Hotel Booking System

Stop Paying 20% to OTAs for Every Booking

Boutique hotel owners face an uncomfortable reality:

• Booking.com and Expedia take 15-25% of every reservation

• Custom booking systems cost $30,000-$80,000 from traditional agencies

• Development takes 3-6 months — and you still need to pay for maintenance

• Without a good direct booking option, guests default to OTAs

For a small resort with 8 villas at $300/night average, OTA commissions can exceed $100,000 per year.

We wanted to show what's possible when a boutique resort owner can build their own booking platform — through conversation, not code.

What We Built

A complete luxury resort website with integrated booking system, including:

7-Page Public Website

• Homepage with video hero

• Rooms & Suites showcase

• Dining, Spa & Wellness pages

• Photo gallery with filtering

• About and Contact pages

3-Step Booking Flow

• Interactive calendar with real-time availability

• Villa selection with pricing

• Guest details and confirmation

Admin Dashboard

• Reservation management

• Calendar view of occupancy

• Settings and pricing configuration

Dynamic Pricing Engine

• Seasonal high/low rates

• Per-villa pricing

• Automatic total calculation

All built through natural language prompts. No code written by the resort owner.

The Booking Experience

Step 1: Select Your Dates

Guests see a color-coded calendar:

• Green — Available

• Yellow — Limited availability

• Red — Fully booked

• Grey — Past dates

No guessing. No "request to book" limbo. Real-time availability.

Step 2: Choose Your Villa

Available villas for selected dates, with:

• Photos and amenities

• Size and guest capacity

• Per-night pricing for their dates

• Total cost calculated automatically

Step 3: Complete Your Booking

Guest information, special requests, and booking confirmation — all in one smooth flow. No redirects to external systems.

The Admin Side

Resort staff get a protected dashboard to manage everything:

Reservation Management

• View all bookings with guest details

• Filter by date, status, or villa

• Update reservation status

• See special requests

Calendar Overview

• Visual occupancy across all villas

• Revenue tracking at a glance

• Quick access to booking details

Pricing & Settings

• Configure seasonal rates

• Set high/low season dates

• Adjust per-villa pricing

Secure login with Stardeck authentication. No IT setup required.

See It in Action

Watch the complete guest booking flow.

Built Through Prompts Like These

The entire system was built through natural conversation:

"Build a website for a luxury resort in Samui, Thailand with 8 beachfront villas. Classic & timeless aesthetic."

"Add a reservation system with calendar-based availability and villa selection."

"Add seasonal pricing with high/low season rates."

"Add an admin dashboard to manage reservations."

"Protect the admin routes with authentication."

"Here are our villa photos, use these for the villa shots." [uploaded images]

"Use this video as our hero background, keep it looping silently." [YouTube link]

Each prompt added functionality. Each response showed the result. Feedback led to immediate changes.

What This Means for Hotel Owners

Escape the OTA Commission Trap

Direct bookings mean you keep 100% of the revenue. Even shifting 30% of bookings from OTAs to direct can save tens of thousands per year.

Plus you own the customer relationship. Their email. Their booking history. Your remarketing list.

No $50,000 Development Project

Traditional agencies quote $30,000-$80,000 for custom booking systems. And that's before ongoing maintenance at $500-2,000/month.

With Stardeck, you describe what you need and watch it get built. Changes happen through conversation, not change orders.

Launch in Days, Not Months

Traditional development takes 3-6 months. By the time you launch, you've missed a season.

Conversational building means you can go from idea to live booking system in days — capture bookings immediately.

No Technical Staff Required

Stardeck handles hosting, security, updates, and database management. You focus on hospitality, not infrastructure.

Need to add a feature? Change the pricing structure? Update photos? Just ask.

What Could Be Added?

This platform is built to grow. Future capabilities could include:

• Payment processing — Stripe or local payment gateway integration

• Email confirmations — Automated booking confirmations and reminders

• Multi-language support — Thai, Chinese, Russian for international guests

• Channel manager integration — Sync availability with OTAs you still use

• Revenue reporting — Charts and analytics for occupancy and revenue

• Guest CRM — Track returning guests and preferences

Each one is just another conversation.

The Stardeck Approach

The hospitality industry has been locked out of custom software. The cost and complexity meant only large chains could afford booking systems built for their specific needs.

That's changing. When you can describe what you want and watch it get built — with changes happening in real-time based on your feedback — boutique properties can compete on digital experience.

Own your bookings. Own your guest relationships. Own your platform.