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Custom system · 0% commission Guesthouse, hotel, restaurant handing Booking a commission on every reservation? Win back direct bookings

Custom online booking system,
no 15% for Booking.

Booking and Restaumatic take 12 to 18 percent from every reservation. A custom online booking system means the money stays with you, the client database is yours, and you set your own rules and prices. One calendar on your website, connected both ways with Booking, Airbnb and other platforms. Delivery 10 to 14 days.

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0% commission on bookings
from 699 PLN booking widget
~4 mo. typical payback
10-14 days Standard delivery
4 booking packages net · one-off

Widget

1-3 rooms, direct test

699 PLN

Mini

4-8 rooms, your own direct

3 999 PLN

Standard · recommended

8-15 rooms + online deposits

5 999 PLN

Pro

15+ rooms / network / hotel

from 8 999 PLN

In brief

A custom online booking system is a form with a calendar on your website where the client books a date, so you pay no commission to a platform (Booking, Booksy, Restaumatic) and keep your client database with you. I deliver it in variants: from a simple booking widget from 699 PLN, through a system with deposits via the client account from 3 999 PLN, to a multi-resource setup from 8 999 PLN. One-off payment, online payments handled by the client account (P24, Stripe), with no platform commission.

  • Booking widget from 699 PLN, simple system from 3 999 PLN, multi-category from 8 999 PLN.
  • 0 percent platform commission, client database and calendar with you, iCal sync with the portals.
  • The complete path: Komplet System Operacyjny 7 990 PLN (system + company website + Google Business Profile).
Loss calculator · Booking 15%

How much you lose yearly
on Booking commission?

Enter your guest house data and I'll show you the exact amount that goes to Booking every year. Plus how much it would be over 5 years.

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Where to start

There are two roads,
and the cheaper one already trims part of the commission.

You do not have to start with a full system. A simple website with a form already gets some guests to book directly with you, and every such booking skips the portal commission. A system with a calendar and payments is the next step, once direct traffic grows.

Cheap, manual from 1 299 PLN

Business Card website with a form

Your own website with a booking form, phone and WhatsApp. You confirm each booking yourself. Every night booked directly with you skips the portal commission on that booking. A good start, before direct traffic grows.

  • Form, phone and WhatsApp on the site
  • You confirm bookings manually
  • Booking stays on in parallel, you lose nothing
  • The cheapest entry into direct bookings
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Automatic · later from 3 999 PLN

Booking system with a calendar

This system: an online calendar, BLIK and card payments through your own Przelewy24/Stripe account, plus iCal sync with Booking and Airbnb. A step for venues where direct traffic is growing and manual confirmation is no longer enough.

  • Online availability calendar, the guest books on their own
  • Deposits and online payments on your own account
  • Two-way iCal sync
  • Automation instead of manual confirmation
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On average bookings split in a hybrid way, for example 70% direct and 30% through Booking, so the average commission drops from around 15% closer to 8%, not to zero. A cheap website with a form is the first step toward that, not a precondition for the system.

Three pathways

What can you do
with the Booking commission?

After running the loss numbers, clients usually ask the same thing: stay on Booking and just optimise, build your own channel alongside, or leave entirely? Each decision makes sense for a different guesthouse. I will show you which one fits.

Simplest

Stay on Booking 100%

Status quo

Booking handles everything, you pay 15% commission (more with Genius and Preferred) on every reservation. Least work, most money handed over.

100% of bookings go through Booking
  • Zero work on your side
  • Booking handles payments and service
  • Highest commission lost, full 15%
  • Guests book with Booking, not with you, no client database of your own
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Hybrid: Booking + your own system

Real traffic in 6 months

Booking still pulls tourists in, but repeat guests book on your site with no commission. Typically: 60-70% Booking, 30-40% direct after 6 months.

On average 30-40% direct bookings after 6 mo.
  • Booking keeps working on new tourist guests
  • Repeat guests book with you, 0% commission on them
  • Bookings from both sources in one shared calendar
  • Your own client database grows month after month
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Radical

Leave Booking completely

For strong brands only

Full control, zero commission, but you lose the tourist stream you would not find another way. Only makes sense for venues with a strong brand and repeat guests.

