For small hotels that book by phone
The phone rings.
Ostler handles the rest.
Dates in, price out, hold it while the deposit check is in the mail. Confirmations, reminders and receipts send themselves — from your email address, with your logo, while you’re still on the call.
$499 once. No subscription, no booking fees, no account with us.
The whole booking happens during the call
Built around a phone call, not a booking engine
Dates in, price out
Type the dates and party size; every open cottage appears with its real price — seasons, weekly rates, extra-guest fees, minimum stays, Saturday turnovers. One click makes it a quote or a hold. The guest’s history pops up as you type their name.
Hold it while the check arrives
Plenty of guests still mail a deposit check. A hold keeps the dates for as long as you allow — say, 7 days — and releases them by itself with a polite email if nothing arrives. Record the check when it comes and the reservation confirms itself, receipt included.
The paperwork sends itself
Confirmation with a printable PDF, payment reminders before each deposit is due, a welcome note a week out, a receipt for every payment — branded as your hotel, sent from your address, on schedule even if the computer was asleep.
Every cottage on one calendar — double-booking is impossible, not just discouraged.
The reservation holds everything: price, deposits, payments, every email it ever sent.
Why innkeepers pick Ostler
Bought once. Yours for good.
Your data, on your computer
Reservations live in a plain database file on your machine, with automatic backups you can point at a USB drive. No cloud account, nothing to sync, nothing to lose when a vendor changes plans.
No per-booking fees
Take a dozen reservations or a thousand — Ostler charges nothing per booking, ever. Deposits and payments are recorded on your machine, and the money stays between you and your guests.
Your email address
Guests hear from you — info@yourhotel.com — not from a software company. A guided setup gets Gmail, Outlook, or your website host’s email working in about fifteen minutes.
After activation, Ostler never needs our servers — not to open, not to book, not to send email. If Ostler-the-company vanished tomorrow, your front desk wouldn’t notice. The honest details are on the pricing page.
Make it your front desk
Set up your rooms, take a booking, watch the confirmation arrive — $499 once, and it’s yours for good.