Cross-Platform Hotel Booking System
Budget: €3,000 – €5,000 EUR
I’m rolling out a full-fledged hotel booking ecosystem that lives on three fronts: a customer-facing Android app, an iOS app, and a browser-based admin portal. The apps must let travellers search live inventory, choose an exact room (e.g., “Room 457” instead of a generic “Double”), pay securely, and leave ratings and reviews once their stay is over.
Property data can never be stale, so real-time room availability has to stay in sync with external channels such as Airbnb and Booking.com; whichever API or iCal approach you prefer is fine as long as double-booking risk is zero. Each hotel owner will have an individual account with the freedom to update rates, photos, descriptions, blackout dates, and promotions at any moment without touching code.
Multi-layer user permissions are essential:
• Admin – global control over every property, full user/account management.
• Hotel Owner – sees only their own properties, edits rooms, rates, and availability.
• Receptionist – limited to front-desk tasks within a single hotel.
• Customer – searches, books, pays, and reviews.
The web portal must cover user account management and live inventory control from a desktop dashboard. Detailed analytics can come later; for launch, stability and real-time accuracy take priority.
Core tech expectations include secure payment gateway integration, push notifications, and clean, responsive UI/UX across all devices. Code quality, documentation, and deployment pipelines should be production-ready so we can scale quickly.
Deliverables
1. Android application (Play-Store ready)
2. iOS application (App-Store ready)
3. Web admin interface with role-based access control
4. REST/GraphQL API and database schema
5. Source code, build instructions, and basic unit tests
The project wraps when a test hotel can sign up, load rooms, watch them sync with an external OTA, take a live booking from a customer, and see that booking appear instantly in both the receptionist dashboard and the owner’s app view.
Property data can never be stale, so real-time room availability has to stay in sync with external channels such as Airbnb and Booking.com; whichever API or iCal approach you prefer is fine as long as double-booking risk is zero. Each hotel owner will have an individual account with the freedom to update rates, photos, descriptions, blackout dates, and promotions at any moment without touching code.
Multi-layer user permissions are essential:
• Admin – global control over every property, full user/account management.
• Hotel Owner – sees only their own properties, edits rooms, rates, and availability.
• Receptionist – limited to front-desk tasks within a single hotel.
• Customer – searches, books, pays, and reviews.
The web portal must cover user account management and live inventory control from a desktop dashboard. Detailed analytics can come later; for launch, stability and real-time accuracy take priority.
Core tech expectations include secure payment gateway integration, push notifications, and clean, responsive UI/UX across all devices. Code quality, documentation, and deployment pipelines should be production-ready so we can scale quickly.
Deliverables
1. Android application (Play-Store ready)
2. iOS application (App-Store ready)
3. Web admin interface with role-based access control
4. REST/GraphQL API and database schema
5. Source code, build instructions, and basic unit tests
The project wraps when a test hotel can sign up, load rooms, watch them sync with an external OTA, take a live booking from a customer, and see that booking appear instantly in both the receptionist dashboard and the owner’s app view.