0% commission, everything yours
  • All bookings on your site and in your database
  • Zero commission, full margin
  • You have to generate traffic yourself. SEO, Instagram, referrals
  • Risk of lower occupancy in the first months
Full packages

What exactly you get

An admin panel
you will not see in a SaaS.

On Booking or a subscription platform you have no access to your own data or rules, everything sits with the intermediary. Here it is the other way round: you get a management panel that you control, calendar, clients, integrations, payments, reports. Below is what you get with the System Standard delivery.

panel.twojpensjonat.pl/admin

Availability calendar

Weekly or monthly view, separately for each room. You move bookings with the mouse.

Sync across all platforms

Two-way with Booking, Airbnb, Slowhop, Vrbo, Nocowanie and others. A booking in one place blocks the date everywhere, no more double bookings.

Online payments (BLIK + cards)

BLIK, cards and fast transfers on your own Przelewy24 or Stripe account. Money goes straight to you, I am not a middleman for the cash.

Automatic email

Booking confirmation, reminder, check-in instructions.

Statistics and reports

Occupancy, average price per night and revenue per room. Downloadable file for your accountant.

Client database

Every guest who booked, with history, email, phone. Your property.

Calendar sync

An online booking calendar on your site,
synced everywhere.

This is the heart of the system for lodging venues. The availability calendar lives on your site, and the two-way connection means that a booking from any platform blocks the date across all of them. Prices, availability and rules are set from a single panel.

1

Calendar on your site

The guest books directly with you, with no commission. Prices, availability and policies are set from a single panel.

2

Two-way calendar sync

A booking on Booking, Airbnb or directly with you blocks the date instantly for everyone. No more manual copy-pasting and fear of double bookings.

3

All platforms in a single view

Booking, Airbnb, Slowhop, Vrbo, Nocowanie and any other platform with a calendar, gathered in one place.

What you get: one calendar, one place to manage it, automatic two-way updates every few to a dozen or so minutes. This is the base product. Online payments are a separate part you can add (below).

Online payments

BLIK and cards on your site,
with no platform commission.

Payments are a separate, optional part of the online booking system, priced separately. You can accept deposits and full payments straight on the site. The payment account is on your company, money goes straight to you, I only wire it up to the site. I am not party to the transaction and I do not hold your money.

1

You open an operator account

Przelewy24 or Stripe, on your company. No subscription, you only pay a percentage on each transaction.

2

I wire it up to the site

BLIK, cards and fast transfers at the checkout on your site. The guest pays in a few seconds, no detour to a third-party service with a fee.

3

The cash lands with you

Straight from the operator to your account. No middleman, no booking platform commission.

Przelewy24default for PL

  • BLIK (most popular in Poland), cards, 200+ banks
  • 0 PLN activation, no subscription
  • Operator fee around 1.2-1.5% per transaction
  • Cheapest entry for a small business

Stripecards and abroad

  • Cards, BLIK, Apple Pay and Google Pay
  • 0 PLN activation, a hosted checkout ready out of the box
  • Good for higher amounts and guests from abroad
  • Fixed fee per transaction, less worthwhile at small amounts

Why it pays off: Booking takes 15-18% on every reservation, Booksy a monthly subscription. A payment gateway takes about 1.2-1.5% per transaction and nothing more. On a 600 PLN booking that is the difference between over 100 PLN handed to the platform and about 8 PLN of operator fee. The rest stays with you.

You are the seller, so terms, refunds and GDPR are on your side. I help you put them together at delivery.

Sample calculation

A 12-room guesthouse in Podhale
how the payback works.

A model on a typical family guesthouse: how the hybrid (Booking + your own channel) works and after how long the custom booking module pays for itself. The figures are illustrative, we run them for your venue.

5% → 35%

direct bookings after 6 months

~32,000 PLN

saved on commission in 6 mo.

