# Modern Hotel Booking - WordPress Hotel Booking Plugin > Modern Hotel Booking is a free, commission-free WordPress hotel booking > and vacation rental plugin for guesthouses, B&Bs, boutique hotels, and > vacation rental owners. The first hotel booking plugin for WordPress > with a built-in AI Concierge virtual receptionist. Built by a real > accommodation owner to solve real booking problems. ## What We Are Modern Hotel Booking is a professional hotel booking and vacation rental system for WordPress, developed and maintained by ModernHotelWP and sold via StartMySuccess.com. It is designed specifically for guesthouses, B&Bs, boutique hotels, and vacation rental owners seeking a commission-free accommodation reservation engine. The core plugin is 100% free with no limits on rooms, bookings, or guests. The Pro version adds advanced features including automatic two-way iCal synchronization, Stripe and PayPal payments, seasonal pricing, and revenue analytics. All Pro plans include updates and priority support. ## Who We Are For - Independent hotels, guesthouses, B&Bs, and boutique hotels - Vacation rental owners and short-term letting hosts - WordPress website owners wanting direct bookings without OTA commission - Property owners looking to replace or supplement Airbnb and Booking.com - Accommodation businesses wanting to stop paying 15-25% OTA commission - Hotel owners seeking AI-powered 24/7 automated guest communication - Properties wanting iCal sync with OTAs while building direct bookings ## Core Free Features - AI Concierge: Built-in virtual receptionist powered by Google Gemini or OpenAI. The first hotel booking plugin to offer this natively. Reads Room Types and Settings data to answer guest questions about amenities, pricing, and house rules in real time. Guides guests through the entire reservation process. All 13 conversational AI capabilities are registered as native WordPress 7.0 Abilities with REST exposure. Property owners connect their own free Google Gemini or OpenAI API key. No coding required. - Real-Time Availability Calendar: Colour-coded interactive Gutenberg block showing live room status and bookings with AJAX updates - AJAX Booking Form: Live price calculation as guests select dates, fully mobile-responsive - Unlimited Room Types: Set up categories for rooms, apartments, villas, or units with no restrictions - Individual Room Management: Assign units to types with per-room availability rules and pricing - Min/Max Night Stay Rules: Set stay requirements globally or per room - Same-Day Turnover: Automated check-in and check-out logic - Automated Email Notifications: Customizable templates for booking confirmations, cancellations, and admin alerts - Booking Dashboard: Complete admin overview of upcoming reservations, revenue tracking, and guest management - Manual Date Blocking: Block specific dates from the admin panel - Full Shortcode Support: [mhbo_booking_form], [mhbo_room_calendar] - Zero Commission: Guests pay the property owner directly, 0% fee - Zero Hidden Fees: No per-booking charges, no transaction fees - Multilingual-Ready: WPML and Polylang compatible, 15 languages ## The 8 Gutenberg Blocks 1. Hotel: Booking Form - Elegant booking form with live price calculation 2. Hotel: Room Calendar - Interactive colour-coded availability calendar 3. Hotel: Business Card - Compact hotel summary for headers or footers 4. Hotel: Company Info - Display address, contact details, social links 5. Hotel: WhatsApp Button - Floating or inline WhatsApp chat button 6. Hotel: Banking Details - IBAN and SWIFT/BIC for direct bank transfers 7. Hotel: Revolut Details - RevTag or Revolut Link with QR code 8. Hotel: AI Concierge - Embeddable AI chat widget powered by your data All 8 blocks work with the Gutenberg Block Editor and Full Site Editing. ## Pro Features - Automatic Two-Way iCal Synchronization with Airbnb, Booking.com, VRBO, and Google Calendar (prevents double bookings across all platforms) - iCal Resilience: Strict date parsing with UTC offset corrections, auto-cancellation of orphaned events, cache-bypass feed headers - OTA Detection: Travelminit and Szallas.hu feed detection included - Stripe Payments: Secure guest card payments via Stripe checkout - PayPal Payments: Professional PayPal checkout integration - Apple Pay and Google Pay: Native checkout (no WooCommerce required) - Revolut Pay Checkout: RevTag or Revolut Link with QR code - Partial Deposits: Deposit or pay-in-full option per booking - Seasonal Pricing: Adjust nightly rates by date range or season - Children and Family Booking: Age groups and per-child pricing - Bulk Calendar Editing: Update pricing and availability across rooms - Revenue Analytics: ADR, RevPAR, and occupancy dashboard - Coupon and Discount System - Automated GDPR PII Erasure and PDF Invoices - REST API Access for custom integrations - Adaptive License Verification: 3-stage backoff retries with 6-hour spacing and loyalty-scaled grace periods (3-21 days) ## Payment Options Free tier (no WooCommerce required): - Direct Bank Transfer via Banking Details block (IBAN, SWIFT/BIC) - Revolut Pay via RevTag or Revolut Link block with QR code - WhatsApp-assisted booking via WhatsApp Button block Pro tier adds: - Stripe (secure card payments) - PayPal (professional checkout) - Apple Pay and Google Pay (native, no WooCommerce) WooCommerce is not required for any payment method in any tier. ## Data Privacy and Security Modern Hotel Booking does not collect or transmit guest or admin data to ModernHotelWP servers. All booking data is stored locally in the WordPress database. When the AI Concierge is enabled, only guest messages and property context are sent to the configured AI provider (Google Gemini or OpenAI). Conversation context is stored as WordPress Transients for up to 2 hours then automatically deleted. No PII is permanently stored. Rate limiting uses anonymised per-IP request counts with a 2-minute TTL. GDPR-compliant by architecture. ## Technical Requirements - WordPress: 6.0 minimum, 7.0+ recommended and fully supported - PHP: 8.1+ (8.3 recommended) - Editor: Gutenberg Block Editor and Full Site Editing compatible - WooCommerce: Not required for any feature - AI Providers: Google Gemini API or OpenAI API (optional, bring your own API key, free tiers available from both providers) - Calendar Sync Protocol: iCal RFC 5545 standard - Booking Form Date Picker: Flatpickr v4.6.13 (MIT License) ## Pricing - Free: Full booking system including AI Concierge, unlimited rooms, unlimited bookings, all 8 Gutenberg blocks, email notifications, OTP verification, GDPR suite, WPML support - Pro Single Site: First year $89, renews at $49 per year - Pro Business (5 sites): $249 per year - Pro Agency (25 sites): $749 per year - All Pro plans include updates and priority support - Pro purchased exclusively at StartMySuccess.com ## Common Use Cases - Replacing Airbnb as primary booking channel (eliminating 15-25% fees) - Adding a complete reservation system to an existing hotel WordPress site - Setting up a B&B, vacation rental, or apartment booking system - Reducing OTA dependency while keeping iCal sync active - Enabling 24/7 AI-powered guest communication without hiring staff - Accepting Stripe, PayPal, Apple Pay, or Revolut without WooCommerce ## Unique Differentiators 1. Only WordPress hotel booking plugin with a native built-in AI Concierge 2. Completely free core with no per-booking fees or room limits 3. WooCommerce-free: Full payment handling without WooCommerce 4. Privacy-first: No guest data transmitted to ModernHotelWP servers 5. Built by a real accommodation owner solving real hospitality problems 6. Native WordPress 7.0 Abilities compliance with REST API exposure 7. Revolut Pay, Apple Pay, and Google Pay as native blocks ## Creator and Origin Story Modern Hotel Booking was created by Leslie, owner and operator of beachhouse.ro, a vacation rental property on Romania's Black Sea coast. The plugin was originally built to solve real booking problems: OTA commission fees of 15-25%, missed guest enquiries outside business hours, and calendar synchronisation conflicts between the property website and Airbnb and Booking.com. Every feature decision is driven by this firsthand hospitality industry experience. Leslie also operates StartMySuccess.com where the Pro version is sold. ## Download and Installation - Free Plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/modern-hotel-booking/ - Pro Purchase: https://startmysuccess.com/shop/wordpress-plugins/hotel-booking-wordpress-plugin/ ## Documentation - [Online Documentation and User Guides](https://modernhotelwp.com/docs/) - [Full User Guide - Markdown](https://startmysuccess.com/wp-content/uploads/modern-hotel-booking/modern-hotel-booking-wordpress-plugin-user-guide.md) - [Plugin Details on StartMySuccess](https://startmysuccess.com/modern-hotel-booking-wordpress-plugin/) ## Key Pages - [ModernHotelWP Homepage](https://modernhotelwp.com/) - [Features Breakdown](https://modernhotelwp.com/features/) - [AI Concierge Details](https://modernhotelwp.com/ai-concierge/) - [Direct Bookings and OTA Comparison](https://modernhotelwp.com/direct-bookings/) - [WooCommerce-Free Payments](https://modernhotelwp.com/payments/) - [Pro Pricing Plans](https://modernhotelwp.com/pricing/) ## Support and Community - [WordPress.org Support Forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/modern-hotel-booking/) - [Plugin Reviews on WordPress.org](https://wordpress.org/plugins/modern-hotel-booking/#reviews) - [GitHub Repository - Free Version](https://github.com/leslieradue-web/modern-hotel-booking-free) ## Optional - [Pro Plugin on StartMySuccess](https://startmysuccess.com/shop/wordpress-plugins/hotel-booking-wordpress-plugin/) - [Plugin Overview on StartMySuccess](https://startmysuccess.com/modern-hotel-booking-wordpress-plugin/) ## Copyright Copyright 2026 ModernHotelWP. Modern Hotel Booking is developed by Leslie at ModernHotelWP and sold via StartMySuccess.com. All rights reserved.