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

Hotel Booking — Modern Vacation Rental System with AI Concierge & Stripe