~4 mo.

payback on System Standard

Take a family guesthouse: 12 rooms, revenue ~480,000 PLN a year. Typically ~95% of bookings go through Booking, commission ~85,000 PLN a year. WordPress site, the booking form is broken, clients click on it but book on Booking.

System Standard delivery for 5 999 PLN + a new Company website for 2 499 PLN. Together 7,998 PLN net. Plus monthly care 149 PLN/mo.

Typically after 3 months: ~15% direct bookings (mostly repeat guests who come back). After 6 months: ~35% direct. Annual direct revenue ~165,000 PLN, commission saved ~30,000 PLN. Payback is on the order of 4-5 months. In the long run you turn off Booking for high-season weekends.

What is holding you back

Five concerns
I hear most often.

Every concern below has already been said to me by a guesthouse owner thinking about a deployment. I answer directly, with specifics.

„What if guests prefer to book through Booking and my system stays empty?”

Answer

This is solved by running both channels at once. Booking still runs in parallel (we leave it on), and your system is an additional booking route. If guests prefer Booking, you lose nothing. If they prefer your site, you gain the 15% Booking would normally take. The first direct bookings are usually 5-10% in the first month, growing to 30-40% within 6 months.

„Does the sync really work? I am scared of double bookings.”

Answer

Calendar sync of this kind is industry standard, every serious system uses it. A room is blocked in your system when a booking comes in from Booking, and the other way round. Updates run every 5-15 minutes (configurable). The date is blocked on both sides instantly, so the risk of a double booking is minimal.

„How long does delivery take and what do I have to do?”

Answer

System Standard ships in 10-14 working days. Your work: 30 min kickoff call (room types, prices, rules), 30 min to set up the domain (if new) and approve the automated emails. The connection with Booking is set up once, after you log in once. The entire technical side is on me.

„And what if you stop developing this system or take a full-time job?”

Answer

On delivery you get the full source code of the system, it is yours. The system runs on open, widely known tools, so any experienced developer can carry on the work. On top of that I have 150+ delivered 360 tours in my portfolio and I run Lokal360 full-time. But even in the worst case, you have the code, the domain and the data. No vendor lock-in.

„I have a hotel management program (PMS), will your system connect with it?”

Answer

Yes. Integration with Booking, Airbnb and Slowhop works out of the box, no workarounds. For larger venues (hotel with a restaurant, network) I plug straight into the hotel management program (e.g. Hostaway, Cloudbeds, Apaleo), that is System Pro, 8 999 PLN to start. For a typical 8-15 room guesthouse, the calendar sync in the Standard package is enough.

„Do you take a commission on guest payments?”

Answer

No, zero commission on my side. The payment account (Przelewy24 or Stripe) is on your company, money goes straight from the guest to your account. I only wire it up to the site, I am not party to the transaction and I do not hold your money. The only cost is the payment provider fee, around 1.2-1.5% per transaction, with no subscription. For comparison, Booking takes 15-18% on every reservation.

Pricing with timing

Four packages,
each for a different guesthouse profile.

Widget for 1-3 rooms or testing. System Mini for 4-8 rooms. System Standard for 8-15 rooms (90% of clients pick this). System Pro for 15+ rooms or networks.

Booking widget

1-3 rooms, direct test

699 PLN net · one-off

A Booking reservation window on your site. On bookings made through this window, Booking still takes its commission. If you care about bookings without the portal commission, the cheaper entry point is the Business Card website with your own form (from 1 299 PLN), where the guest books directly with you.

  • Booking/Slowhop window
  • Calendar setup
  • Window placed on the site
  • On these bookings Booking still takes its commission
Order Widget

System Mini

4-8 rooms, your own direct

3 999 PLN net · one-off

First custom booking system. Sync with Booking, management panel, automatic email. No online deposits, the guest pays on site.

  • Your own availability calendar
  • Sync with Booking/Airbnb
  • Confirmation email
  • Payment on site
  • Delivery 7-10 days
Order Mini
Most frequently chosen

System Standard

8-15 rooms, full direct

5 999 PLN net · one-off

The most frequently chosen tier. Everything in Mini + online deposits via your own Przelewy24/Tpay account, cancellation rules, occupancy statistics.

