.
Your guests
Their details stay with you.
Your prices
No platform rules on your rates.
Availability
Guests see exactly what is free
The booking form shows only the rooms free for the chosen dates, with the right price for the season and length of stay. It works properly on phones, which is where most guests now book.
Channels
Keep the platforms, lose the double bookings
You can stay on Booking.com and Airbnb to find new guests. Two-way iCal sync keeps every calendar in step, so a room booked anywhere is closed everywhere within minutes.
Guests
Less time on emails
Confirmations, pre-arrival details with directions and parking, and a thank-you after the stay are sent automatically, written in your words. You can still add a personal touch whenever you want.
Payments
Paid securely on your own site
Guests pay through Stripe or PayPal on your website, with deposits or full payment as you prefer. Money goes straight to your account, not through a platform that pays you weeks later.
Venues
Rooms, halls and spaces
The same approach runs bookable spaces as well as bedrooms. Kirksanton Village Hall uses our booking system to hire out three spaces, with different prices for different types of hirer.
Pricing
Set-up and licence, quoted clearly
The system is installed on your WordPress website with a one-off set-up fee and an ongoing licence, both set out clearly in your quote. Hosting and maintenance start from £25 a month.
15%
Commission kept on a direct booking
£4,500
Yearly saving example
2-way
iCal sync
24/7
Online booking
Who it suits
Accommodation across Cumbria
Client feedback
What clients say
How it works
Getting direct room bookings
Demo. We show you the system and talk through your rooms, rates and rules.
Set up. We add your rooms, photos and prices, connect your iCal calendars and payments, and test bookings with you.
Go live. Guests book direct, and we look after updates and support from Millom.
Common questions
Room booking, plain answers
FAQs
Ready to take more room bookings direct? Call us on 01229 774591 or send a message to book a demo.