optimand

<p>The <strong>Optimand</strong> plugin is a dedicated booking interface designed specifically for the hospitality industry. It provides a powerful, local tool to streamline the room reservation process directly from your WordPress site.<br />
The core feature is the <strong>Smart Calendar</strong>: a high-performance availability and rate search tool. This plugin is fully functional and includes all layout templates, custom translations, and granular design options. It allows guests to select dates and room requirements on your site before being redirected to your Booking Engine (BE) URL to complete the reservation.<br />
The plugin supports automatic configuration for 16 major booking engines (Bedzzle, Blastness, Bookassist, Bookingexpert, D-Edge, Ennismore, Ericsoft, Ermes, Guestline, Little Hotelier, Mirai, Sabre Synxis, Simple Booking, Travelclick, Verticalbooking, Web Hotelier) and allows manual configuration for any custom booking URL.</p>
<p>Key Features:<br />
* <strong>Fully Local & Functional:</strong> All styling, templates, and settings work directly within WordPress.<br />
* <strong>Smart Redirect:</strong> Acts as a bridge, sending guests to your Booking Engine with pre-selected dates and guest information.<br />
* <strong>Visual Configurator:</strong> Match the calendar design to your theme by adjusting colors and layouts without touching any code.<br />
* <strong>Multi-language & Currency:</strong> Built-in management for international guests with customizable text strings.<br />
* <strong>Dual Integration:</strong> Use the provided shortcode or trigger the calendar from any existing button via CSS selectors.<br />
* <strong>Multiple Presets:</strong> Create and manage up to 2 different calendar configurations for your site.</p>


Optimand

The official Optimand plugin. Includes the Booking Calendar to manage hotel availability and connect your site with various booking engines.

