Tips to assist you set up your hostel

Hostel Flyer Exchange

Centralised distribution of your Hostel Flyers to the hostels you choose Flyer Exchange

Personalised Hostel Postcards

Improve your relationship with other hostel owners and managers. Create a real postcard online that is posted direct for US$1.5 per card and postage Make Your Own Postcards Store addresses, birthdays etc Include photos and never forget your most valued regular guests and staff.

RFID Door Locks and Lockers

Supplied by Hafele RFID Door Locks and Lockers

Top 10 Mobile Phone Bookings for your hostel

Top 10 in the City 1 year free for users of our software if you purchase 6 months from them

Front Door phone with remote opening

Decrease staff costs by having your door bell call your mobile phone. Then you can push 5 on your mobile to remotely let in the guest.

New Hostel Website

Although it is not our core business. We can provide you with a very trendy upto date website for your hostels that includes Twitter, Facebook, You Tube, Flickr, Google Maps etc.
See a copy of our website template in use Funky Hostel and Mosquito Hostel

Credit Card Payments Online

Online Credit Card payments for hostels can be done via the following providers: http://www.securetrading.com/ http://www.dibspayment.com/

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Testimonial Sept 2009

As a small hostel, we have to work hard at keeping ourselves full, especially in the shoulder seasons. Using the Dorm Project Hostel Reception Software from Hostel Office has been a boon to business. We've seen a marked increase in immediate bookings from our own website, and we've been freed up from constantly managing availabilities at Hostelbookers, Hostelworld, and Gomio. With a little more time on our hands, we can concentrate on our guests, and more effectively market ourselves.

The software allows us to put 100 percent availability up on our website and at agent sites such as Hostelworld, Hostelbookers, and Gomio, without fear of overbooking. Every time a new reservation is made online, it immediately synchronizes with our front desk reception. When we take a call or email booking we only have to input in the information onto the system and it takes those beds or rooms off of the agent sites.

I was a bit skeptical at first, but now I'm a true convert! My only regret is that I didn't start using this software sooner. Live and learn. Hats off to Hostel Office!

Carolyn Zukowski, owner Hostel Krumlov House Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic

www.krumlovhostel.com info@krumlovhostel.com