A small boutique hotel reception desk in warm evening light, a key rack and an open guestbook out of focus, a window with soft string lights, no readable text in focus.
Boutique hotels and hostels

Spend your time with your guests, not your inbox.

AI for boutique hotels and hostels.

AI answers booking questions any hour, confirms check-in, and keeps housekeeping's room list current.

Examples

A look at how it works.

Guests ask questions and confirm check-in on WhatsApp.

Illustrative example
Check-ins today9+2
Occupancy78%
Rooms to clean5
Guest requests open2

Occupancy by day — sample data

Mon: 60Tue: 58Wed: 65Thu: 70Fri: 88Sat: 95Sun: 80MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Occupancy by day — sample data
Mon60
Tue58
Wed65
Thu70
Fri88
Sat95
Sun80

A dashboard with today’s occupancy and check-ins.

Illustrative example
Today's check-ins — sample data
TimeGuestRoomStatus
3:00 PMGuest 1204Checked in
5:30 PMGuest 2112Pending
7:00 PMGuest 3301Checked in
10:00 PMGuest 4108Pending

Check-ins and reservations, in one table.

Illustrative example
  1. The Wanderer's Rest2:14 pm

    Room 6 checked in

    Guest 1 completed self check-in and the smart lock code was sent automatically.

  2. The Wanderer's Rest7:38 am

    Late checkout request

    Guest 2 asked for a 1 pm checkout and the agent proposed the extra hour automatically.

  3. The Wanderer's Rest9:52 pm

    Dorm bed available

    A bed in the 8-bed dorm freed up after a cancellation and the waitlist was notified.

Live alerts for check-ins, key codes, and guest requests.

Illustrative example

Evening Turnover Summary

Rooms cleaned 12 of 14
Keys returned 9
Maintenance notes Room 3 shower drip reported
Arrivals pending 2 after 11 pm

Evening staff confirm turnover details in one quick screen.

Illustrative example

Occupancy and guest messaging — sample data

87%Occupancy tonight
4.2 minAvg. reply time
31Check-ins automated

The AI agent handled every late-night arrival without waking the on-call host.

Guests who received instant replies rated their stay half a point higher on average.

Occupancy and response metrics summarized at a glance.

Also helps with

  1. 01

    Guest messages after hours.

    A question at midnight gets answered the same as one at noon.

  2. 02

    Billing paperwork.

    A CFDI invoice goes out once a stay is paid.

How we work

  1. 01

    Assess

    We watch a normal week of bookings and pick what to build first.

  2. 02

    Build and launch

    We build it on your own booking calendar and adjust until your team uses it daily.

  3. 03

    Hand over

    Documentation, training and full access — it’s yours to run.

What stays with people

Every rate, every exception and every decision about a guest — those stay with your team. The agent handles messages, confirmations and the housekeeping list; it never sets a price or makes an exception on its own.

A hand placing a room key on a reception desk next to a phone with a soft chat-style screen glow, warm lobby light behind.
A check-in confirmed before the guest reaches the desk.

Questions owners ask

Do I have to change my booking or channel-manager system?

No — we start from the system you already use and read from it. If it can’t connect, we’ll tell you at the first visit.

Does it work on WhatsApp?

Yes — guests can ask questions, confirm check-in or request something on WhatsApp, and it also works on the web.

Does the agent set room rates?

No. It reads the rates your team sets — it never changes a price or makes a booking exception on its own.

Can it coordinate with housekeeping?

Yes — it keeps a live list of which rooms are ready, so check-in confirmations are never ahead of the room itself.

Who owns what you build?

You do — it’s built on KOA, an open-source platform under an MIT licence. There are no licence fees; your team gets full documentation and access.

How much does it cost?

It depends on what is worth doing first. We agree the price after the first conversation, before any work starts, and there are no licence fees.

Is it only for hotels with many rooms?

No. It’s made for a handful of rooms as easily as many, wherever someone already answers WhatsApp between guests.

Integrations

Integrations for Boutique hotels

  • Booking.comTested
  • AirbnbTested
  • StripeIn production

and 5 more integrations

See the integrations for Boutique hotels

The agent answers the question, and your team decides the exception.

Tell us about your hotel
If the chat doesn’t answer, email us: hola@koalabs.ai