Open beta · built by hostel people in Taghazout
The operating systemfor hostels & surf camps
Bookings, beds, OTA sync and guest messaging in one calm dashboard — plus a Telegram bot your staff run from their phones. Your own booking site, 0% commission.
No credit card · 14-day trial
- From $29/mo
- 14-day free trial
- No credit card
- Cancel anytime
Sound familiar?
Running a hostel shouldn’t mean running six tabs
OTA chaos
Bookings scattered across Hostelworld, Booking.com and a spreadsheet — one missed email and a bed is double-booked.
Commission bleed
OTAs take 15–18% of every booking. On a full dorm, that’s a staff salary gone every season.
The 24/7 front desk
“Is there parking?” at 3am. The same ten questions, every day, while you’re trying to run the place.
Get booked
Fill beds without paying commission
Publish your own booking site and widget in minutes, keep OTA calendars in sync via iCal every 15 minutes, and let AI turn forwarded booking emails into reservations.
- Your own booking site — 0% commission
- Booking.com, Airbnb, Hostelworld & Expedia synced via iCal
- Forward an OTA email — AI parses it into a booking
Run the day
Your whole front desk, in your pocket
A bed-level calendar built for dorms, walk-ins assigned in seconds, and lessons, instructors and volunteers scheduled in the same place as your beds.
- Bed-level calendar — sell beds, not just rooms
- Surf & kite lessons with instructor schedules
- Volunteer & work-exchange management built in
Talk to guests
Every guest answered — even at 3am
A Telegram bot answers questions, checks availability and books beds while you sleep. No other hostel software has this. WhatsApp is coming soon.
- Guests book themselves in chat, 24/7
- One inbox for every conversation
- Scheduled pre-arrival & checkout messages
Keep the money & grow
Know your numbers, keep your margin
Occupancy, ADR and revenue by channel — live, in your currency. A guest CRM that remembers every stay, and marketing tools that keep beds full.
- Occupancy, ADR & direct-vs-OTA revenue in one tap
- Guest CRM with stay history & broadcasts
- Growth workspace: content calendar & reviews
How it works
Live before your next check-in
- Step 1
Import your bookings
Bring bookings in from CSV or Bookinglayer with a safe preview before anything is written. Most hostels are done in an afternoon.
- Step 2
Connect your channels
Link Booking.com, Airbnb, Hostelworld and Expedia via iCal. Calendars stay in sync every 15 minutes.
- Step 3
Go live
Publish your booking site, switch on the Telegram bot, and run the whole place from your phone.
WHY WE BUILT HOSTTELLO
“We ran a surf hostel on three spreadsheets, a WhatsApp group and constant OTA-email panic. No tool was built for dorm beds, lessons and walk-ins at once — so we built the one we wished we had.”
Hosttello is made by surf-hostel people in Taghazout, Morocco — not a hotel-software vendor. Every feature comes from a real front-desk problem, and we’re building it in the open with our first camps and hostels.
The Hosttello team
Founder, Hosttello · Taghazout, Morocco
How much are the OTAs
taking from you?
Drag the sliders to match your hostel. Every direct booking through your free Hosttello website & widget pays 0% commission.
You hand the OTAs about
in commission on $11,794/mo of OTA revenue. That money leaves your business every single month.
Win 33% of those back as direct bookings →
Direct bookings stay commission-free, forever.
No credit card · 14-day trial · estimate only
Pricing
Flat pricing. No commission. No surprises.
Open betaFounding hostels get 50% off their first year
For hostels joining during open beta. First 12 months, then standard pricing.
Starter
A single small hostel
$29founding price · first 12 months
- Up to 15 beds
- Bookings, calendar & guest CRM
- Telegram guest bot
- Commission-free booking widget
- CSV / Bookinglayer import
Pro
Busy independent hostels
$59founding price · first 12 months
- Up to 40 beds
- Everything in Starter
- OTA sync — Airbnb, Booking.com, Hostelworld
- Your own booking website
- Broadcasts, inbox & scheduled messages
- Lessons & activities + instructor logins
Premium
Growing multi-property operators
$99founding price · first 12 months
- Up to 120 beds · 3 properties
- Everything in Pro
- Custom domain
- Advanced reporting
- Bulk import & migration assist
- Priority support
Questions
The short answers
How much does Hosttello cost?
Flat $29, $59 or $99 per month depending on size — every plan starts with a 14-day free trial, no credit card. Direct bookings are always 0% commission.
Can I import my existing bookings?
Yes — CSV and Bookinglayer imports run with a safe preview before anything is saved. Most hostels migrate in an afternoon.
Which booking channels sync?
Booking.com, Airbnb, Hostelworld, Expedia and GetYourGuide via iCal, refreshed every 15 minutes, so your calendars never drift.
Is it WhatsApp or Telegram?
The guest bot runs on Telegram today. WhatsApp (via Meta) is coming soon — we say so honestly instead of selling it early.
Am I locked into a contract?
No. Monthly billing through Paddle, cancel anytime, and you can export your data whenever you want.
Is my data safe?
Encrypted in transit and at rest, EU data residency, GDPR-ready. Your guest data is yours — never sold, never shared.
More questions? Read the full FAQ
Run your hostel the modern way
Be one of the first — founding hostels get direct access to the team building it.
No credit card · 14-day trial · Cancel anytime