Travel engineering when Cloudbeds and Rezdy limits stop working
Custom booking engines, ops portals, B2B dashboards, and multi-currency flows for travel operators outgrowing off-the-shelf platforms. $3,499/mo.
Who this is for
Tour-operator founder, hotel-group tech lead, or travel-tech founder where off-the-shelf booking tools do not support custom itineraries, multi-currency, or group bookings.
The pain today
- Off-the-shelf booking tools do not support custom itineraries
- Multi-currency and multi-language handled badly
- B2B partner portal is generic white-label that customers hate
- Group bookings require manual work that does not scale
- PMS or channel-manager integration is incomplete or broken
The outcome you get
- Custom travel app on subscription at $3,499/mo
- Booking engine, B2B portal, or ops tool in 8 to 14 weeks
- Multi-currency and multi-language baked in from day one
- PMS or channel-manager integration with clean sync patterns
- Performance at scale (Imohub playbook applied to travel)
When to build custom travel software
Three signals. Your product has unique itinerary logic that Cloudbeds, Rezdy, or Bokun cannot model. Your B2B partners (travel agents, corporate clients) want a branded portal with deep functionality. Your scale is pushing against off-the-shelf performance limits. Below these thresholds, platforms are usually right. For tour operators with 5+ complex products, hotel groups with 3+ properties and direct-booking strategy, or travel-tech founders building a product, custom engineering earns its keep. For small single-property or single-tour operators, platforms plus a good website are usually enough.
Common features I build
Booking engines with custom itinerary logic (multi-day trips, variable dates, group sizing, pricing rules). B2B partner portals (branded views, partner-specific rates, quote and booking workflow). Multi-currency with FX-rate strategy and per-market payment methods. Group-booking coordinators (hold, allocation, release, invoicing). Inventory management across channels (own site, OTAs, B2B partners). Reporting dashboards pulled from booking engine, PMS, and OTA data. Each is 4 to 10 weeks of focused work within the subscription.
PMS and channel-manager integrations
Mews, Cloudbeds, Stayntouch, Opera — each has APIs. For multi-property operators, channel managers (SiteMinder, RateGain, Rezdy for tours) sit between your direct site, OTAs, and PMS. Integration pattern: custom app writes to channel manager, channel manager handles OTA distribution, PMS is the property-level source of truth. For custom operators needing direct OTA integration (Booking.com, Expedia), those APIs exist but add complexity and per-property onboarding time. I have shipped integration-heavy work at bolttech — familiar pattern at a different vertical.
Pricing and engagement model
Standard $3,499/mo. Pro $4,500/mo. Pro during initial build phase (4 to 8 weeks typical). 14-day money-back guarantee. Cancel anytime. 100 percent code ownership under Work Made for Hire. Hosting on Vercel or AWS with edge caching for seasonal traffic spikes — $200 to $1,500/mo depending on scale. For travel operators with heavy seasonal demand, hosting architecture needs to scale for peak; this is part of the engagement, not an add-on.
Case: Imohub — media-rich catalog with fast search
At Imohub I rebuilt a real estate portal with 120,000+ properties, sub-500ms query response, 70 percent infrastructure cost reduction, top three Google rankings. Stack: Next.js, React, Laravel, MongoDB, Meilisearch, AWS, Docker. Travel runs similar challenges — large catalog, rich media per listing, complex filtering, high traffic. The playbook transfers directly. Tour catalogs, hotel inventories, activity platforms all benefit from the same stack and performance discipline.
When a platform (Cloudbeds, Rezdy) is enough
Cloudbeds, Rezdy, Bokun, TripAdvisor Experiences — off-the-shelf tour and hospitality platforms cover 80 percent of small-to-mid operator needs for $200 to $1,000/month. Plus a good website, that is enough under a certain scale. Custom work pays back when the platform blocks a specific growth lever — unique product configurations, multi-market operations, B2B as primary channel. I will tell you in the first call which bracket you are in. Most travel operators overbuild before the platform actually blocks them.
Recent proof
A comparable engagement, delivered and documented.
Rebuilt a real estate portal at a fraction of the cost
Rebuilt Imóveis SC's real estate portal as ImoHub — a faster, more scalable successor — handling 120k+ properties with sub-second search and drastically reduced AWS costs.
Frequently asked questions
The questions prospects ask before they book.
- Can you integrate with our PMS?
- Yes. Mews, Cloudbeds, Stayntouch, Opera, Little Hotelier, protel — all have integration paths. For PMS with modern APIs (Mews, Cloudbeds), direct integration. For legacy PMS (older Opera versions), middleware or structured file imports. I build the integration to handle availability, bookings, guest profiles, and rate plans. Deeper integrations (loyalty, restaurant, spa) scope as follow-up work. Initial PMS integration typically 4 to 8 weeks.
- How do you handle multi-currency?
- Payment in customer's preferred currency, settlement in operator's base currency. FX rates pulled from a reliable source (Stripe's rates, Oanda API, or your own). Rate-lock on booking so the customer pays what was quoted. For operators with complex FX exposure, integration with a treasury tool (Airwallex, Wise Business) to hedge or convert. Multi-currency support baked into booking engines from day one when the operator serves multiple markets.
- Can you handle group bookings?
- Yes. Group booking logic includes room blocks, rate agreements, rooming lists, payment schedules with deposits, and cut-off dates. Sales team approves initial holds, guest attachment happens closer to arrival. Standard feature for operators with serious group business (weddings, corporate, tour-series). Typical build: 4 to 6 weeks on top of standard booking flow. Integration with PMS for room blocks; integration with CRM for account management.
- What about reviews and reputation?
- Reviews from TripAdvisor, Google, Booking.com aggregate through reputation-management platforms (Revinate, TrustYou, BirdEye). I integrate the display layer and the response workflow into your operations app. For operators preferring direct review collection (post-stay email with review form), that flow runs in the custom app. Review responses surface to your ops team as tasks. Not a vanity feature — review response rates materially affect rankings on OTAs.
- Can you integrate with Stripe or Adyen?
- Yes. Stripe for most travel operators — familiar, well-documented, great multi-currency support. Adyen for larger operators with global footprint or unusual local payment methods. At bolttech I integrated 40+ providers across Asia and Europe; the travel-industry patterns are the same. For operators needing in-country payment methods (iDEAL, Giropay, Boleto), both Stripe and Adyen cover most needs. Payment architecture decisions made in week one based on your market footprint.
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