MotoPress

<p>The WordPress Hotel Booking plugin by MotoPress is the ultimate WordPress property rental system with a real lodging business in mind.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://hbdemo.getmotopress.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Plugin Demo</a> with the Dashboard access.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4SPW8lOXRE&list=PLbDImkyrISyKQccIsVDp98UXLIc1Yc3mn&index=2" rel="nofollow ugc">Video Overview</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbDImkyrISyKQccIsVDp98UXLIc1Yc3mn" rel="nofollow ugc">30+ Video Guides</a></li>
<li><a href="https://motopress.com/documentation/wordpress/plugins/hotel-booking/" rel="nofollow ugc">Docs</a> – step-by-step guides to set up and manage the plugin.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/themes/albatross/" rel="ugc">Free Elementor WordPress hotel template</a></li>
<li><a href="https://motopress.github.io/hotel-booking-code-reference/" rel="nofollow ugc">Code Reference</a> & <a href="https://github.com/motopress/mphb-style-kit" rel="nofollow ugc">Style Kit</a> for developers.</li>
</ul>
<p>Using this WP hotel booking reservation plugin, you can create a simple vacation rental listing as well as a powerful rental property booking website with all sorts of online and offline payments, automatic inventory control, taxes and fees info, flexible pricing rates, custom policies and more.</p>
<p>The MotoPress hotel reservation plugin allows you to add a real-time property search form and display availability calendars of individual rooms and properties.</p>
<p>This WordPress booking system was developed for hotel and vacation rental owners, B&B hosts, real estate agencies, and anyone in the lodging sector of the hospitality industry. Hotel Booking is a standalone plugin that will help you create a stunning rental property website with any WordPress theme and switch it with peace in mind if needed.</p>
<p>The admin dashboard of WordPress hotel plugin is absolutely user-friendly making it easy to create a hotel or property renting website for non-tech people.</p>
<h3>WP Hotel Booking Plugin Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>It can handle <strong>unlimited properties</strong> (unlimited rooms in a hotel, bedspace in a hostel) as well can be easily optimized for just <strong>one property</strong> (a villa, an apartment, etc.).</li>
<li>Structured property details: description, a photo gallery, amenities, services, a view, bed types, max occupancy, property size and more.</li>
<li>Responsive layouts for accommodations listing.</li>
<li>A <strong>real-time search availability</strong> form.</li>
<li>A <strong>smart search algorithm</strong>: the system can recommend the best set of accommodations depending on a number of guests.</li>
<li>Unlimited variables for <strong>rates</strong> (pricing) based on any needed term (season): special periods (Christmas, wedding), weekends, daily or weekly rates, etc.</li>
<li>Free or paid extras – offer <strong>bookable extra services and packages</strong> (guests can optionally add them to the reservation on the checkout).</li>
<li><strong>Min and max stay</strong> periods for all or individual accommodations, fixed departure and arrival times.</li>
<li><strong>Discount coupons</strong> for promos or loyal clients (can be based on many custom rules).</li>
<li><strong>Taxes and fees</strong> info: you can add mandatory fees, accommodation taxes, service taxes, and fee taxes to the accommodation rate.</li>
<li>State the age of children in your establishment (displayed right in the search availability form).</li>
<li><strong>Multiple accommodations booking</strong> by one guest in one reservation!</li>
<li>Shortcodes, widgets and blocks for setting up the system.</li>
<li>A user-friendly property booking widget for guests.</li>
<li>Currency support.</li>
<li>Professional localization of the WP hotel booking plugin into 14 languages: Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Swedish, Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Chinese, Dutch, French, Arabic and German. Additionally, the plugin is officially compatible with WPML and is custom translations ready.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Property Management System</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Inventory control</strong>: if the property is booked, it automatically becomes unavailable for reservations, no manual control is needed.</li>
<li>Edit <strong>amenities and services</strong> available for a property in clicks.</li>
<li><strong>Block all or individual accommodations</strong> for a certain period of time (maintenance, special events) by setting not check-in, not check-out or not stay-in rules.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Handling Bookings</h3>
<ul>
<li>3 booking <strong>confirmation modes</strong>:
<ol>
<li>by <strong>admin manually</strong>;</li>
<li>by <strong>customer via email</strong>;</li>
<li>automatic confirmation <strong>upon a payment</strong> (online payments or after arrival).</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li><strong>PayPal</strong> payment gateway for online bookings or <a href="https://motopress.com/products/hotel-booking-woocommerce-payments/?utm_source=wp-org&utm_medium=textlink&utm_campaign=hotel-booking-lite&utm_content=hotel-booking-woocommerce-payments" rel="nofollow ugc">Hotel Booking WooCommerce Payments</a> premium addon for more gateways.</li>
<li>Pay on Arrival and Direct Bank Transfer.</li>
<li>Ability to add a payment manually after a guest’s arrival.</li>
<li><strong>Full or deposit</strong> (fixed or percent) online payments.</li>
<li>Booking status: Booked, Pending, Cancelled.</li>
<li>Status and payment info logs for each booking.</li>
<li>Editable <strong>customer details</strong> for each booking.</li>
<li><strong>Bookings calendar</strong> where all upcoming bookings can be filtered by dates, accommodation or status.</li>
<li>Payments history.</li>
<li><strong>Automatic email notifications</strong>: customize confirmation, cancellation and all sorts of emails.</li>
<li>Complete and correct <strong>price breakdown</strong> with a detailed taxes and fees info.</li>
<li>Handy backoffice for managing bookings.</li>
<li>Customizable booking widget.</li>
</ul>
<h3>User Roles and Capabilities</h3>
<p>You can restrict or grant access to the Hotel Booking plugin, thus, for example, allow some people to only view bookings and others to perform more tasks with payments, clients, and more. The Hotel Booking plugin provides two custom user roles for this task:</p>
<ul>
<li>Hotel Manager</li>
<li>Hotel Worker</li>
<li>Hotel Customer</li>
</ul>
<h3>User Area for Customers</h3>
<p>The user area for customers allows them to log in, view bookings and speed up all future reservations thanks to the saved and pre-populated customer info at checkout. Website admins can set the plugin to create user accounts automatically at checkout or let customers create ones manually.</p>
<h3>Booking Calendar</h3>
<p>Hotel Booking is one of the top <a href="https://motopress.com/products/category/wordpress-calendar-plugins/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress calendar plugins</a> from MotoPress.</p>
