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Services — Booking Systems, AI Receptionists, WordPress, Automation

Technophobia builds the software that runs the unglamorous parts of your business. Productised booking plugins taking real card payments, AI phone receptionists answering inbound calls 24/7, custom WordPress builds and bespoke automation that quietly replaces the spreadsheets, manual admin and missed enquiries that lose you money every week.
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UK Based

Designed, built and supported from our Millom, Cumbria office. Real people on the end of a real UK phone number.

Fully Certified

ISO 9001, ISO 27001, ISO 42001 and Cyber Essentials accredited via Citation 473712024.

20 Years SEO

Two decades of search experience baked into every WordPress build we ship.

Long-Term Support

Ad-hoc support at £75+VAT/hr, Standard £150/mo or Priority £350/mo retainers.

What We Build

Six Core Services, One Cumbrian Team

Every Technophobia product is built in-house, runs in production for paying clients today, and is priced openly. Pick the closest fit below — every card is a real working product, not a pitch deck.

Booking Systems

Productised WordPress booking plugins for appointments, holiday lets, motorhomes, food ordering, village halls and outdoor pursuits. Real Stripe and GoCardless payments, deposits, calendar sync.

WordPress Plugin Development

Custom WordPress plugins built from scratch. Holiday Home Booking, TP Event Management, LMS, Chat Bot — all distributed and supported as commercial products.

AI Phone Receptionists

Vapi-powered AI receptionists that answer real inbound UK calls 24/7. Take messages, book appointments, route urgent callers — already running for SCSE and as personal PAs.

Business Automation

n8n workflows and NocoDB databases that replace manual admin — call logging, CRM sync, document intake, recurring tasks. Built bespoke to your process.

Tailored Business Systems

Software for businesses that don't fit any SaaS. Built end-to-end against your real workflow, hosted on your VPS, owned outright.

WordPress Websites & SEO

Bespoke WordPress sites on our own PageForge builder. SEO from a team with 20 years of search experience. From £2,500 Silver to £7,500 Platinum.

Booking Systems

Productised Booking Plugins That Take Real Card Payments

Seven WordPress booking plugins covering appointments, holiday lets, motorhomes, food ordering, village halls, outdoor pursuits and learning. Each one is live, paid-for software — not a demo. Stripe and GoCardless built in, deposit and balance handling, iCal sync, customer portals, refundable damage deposits, multi-property where relevant.

Appointment Booking, Holiday Home Booking, Motorhome Booking, TP Food, Village Hall Booking, TP Outdoor Pursuit Booking and our LMS — all priced openly, all supported long-term.

WordPress Plugin Development

Bespoke WordPress Plugins Built and Supported in the UK

We build commercial-grade WordPress plugins from scratch. Holiday Home Booking is distributed via Freemius with free and premium tiers; TP Chat Bot is multi-tenant SaaS; TP Event Management runs live for Lakeland Life; our LMS powers cslearner.org.uk. Every plugin is built around a real business process, packaged properly, kept updated and supported.

If your business has a workflow no off-the-shelf plugin handles, this is where we start.

AI Phone Receptionists

AI Phone Agents Answering Real UK Calls 24/7

Our AI receptionists are built on Vapi with a custom carrier-redirect bridge architecture, n8n call logging into NocoDB and a multi-user dashboard. Michelle answers our own +44 1229 774591 SCSE office line. Miss Moneypenny is the personal PA on +44 1229 444 271. Both take messages, route callers intelligently, book appointments and write every call into the CRM.

We deploy the same stack for clients on their own UK Twilio numbers — typically £35/mo software fee plus Vapi/Twilio usage, with a one-off setup from £750.

Business Automation

Replace the Manual Admin No One Wants to Do

We build automation that quietly handles the repetitive parts of a business — call logging, CRM updates, lead routing, document intake, follow-up emails, recurring report generation. n8n workflows on your own VPS, NocoDB or Google Sheets as the data layer, integrated with the tools you already use.

