Staylodgic – Booking & Activity Manager for Boutique Hotels vs VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS

Staylodgic is a user-friendly hotel management plugin designed to simplify and enhance operations for small to medium-sized hotels, guesthouses, and boutique properties. With a comprehensive suite of features, Staylodgic allows you to manage room bookings, activity reservations, guest registration, invoicing, and more. Developed by a boutique hotel owner, with real-world needs in mind. Introduction video: Shortcodes [staylodgic_activity_booking_search] Displays a search form for guests to browse and book available activities. [staylodgic_hotel_booking_search] Provides a search form for guests to find and book available rooms. Helps streamline the booking process by showing room availability based on their preferences. [staylodgic_hotel_booking_details] Displays status about a specific hotel booking. [staylodgic_guest_registration] Adds a customizable guest registration form to your website. Ideal for collecting guest details online or facilitating pre-arrival registration via shared links or QR codes. Features Hotel Management Setup new hotel settings. Online Payments Accept online payments via WooCommerce (e.g., WooCommerce Payments and other compatible gateways). Enable from StayLodgic → Settings. After a booking is made, guests can complete payment online. Payments are logged as WooCommerce orders; booking details show payment status and link to the order in wp-admin. Room Management Create rooms for reservations. Add room rates. Set room quantity. Create and manage reservations. Activity Management Create activities for guests. Add scheduled times to the weekly calendar. Create and manage activity reservations. Dashboard Tools View bookings overview. View activities overview. Check availability calendar. Monitor annual availability. Customer Management Create and manage customer profiles. Guest Registration Customize guest registration forms. Create guest registrations. Enable online registration. Share registration links or QR codes. Invoicing Generate booking invoices. Generate activity invoices. Import/Export Data Export bookings as CSV files. Export guest registration data for a specific month. Tax Management Apply fixed taxes. Set percentage-based taxes. Add per-day taxes. Configure per-person taxes. Meal Plans Create free meal plans. Create paid meal plans. Per Person Pricing Add fixed price increments per occupant. Apply percentage-based increments per occupant. Discounts Offer last-minute booking discounts. Provide early booking discounts. Enable long-stay discounts. Benefits Streamlined Hotel Operations Simplify and centralize hotel and room management. Manage reservations, activities, and guest registration in one platform. Time-Saving Automation Automate guest registration with customizable forms and online submissions. Generate invoices for bookings and activities instantly. Comprehensive Dashboard Gain insights with an overview of bookings and activities. View availability calendars and annual availability at a glance. Enhanced Guest Experience Offer flexible meal plans and activity reservations. Provide seamless guest registration with links or QR codes. Flexible Pricing and Discounts Configure per-person pricing with fixed or percentage-based increments. Apply discounts for early bookings, last-minute reservations, or long stays. Efficient Tax Management Set up taxes per booking, per person, per day, or as a percentage. Data Management Made Easy Export bookings and guest registration data for analysis or reporting. Customizable for Small to Medium Hotels Adaptable to guesthouses, boutique hotels, and properties with specific needs. Affordable and Scalable Ideal for small businesses. Scales easily for larger hotels and businesses. User-Friendly Interface Designed for ease of use with intuitive navigation and clear workflows. Improved Decision-Making Leverage data insights to optimize operations and improve guest satisfaction. Helpful How-To Get started quickly with these helpful guides from the Staylodgic Help PDF: Configure Hotel Settings Set up your hotel’s pages, discounts, taxes, meal plans, and general settings. (See pages 6–13 of the PDF) Create Rooms and Bed Layouts Add rooms, set base rates, configure occupants, and define bed types. (See pages 14–20) Manage Availability and Rates Use the Availability Calendar to control room quantity and pricing by date. (See pages 21–35) Add a Booking Manually Step-by-step on how to create a reservation manually. (See pages 36–40) Generate Booking Invoices Quickly print or save invoices for room bookings. (See page 41) Set Up Guest Registration Customize forms, generate QR codes, and track registration status. (See pages 42–46) Create Activities & Reservations Define activities, schedule time slots, and manage guest signups. (See pages 47–53) Generate Activity Invoices