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16 / Web · 2025

Booking engine for aboutique hotel

A booking engine with real-time availability, rate management and confirmation emails.

Client
Heliostat
Type
Web
Year
2025
Delivered
Web development · Booking system · Payment integration · Email automation
Type
Booking engine
Availability
Real-time
Rates
Self-managed
Emails
Automated

01 /

The challenge

A booking engine has to be right every time — a double booking is not a bug the customer forgives. The hotel also needed to manage rates and availability themselves, without technical help, because pricing changes with the season.

02 /

What we did

  1. 01

    Built a booking engine with real-time availability, so a room can only be booked once and the calendar is always accurate.

  2. 02

    Designed a rate manager where the hotel sets seasonal prices and last-minute discounts from a simple admin, with no code involved.

  3. 03

    Integrated payment so bookings are confirmed on deposit, reducing no-shows and manual reconciliation.

  4. 04

    Automated confirmation and reminder emails, so the guest has the details and the hotel stops sending them by hand.

03 /

Outcome

A booking engine the hotel runs itself. Availability is always accurate, rates change in minutes, and guests receive their confirmations without the front desk lifting a finger.

Built with

  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • PostgreSQL
  • Stripe
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