Typical jobs: pull every inbound enquiry into a single CRM; auto-route urgent callers; sync booking data to accounting software; turn email PDFs into structured records.

Tailored Business Systems

Bespoke Software for Businesses That Don't Fit Any SaaS

If your operation is unusual enough that no SaaS quite works, we build the system that does. Recent examples include a CIC training & learner management platform, a holiday let event management plugin with supplier portals, a staff CRM with calling integration, and a stock and pricing matrix system for trade clients.

Hosted on your own Hostinger or 20i VPS, code owned by you, supported on a Standard £150/mo or Priority £350/mo retainer or ad-hoc at £75+VAT per hour.

200+

Websites Built

2020

Established In Cumbria

24/7

Customer Support

20+

Years SEO Experience

Industries

Sectors We Build For Across the UK

Holiday Lets & Self-Catering

Booking plugins, channel management, guest portals and synced availability for cottage and apartment owners.

Trades & Home Services

WordPress sites, local SEO, AI phone agents and appointment booking for plumbers, scaffolders, roofers and electricians.

Outdoor Activity Providers

TP Outdoor Pursuit Booking, gift vouchers, walk-finder maps and full-stack websites for adventure businesses.

Hospitality & Food

TP Food ordering, online menus, table booking and ecommerce for cafés, restaurants and food producers.

Education & Training

Learning management systems, enrolment workflows, DfE-compliant learner records and grant tracking.

Community & Public Sector

Village hall booking, parish and town council websites, CICs and charities — accessible, supported and affordable.

How We Work

From First Call to Live System in Weeks, Not Months

1. Scope Call

A 30-minute call to understand the workflow, the people doing the work, and what good looks like at the end.

2. Fixed Quote

A written quote with clear scope, timeline and deliverables. No hourly meter spinning in the background.

3. Build, Test, Launch

We build in short milestones, test against the real workflow, and only hand over when it's actually working. Then we support it as long as you need.

FAQs

Common Questions About Our Services

Answers to the Questions We Hear Most

Yes. Every Technophobia plugin and system is built natively for WordPress — booking, AI chat, automation, LMS, event management, even our AI phone receptionists all integrate cleanly into an existing WordPress site. If you're not on WordPress, we'll usually recommend a fresh build on it, because that's where our entire stack runs best.

Yes. Every project comes with optional ongoing support — ad-hoc at £75+VAT per hour, Standard retainer at £150/mo, or Priority retainer at £350/mo for SLA-backed response. We don't disappear after launch; most of our clients have been with us for years.

Yes. Our AI chatbots handle website enquiries on autopilot, and our Vapi-powered phone receptionists answer real inbound calls 24/7. They take messages, route urgent callers to the right person, book appointments and log every conversation into your CRM. Already in production on our own +44 1229 774591 line.

Yes. We've built booking systems for hotels, holiday lets, motorhomes, restaurants, outdoor activity providers, village halls and one-to-one appointments. Stripe and GoCardless payments are standard. If your booking workflow is unusual, we'll build it bespoke from our existing plugin foundations.

Yes. We connect to anything with an API — Stripe, GoCardless, Xero, Google Calendar, Outlook, Twilio, Vapi, MailChimp, Brevo, plus custom integrations into your existing CRM or PMS. n8n on your own VPS handles the heavy lifting so the integration is yours, not locked into a third-party SaaS.

Yes. Every Technophobia build starts with a scope call to understand your actual workflow, then a fixed-price quote. We never deliver a templated solution — even our productised plugins are configured around your business, not the other way round.

Ready to talk about your project?

Book a free 30-minute scope call and we'll tell you honestly whether we're the right fit. No sales script, no obligation, no upsell.

Technophobia

n8n automation for small teams. UK-based. Fast turnarounds. Clear handovers.

Address
South Cumbria Skills Exchange
Millom
LA18 4JS
United Kingdom

Phone +44 01229 774591
Email hello@technophobia.uk

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