  • Everything in System Mini
  • Deposits via your own account (Przelewy24/Tpay)
  • Cancellation rules
  • Occupancy statistics
  • Delivery 10-14 days
Order Standard
Venue network / hotel with a restaurant? System Pro from 8,999 PLN →

A COMPLETE SOLUTION INSTEAD OF COMMISSIONS

Komplet System Operacyjny

Worked out how much you give to the platforms? Instead of patching piece by piece, take the ready stack: your own booking system with online payments (through your own Przelewy24 or Stripe account, no platform commission), a company website and Google Business Profile at one price.

See Komplet System Operacyjny →

bundle price

7 990 PLN

net · one-off

8 988 PLN separately · you save 998 PLN (11%)

Filtruj samodzielnie

A 30-second decision: is a custom system right for you?

Three profiles, three recommendations, one minute of reading.

Tańsza opcja

1-3 bookings a day, seasonal, I handle it myself

Booking + a Slowhop window on the site

You pay a 12-18% commission, but at small scale a custom system does not pay off.

from 699 PLN

Szczegóły →

Środek

5-15 bookings a day, guesthouse / restaurant

System Standard (online deposits)

Pays for itself in 1-3 mo. vs Restaumatic 300 PLN subscription + 5-8% commission.

5 999 PLN

Szczegóły →

Własny system

30+ bookings a day, hotel with a restaurant, many venues

System Pro or built to order

Different panel roles, reports, integrations with other programs. Full control.

from 8 999 PLN

Szczegóły →

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Uczciwa odprawa

When it is NOT worth it with me

Three scenarios where a custom booking system does not pay off. Better to stay on Booking / Restaumatic.

Seasonal venue, up to 30 bookings a year

Lepiej: Booking + a regular Business Card website

At 30 bookings a year the Booking commission is ~3,000 PLN a year. A custom System Standard for 5 999 PLN only pays back in year 2-3.

Co mogę zrobić teraz: Business Card website + Booking widget (from 1 299 PLN) →

Many platforms at once (Booking + Airbnb + Slowhop together)

Lepiej: A ready-made platform sync program (Smoobu, RoomCloud, Hostfully)

My system focuses on direct bookings on your site. If you want to keep 3 or more platforms in one place, a ready-made sync program at 99-299 PLN/mo will do it better. With me, direct bookings would be an add-on.

Restaurant with a tasting menu 1-2x a week

Lepiej: Restaumatic subscription + a phone call to the guests

Rare bookings = small commission, but heavy requirements (payment, allergens, languages). System Pro would be overkill here. At 200+ bookings a day the math flips the other way.

Wracaj jak urośniesz, wtedy własny system zacznie się księgowo opłacać.

Online booking system for lodging venues

A custom online booking system is an alternative to Booking commissions and monthly subscriptions. Instead of giving up 15-18% on every reservation, you have an online booking calendar on your own site, your own guest database, and full control over prices and rules. As an accommodation booking system it works for a guesthouse, a hotel, holiday cabins, glamping and apartments for rent, anywhere real-time room availability matters.

Calendar sync sits at the heart of it. It works like a channel manager, that is a program tying bookings from different platforms together: one availability calendar, connected both ways (the iCal standard) with Booking, Airbnb, Slowhop, Vrbo, Nocowanie and any other platform. A booking on one channel immediately blocks the date on the others, so the risk of a double booking is gone. Online payments (BLIK, cards) are a separate part you add on your own payment account, and the guest data and booking history stay with you, in line with GDPR.

Prices and break-even thresholds are covered in the guide to booking system prices, and the way to escape platform margins in the article how not to pay Booking commission. Industry packages are on the pages for hotels and guesthouses and for holiday cabins. Comparisons: Lokal360 versus Booking, an alternative to Airbnb and your own booking instead of Calendly, and you can see the full offer in the service pricing.

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A concrete number
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Leave your annual revenue and phone number. I will call back within 24 hours and show you exactly how much you will save in 5 years plus which package fits your scale. No slides, no PDF offer, 30 minutes of specifics.

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