Hotel Booking — Modern Vacation Rental System with AI Concierge & Stripe
Modern Hotel Booking is a professional hotel booking and vacation rental system for WordPress. It is designed specifically for guesthouses, B&Bs, and boutique hotels looking for a commission-free accommodation reservation engine.
This plugin provides a complete booking calendar with real-time availability. Stop paying 15-25% to OTAs and take direct bookings on your own website. With built-in iCal support, you can synchronize your property across Airbnb, Booking.com, and VRBO seamlessly.
🤖 Free AI Concierge — Your 24/7 Virtual Receptionist
The first hotel booking plugin to offer a built-in AI Concierge. Your virtual receptionist answers guest questions about amenities, pricing, and house rules using your property data, guiding guests through the entire vacation rental reservation process.
💰 Direct Bookings — Keep 100% of Your Revenue
- Hotel Booking Logic: Optimized for per-night stays and guesthouse management.
- Booking Calendar: A colour-coded, AJAX-powered calendar block for real-time availability.
- iCal Sync: Automatic synchronization with external OTA platforms (Pro).
- Stripe & PayPal: Professional checkout for secure guest payments (Pro).
💰 Modern Hotel Booking vs Airbnb / Booking.com
- Commission per booking: 0% vs 15–25%
- Guest data ownership: ✅ Yours forever vs ❌ Theirs
- AI Concierge Receptionist: ✅ Free vs ❌ Not available
- Professional Invoicing: ✅ Pro vs ❌ Not available
- Setup fees: None
📋 Complete Free Feature Set
Property & Room Management * Unlimited Room Types — setup categories for rooms, units, or apartments * Individual Room Management — assign units to types with custom availability * Min/Max Night Stay Rules — set stay requirements globally or per room * Same-Day Turnover — automated logic for check-in/check-out times
Booking Engine & Calendar * Availability Calendar: Responsive Gutenberg block with real-time room status * AJAX Booking Form: Live price calculation as guests select dates * Automated Notifications: Custom email templates for confirmations
8 Native Gutenberg Blocks & Shortcodes
* Hotel: Booking Form — Price calculator & reservation flow
* Hotel: Room Calendar — Per-room availability view
* Hotel: Company Profile — Your property identity
* Specialized Blocks: WhatsApp Chat, Bank Transfer Details, and Revolut Pay
* Full Shortcode Support: [mhbo_booking_form], [mhbo_room_calendar], and more
Privacy & Performance * Zero-Trace Architecture — no tracking, no data sent to our servers * Multilingual: WPML, Polylang & qTranslate-X compatible (15 languages) * Mobile-First: Fully responsive booking calendar and form
🏆 Modern Hotel Booking Pro
Online Payments & OTA Sync * Stripe & PayPal: Credit cards, Apple/Google Pay with 3D Secure support * Two-Way iCal Sync: Automatic sync for Airbnb, Booking.com, and VRBO * Coupon System: (New in 2.3.8) Create fixed or percentage discounts for guests
Advanced Pricing & Rules * Seasonal Rates: Custom pricing for any date range or holiday * Weekend Multipliers: Automated Friday/Saturday price modifiers * Stay Limits: Global property-wide minimum and maximum night constraints * Calendar Override: Bulk-set prices across room types and dates
Analytics & Compliance * Business Intelligence: ADR, RevPAR, and Occupancy Rate KPIs * Tax Engine: VAT Inclusive and Sales Tax Exclusive modes * GDPR Suite: Consent checkboxes and automated PII erasure tools * AI Logs: Review anonymised conversation transcripts and sentiment analysis
View Pro Features & Pricing | Privacy Policy | GitHub
🏡 Built for Independent Properties
- Guesthouses — per-night booking logic, WhatsApp, and professional invoicing
- Bed & Breakfasts (B&Bs) — min-stay rules, email automation, AI guest support
- Vacation Rentals — standalone property management with zero OTA dependency
- Cabins & Cottages — seasonal pricing, deposits, and iCal sync
- Boutique Hotels — multi-room availability engine with real-time calendar
Quick Start in 5 Steps
- Hotel Booking > Room Types — Create your room or unit categories with base price and capacity
- Hotel Booking > Rooms — Add individual rooms or units and assign each to a Room Type
- Hotel Booking > Settings > General — Select your Booking Page from the dropdown
- Edit any page — Add the Hotel: Booking Form Gutenberg block, or use the shortcode [mhbo_booking_form]
- (Optional) Hotel Booking > Settings > AI — Paste your free Google Gemini API key to activate your AI Concierge instantly
Credits
Open-source libraries bundled locally — no external CDN requests:
- FullCalendar v6.1.20 — MIT License — https://fullcalendar.io
- Chart.js v4.5.1 — MIT License — https://www.chartjs.org
- Flatpickr v4.6.13 — MIT License — https://flatpickr.js.org
Privacy Policy
Modern Hotel Booking does not collect or transmit guest or admin data to our servers. All booking data is stored locally in your WordPress database.
AI Concierge: When enabled, guest messages and property context are sent to your configured AI provider (Google Gemini or OpenAI) to generate responses. Conversation context is stored as WordPress Transients for up to 2 hours then automatically deleted. No PII is permanently stored by this plugin.
Rate Limiting: Anonymised per-IP request counts are stored as Transients (2-minute TTL) to prevent abuse. No IP addresses are permanently saved.
See our full Privacy Policy.
External Services
All connections are optional and only active when configured by the administrator:
- WhatsApp — Communication links only. Privacy Policy
- Revolut — Payment links and QR codes. Privacy Policy
- Google Gemini / OpenAI — AI Concierge responses during active chat only. Google Privacy | OpenAI Privacy
Pro version only:
- Stripe — Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay processing. Privacy Policy
- PayPal — Account payment processing. Privacy Policy
- iCal Sync — Reads public calendar feeds. No data sent to our servers.
- StartMySuccess — License verification and Pro updates. Privacy Policy