Little Hotelier alternatives
Little Hotelier alternatives for NZ and Australian businesses
Little Hotelier: $179 to $345 a month for Pro, or $49 a month plus a 1% booking fee on Basics.
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What people compare Little Hotelier with
Little Hotelier lists Pro at $179 a month for up to 5 rooms, rising to $345 for 30 rooms, plus Basics at $49 a month with a 1% fee on every booking, all before tax and per property. Many owners look for an alternative once the bill climbs with each room added, or once they want their booking history and guest records kept somewhere they control, rather than held to 548 days of search and masked after 180 days.
Often compared
SiteMinder
An ASX-listed booking and channel management product with a dense customer base across New Zealand and Australia.
Often compared
Preno
A New Zealand product built for properties under 50 rooms, sitting close to Little Hotelier in the same part of the market.
Yours to own
Small Hotel for Claude Code
The open-source motel, B&B and small hotel property management system that is just a database and Claude Code. Built around your business, with your Little Hotelier data brought across.
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How to choose a Little Hotelier alternative
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What your bill is tied to
Little Hotelier's Pro plan rises with room count, from $179 a month for 5 rooms to $345 for 30, and Basics adds a 1% fee on every booking. Check whether a system charges by room, by booking, or once, since that decides how the bill moves as your property grows.
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Whether your records stay yours
Little Hotelier's reservation search reaches back only 548 days, older bookings cannot be reached, and guest details are masked 180 days after check-out. Ask whether the records of your own guests and bookings stay fully in reach, on your terms, for as long as you want them.
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Whether it fits your own rules
GST on long stays in New Zealand and the long-term concession in Australia are rules your records need to handle correctly. Check whether a system works the way your property actually runs, with the fields and rules you use, rather than asking you to fit its plans and add-ons.
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What moving your data involves
Little Hotelier exports reservations to a spreadsheet from its reservation search, though older history and masked guest details limit what can be pulled across. Ask what a switch actually involves: what exports, what gets rebuilt such as rate plans, and whether channel links are tested before you close the old account.
The option that fits
Own your version, run in plain language
Small Hotel for Claude Code puts your rooms, rates, bookings, guests, housekeeping and invoices in a database you own, run day to day in plain language with Claude Code. Enterprise DNA builds it around how your property actually works, brings your Little Hotelier records across, and runs it for you, for one setup fee then a monthly retainer, with a free version you can run yourself.
- check A database you own, not a per-seat plan
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- check Your Little Hotelier bookings brought across
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Design your own Little Hotelier replacement
Everything starts from the open-source base. Then it gets your name, the parts you run, your rules and your data from Little Hotelier. Try it here, and we build the real one.
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Questions
Little Hotelier alternatives, answered
How does Little Hotelier's pricing actually work? expand_more
Little Hotelier prices each property by plan and room count. Pro is listed at $179 a month for up to 5 rooms, rising to $345 for 30, before tax. Basics is $49 a month plus a 1% fee on every booking. More than one property goes to their sales team for a quote.
What happens to our booking history if we switch? expand_more
Little Hotelier's reservation search reaches back 548 days, and older bookings cannot be accessed, while guest details are masked 180 days after check-out. Any move should export bookings, guests, room types and channels before you close the account, with a test run and a count check against your own records.
Will an alternative handle GST on long stays properly? expand_more
Yes, this can be built in. New Zealand charges GST on the reduced value for stays over four weeks, from when the long stay was agreed, and Australia has a long-term concession you can choose to apply. Each rule should cite the Inland Revenue or ATO page it follows, though your accountant still decides the tax treatment.
Do we lose the live channel connections to Booking.com and Expedia? expand_more
Little Hotelier pushes rates and availability out over live channel connections. A free, self-run version keeps calendars in step through the calendar links providers like Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo offer, which is slower and does not carry rates. Live connections can be built in for a property where they matter, tested before you close the old account.
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