Direct booking engine
Rooms and rates on your site.
Hotel direct booking engines with packages & upsells
Hotels: more direct bookings, less commission. Packages and upsells on your own site.
Most bookings through OTAs taking 15 to 20 percent, packages hard to sell and guests emailing questions. We build direct booking engines for independent hotels.
Looking for a hotel direct booking engine?
Every booking that comes direct saves commission. We build booking engines on your website with packages, upsells and pre-arrival communication.
Wollopit builds ordering, bookings, menus and websites for hotels around how your venue actually runs. We connect the POS and tools you already use, cut out the commissions you don't need to pay and look after the lot on our own servers, so you can get back on the floor.
01The problems
What we hear from hotels
Does your hotel have these problems? Here's how we'd fix them.
Most hotels we talk to are paying commission on every order and booking, then updating menus and specials in five different places.
- The problemOTA commissionsA big cut of every booking.How we fix itDirect booking on your website.
- The problemPackages hard to sellDinner and stay deals don't fit.How we fix itPackage booking.
- The problemUpsells missedLate checkout and extras aren't offered.How we fix itUpsells during booking.
- The problemGuest questionsEmails before arrival.How we fix itPre-arrival guides.
- The problemRate parityDirect isn't more attractive.How we fix itDirect-only perks.
- The problemEvents and functionsEnquiries scattered.How we fix itFunction enquiries.
02What we build
Solutions
What we build for hotels. Usually all talking to each other.
Pick the one that's hurting most or join the whole lot up. Everything is built around how your team works, not the other way round.
Packages
Stay deals sold direct.
Upsells
Extras offered at booking.
Pre-arrival guides
Guests informed.
Direct perks
Reasons to book direct.
Function enquiries
Events captured.
03How it changes
Before and after
A long weekend, wolloped.
Here's how a typical day could change. Every business is different, so we map yours first.
Before
- Booked through an OTA
- Commission paid
- No upsell
- Guest emails questions
After
- Booked direct
- Commission saved
- Late checkout added
- Guide sent
04Services
Everything under one roof
Software, websites and systems for hotels.
Whether you're starting fresh or upgrading what you've got, it's one team from the first sketch to the support call.
Custom software for hotels
Built around how your hotel actually runs: direct booking engine, packages and the admin in between, in one system you own.
Websites for hotels
Fast, hand-built websites that rank for the searches your customers make and turn visits into enquiries, bookings or orders.
Hotel system upgrades
Running on spreadsheets, old software or a platform you've outgrown? We move your data across and upgrade in stages so the business never stops.
Apps and portals for hotels
Upsells and pre-arrival guides: customer and staff portals that work on any phone without an app store.
Integrations and automation
We connect Square, Lightspeed and Shopify so information moves on its own and nobody retypes it.
Hosting, support and care
Managed hosting, updates, backups and security for your hotel, looked after by the people who built it.
05Integrations
Connections
Plays nicely with what you already use.
We connect to the tools you rely on, work alongside the ones you're happy with or replace the ones holding you back.
- Square
- Lightspeed
- Shopify
- Stripe
- Uber Eats
- DoorDash
- OpenTable
- Xero
- Mailchimp
- Google Business Profile
06How we work
The process
Some people dip their toe in. We turn up in a rebreather.
We get properly below the surface of your hotel: the systems, the busy days and the jobs everyone hates. Then we fix the bits that matter most first.
- 01
Think
We spend time with the people doing the work, see where the hours go and work out what's actually slowing you down.
- 02
Archi-tech
We plan it before writing code: your data, customers, payments, the tools you keep, hosting and cost.
- 03
Build
Real engineering, shown to you early and often. Usually the most painful bit first, so you get a win quickly.
- 04
Look after
We host it, maintain it and keep improving it. When something breaks you call the people who built it.
07Questions
FAQ
Things hotels ask us.
Something else on your mind? Ring 0423 011 252 and ask the people who'd build it.
Can it connect to our channel manager?
Usually, yes. We connect to common channel managers so availability stays in sync.
How much does it cost?
It depends on what you need, so we quote up front once we understand your hotel. No surprise invoices, no lock-in and you own what we build.
Will it work with our POS?
Usually, yes. We connect to common systems like Square and Lightspeed so orders, menus and stock line up. If yours is holding you back we'll talk options first.
Do we stop paying commission?
On orders and bookings that come through your own website, yes. You pay your card fees and that's it, instead of handing over a cut of every sale.
Who looks after it once it's built?
We do. We host it on our own managed servers and keep it updated and secure. When you need something you ring the people who built it.
We already have systems. Can you upgrade them instead of starting again?
Usually, yes. Most hotels we work with keep what's working and upgrade the rest in stages. We move your data across, connect the old and new while we switch and retire the old system only when the new one is proven.
Contact
Got a hotel problem? Consider it wolloped.
Tell us what's slow, broken, manual or missing. You don't need a spec, just describe what's going on.