Produce printable invoices for activity bookings. (See page 54) Use the Booking Dashboard Track arrivals, departures, and revenue trends using the graphs. (See pages 55–58) Annual Availability View Get a yearly bird’s-eye view of all your bookings. (See pages 59–60) Export Bookings and Registrations Download CSV files of all bookings and guest data. (See pages 61–63) Development This plugin uses minified JS and CSS files for better performance. Source files are available in the following repository: driver.js https://github.com/kamranahmedse/driver.js DataTables https://github.com/DataTables/DataTablesSrc Lightbox for Bootstrap 5 https://github.com/trvswgnr/bs5-lightbox HTML2Canvas https://github.com/niklasvh/html2canvas Signature Pad https://github.com/szimek/signature_pad VelocityJS https://github.com/julianshapiro/velocity Fontawesome https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome QRcode JS https://github.com/davidshimjs/qrcodejs PDFMake https://github.com/bpampuch/pdfmake Flatpickr https://github.com/flatpickr/flatpickr jsPDF https://github.com/parallax/jsPDF Chart.js https://github.com/chartjs/Chart.js Select2 https://github.com/select2/select2

Vik Booking for WordPress The famous Booking Engine and PMS online software for accommodations is now available also for WordPress as a native Plugin! If you are looking for a reliable reservation system for a Hotel, B&B, Villa, Apartments, Hostel or any similar accommodation, then you have found the right plugin. In fact, Vik Booking is a PCI-DSS and OpenTravel compliant hotel & vacation rental Booking Engine used by thousands of properties every day. This is the free version of the plugin, but you can upgrade to the Pro version at any time from your wp-admin section. Experience the power of a true and internal Booking Engine that competes with the best ones of the world! The Pro version is compatible with Vik Channel Manager, the first and only native Channel Manager for WordPress, listed as a Premier Partner of Booking.com since 2018 among the top 20 systems worldwide. Full API connections available with the most famous OTAs such as Airbnb, Expedia and Google Hotel for their new Free Booking Links! Beware of “fake” Channel Manager plugins that only offer unreliable iCal synchronizations with no private access to the OTA’s APIs. Vik Booking was born in 2010 for a different web-software (CMS) than WordPress, and that’s how it became famous. The same powerful framework is now (since 2018) at the service of all webmasters, designers and web-agencies that work with WordPress. It’s definitely the hotel reservation plugin that you, or your client, were looking for. Visit VikWP.com for more details. Interested in our full solution inclusive of the Channel Manager? Visit also E4jConnect. Some of the unique features Custom Rate Plans (Refundable, Flexible, Non Refundable rates). Rooms, Room Types, Listings and Sub-Units management functions. Availability & Pricing Calendars + Occupancy Overview. Bookings Management made right. Feature-rich back-end section for your PMS. Front-end customizable and self-hosted booking process. 12 different Views for the front-end (12 types of Shortcode for your pages) Compliant with any Pricing Model: Occupancy, Nightly, LOS, OBP etc.. Housekeeping features with Tableaux, festivities and room-day notes. Permissions/ACL Management functions for the various WP Users Roles. Multi-language support with built-in translation functions. Channel Manager compatible. We are a certified Channel Manager provider (E4jConnect). Google Hotel Ads certified for Free Booking Links. Driver-based pre-check-in system for guests data collection. Some of Pro version features Seasonal Rates and Rates Calendar with 1-click modification. Booking Restrictions: Min, Max LOS, CTA/CTD, forced Arrival/Departure week days. Custom Payment Gateways (over 60 available on VikWP.com). SMS Gateways for automated notifications. Custom Cron Jobs scheduling for automated tasks (reminders, invoices). Customers Management functions, sales channels and commissions. Graphs and Statistics. Custom Options, Extra Services, Extra Fees. Add, Remove or Switch rooms from existing bookings. PMS Reports with extendable framework (built-in services for various countries). Electronic invoices extendable framework compliant with Italy (Agenzia delle Entrate), Greece (myDATA ΑΑΔΕ) etc.. Guest registration functions and reporting: check-in, check-out, no-show. WhatsApp Business messaging integration with AI support (Channel Manager required). Our award winning solution of Booking Engine + PMS and Channel Manager is all you need on your WordPress website. Interested in, curious about the Pro version? You should take a look with your own eyes at the demo website to see what you can do with Vik Booking. Do not stop at the front-end though, make sure to visit the wp-admin section too. Front-end Demo Website Admin Demo Website