A direct booking platform for hostels and hostel networks

HostelSnap provides modern booking engines for hostels, hostel directories, and hostel associations. Launch an OTA-style booking experience on your website, control your inventory and guest relationships, and earn commissions from bookings made through your platform.

HostelSnap technology powers websites like Hosteling.US and many indivdual hostels.

Choose HostelSnap if you only need a website booking engine to accept direct bookings for your hostel.

No Monthly Fee
Dorm pricing as low as 10¢ per guest overnight.*
Private rooms $.50 per roomnight*

Choose HostelSnap Full if you want a full PMS system with a booking engine for direct bookings on your hostel website.

No Monthly Fee
Dorm pricing as low as 15¢ per guest overnight.*
Private rooms $.50 per roomnight*

For many years, HostelSnap has integrated with the MyAllocator channel manager to synchronize rates and availability across multiple booking channels.

Recently, Cloudbeds, the parent company of MyAllocator, discontinued the availability of MyAllocator as a stand-alone product. As a result, many PMS systems that previously integrated with MyAllocator will no longer function unless the hostel already has an existing MyAllocator account.

For the hostel industry, we believe Cloudbeds' decision to discontinue MyAllocator raises several concerns:

It reduces the number of PMS choices available to hostel owners.
It limits interoperability between independent software platforms.
It pushes hostels toward a single vendor ecosystem that may not fit every property's needs or budget.

Many smaller hostels rely on simple and affordable technology stacks rather than large PMS systems. Removing the stand-alone channel manager option makes it harder for these properties to remain competitive unless they adopt the Cloudbeds PMS.

We also believe this decision contradicts earlier statements by Cloudbeds leadership that MyAllocator would remain a platform-agnostic channel manager when Cloudbeds acquired the company. See our interview with CEO Adam Harris here.

We believe the hostel industry benefits from open platforms and healthy competition between software providers.

If you share these concerns, you may wish to communicate your feedback directly to Cloudbeds.

Important: If your hostel already has an existing MyAllocator account, we can still onboard you to the HostelSnap PMS and connect it to MyAllocator.

Schedule a demo to see how the HostelSnap PMS can integrate with your existing MyAllocator account and support your hostel

Check-In Deposits

Page Summary:

This page is used to set up any deposits you require at check in.

Key Features:

Unlimited deposits
Choose active or inactive
Choose if staff are able to disallow

Detailed Information about Check-In Deposits:

Many hostels have deposits required at check in, such as a key deposit, a security deposit, or a towel deposit. On this page you can define as many of these as necessary. Each receives a monetary value, and is active by default, unless otherwise marked.

There is also a configuration to give staff the option to disallow a deposit required at check-in. You may choose to do this if your staff are well trained on your policies and making decisions specific to a situation. For example, you may have a travel professional staying for free and don't need to charge them a security deposit. Or perhaps there was an issue with a guest's room, so you give a towel for free without a deposit.

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