<p>Display per-day pricing in the calendar and enable guests to book rooms using a calendar date picker. Your guest can simply click on the available dates right in the calendar when they want to stay and then follow the simple steps to complete their booking.</p>
<h3>REST API</h3>
<p>The Hotel Booking REST API is built on top of the WordPress REST API, ensuring a robust and secure code, thus helping you use our product in any application and create new experiences.</p>
<h3>Hotel Booking Mobile Application</h3>
<p>We provide a free app for both <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.motopress.mphb_app" rel="nofollow ugc">Android</a> and <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hotel-booking-for-wordpress/id1619328436" rel="nofollow ugc">Apple</a> operating systems that will allow you to check the real-time availability of your accommodations, add bookings, and view guest and payment information on the go.</p>
<h3>Hotel Booking Plugin Addons</h3>
<p><a href="https://motopress.com/products/category/hotel-booking-addons/?utm_source=wp-org-hb-lite-page&utm_medium=text-link&utm_content=hotel-booking-addons" rel="nofollow ugc">Hotel Booking plugin addons</a> are available for adding custom functionality to your rental website:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://motopress.com/products/hotel-booking-woocommerce-payments/?utm_source=wp-org-hb-lite-page&utm_medium=text-link&utm_content=woocommerce-payment-addon" rel="nofollow ugc">WooCommerce Payments</a> addon – extend the number of payment gateways.</li>
<li><a href="https://motopress.com/products/hotel-booking-payment-request/?utm_source=wp-org-hb-lite-page&utm_medium=text-link&utm_content=hotel-booking-payment-request-addon" rel="nofollow ugc">Payment Request</a> addon – automate your workflow of requesting and collecting rental payments from your clients.</li>
<li><a href="https://motopress.com/products/hotel-booking-reviews/?utm_source=wp-org-hb-lite-page&utm_medium=text-link&utm_content=hotel-booking-reviews-rating-addon" rel="nofollow ugc">Reviews and Rating</a> addon – allow guests to rate and review your property.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/mphb-elementor/" rel="ugc">Elementor Integration</a> addon – helps speed up the work with your Elementor hotel website.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/mphb-divi/" rel="ugc">Divi Integration</a> addon – integrates Divi theme with the MotoPress Hotel Booking plugin to modify content and styles visually via Divi builder.</li>
<li><a href="https://motopress.com/products/hotel-booking-notifier/?utm_source=wp-org-hb-lite-page&utm_medium=text-link" rel="nofollow ugc">Hotel Booking Notifier</a> addon – create automated event-driven emails before and after arrival/departure.</li>
<li><a href="https://motopress.com/products/hotel-booking-checkout-fields/?utm_source=wp-org-hb-lite-page&utm_medium=text-link" rel="nofollow ugc">Hotel Booking Checkout Fields</a> addon – edit the form at the checkout by customizing current fields or adding new ones.</li>
<li><a href="https://motopress.com/products/hotel-booking-pricelabs/?utm_source=wp-org-hb-lite-page&utm_medium=text-link" rel="nofollow ugc">PriceLabs Integration</a> addon – earn more from every listing by dynamically updating your rates with prices from PriceLabs, the best price optimization service for hotels and vacation rentals.</li>
<li><a href="https://motopress.com/products/hotel-booking-accommodation-based-payments/?utm_source=wp-org-hb-lite-page&utm_medium=text-link" rel="nofollow ugc">Accommodation-Based Payments</a> addon – create a property management platform where each property owner receives booking payments directly into their own account.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Pro Features</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Automatic bookings synchronization with OTAs</strong> (exchange calendars via iCal) like Booking.com, Airbnb, TripAdvisor or HomeAway. This will help you rent out accommodations on different platforms simultaneously and avoid overbooking.</li>
<li>Priority updates (new features released regularly).</li>
<li>Priority support – email, live chat, forum.</li>
<li>More built-in payment gateways (2Checkout, Braintree, Stripe, Beanstream/Bambora).</li>
<li>Adding reservations from the backend.</li>
<li>Ability to edit original booking details, including departure/arrival dates, booked services, rates, and accommodations (add, remove, or replace originally booked properties).</li>
<li>Different property prices based on a number of guests and nights.</li>
</ul>
<p>Have a look at all Pro <a href="https://motopress.com/motopress-wordpress-hotel-booking-pro-vs-lite/?utm_source=wp-org&utm_medium=pro-features&utm_campaign=hotel-booking-lite&utm_content=here" rel="nofollow ugc">plugin features</a>.</p>
<h3>Sell Appointments & Hourly Bookings</h3>
<p><a href="https://motopress.com/products/category/wordpress-booking-plugins/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress booking plugins</a> from MotoPress are designed for different businesses.</p>
<p>Offer smooth and quick event and appointment reservations on your rental property site with our <a href="https://motopress.com/products/appointment-booking/?utm_source=wp_org_hb_lite_page&utm_medium=text_link&utm_campaign=appointment_plugin" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Appointment plugin</a>. Create appointments of any duration, add flexible staff schedules, and start accepting online bookings.</p>
<h3>Hotel and Vacation Rental WordPress Themes</h3>
<p>Are you looking for a pre-designed ready-to-go hotel booking WordPress theme?</p>
<p>Check out our <a href="https://motopress.com/products/category/hotel-rental-wordpress-themes/?utm_source=wp-org&utm_medium=hotel-themes&utm_campaign=hotel-booking-lite&utm_content=wordpress-hotel-themes" rel="nofollow ugc">Hotel and Vacation Rental WordPress Themes</a> where the Pro version of the <a href="https://motopress.com/products/hotel-booking/?utm_source=wp-org&utm_medium=pro-link&utm_campaign=hotel-booking-lite&utm_content=wordpress-booking-plugin" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Booking Plugin</a> is included for free.</p>
<p>You may also use the Palmeria <a href="https://wordpress.org/themes/palmeria/" rel="ugc">free hotel booking theme</a> and Albatross <a href="https://wordpress.org/themes/albatross/" rel="ugc">free hotel Elementor theme</a> with the built-in free WordPress hotel booking plugin Lite.</p>
<p>Every hotel booking theme in the list comes with the Hotel Booking Lite pluin pre-installed, with the visual styles polished for the plugin.</p>
<h3>Copyright</h3>
<p>MotoPress Hotel Booking plugin, Copyright (C) 2016, MotoPress https://motopress.com/<br />
MotoPress Hotel Booking plugin is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL.</p>


MotoPress Hotel Booking

The #1 Hotel Booking and Vacation Rental Plugin for WordPress. Online payments, seasons, rates, free or paid extras, coupons, taxes & fees.

Optimand vs MotoPress Hotel Booking