=== Hotel Booking Lite ===
Contributors: MotoPress
Donate link: https://motopress.com/
Requires at least: 4.7
Tags: hotel booking, reservation, hotel, booking engine, booking, booking calendar, booking system, calendar, online booking, travel, airbnb, booking.com, homeaway
Tested up to: 5.8
Stable tag: 4.1.1
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

The #1 Hotel Booking and Vacation Rental Plugin for WordPress. Online payments, seasons, rates, free or paid extras, coupons, taxes & fees.

== Description ==
The WordPress Hotel Booking plugin by MotoPress is the ultimate WordPress property rental system with a real lodging business in mind.

* [Plugin Demo](https://hbdemo.getmotopress.com/) with the Dashboard access.
* [40+ Video Guides](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbDImkyrISyKQccIsVDp98UXLIc1Yc3mn)
* [Docs](https://motopress.com/documentation/wordpress/plugins/hotel-booking/) - step-by-step guides to set up and manage the plugin.
* [Free Elementor WordPress hotel template](https://wordpress.org/themes/albatross/)

Using this WP hotel booking reservation plugin, you can create a simple vacation rental listing as well as a powerful rental property booking website with all sorts of online and offline payments, automatic inventory control, taxes and fees info, flexible pricing rates, custom policies and more.

The MotoPress hotel reservation plugin allows you to add a real-time property search form and display availability calendars of individual rooms and properties.

This WordPress booking system was developed for hotel and vacation rental owners, B&B hosts, real estate agencies, and anyone in the lodging sector of the hospitality industry. Hotel Booking is a standalone plugin that will help you create a stunning rental property website with any WordPress theme and switch it with peace in mind if needed.

The admin dashboard of WordPress hotel plugin is absolutely user-friendly making it easy to create a hotel or property renting website for non-tech people.

Get a better sense of how the Hotel Booking plugin for WordPress works:

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmKqVH7o8ds]

### wp hotel booking plugin features:

* It can handle **unlimited properties** (unlimited rooms in a hotel, bedspace in a hostel) as well can be easily optimized for just **one property** (a villa, an apartment, etc.).
* Structured property details: description, a photo gallery, amenities, services, a view, bed types, max occupancy, property size and more.
* Responsive layouts for accommodations listing.
* A **real-time search availability** form.
* A **smart search algorithm**: the system can recommend the best set of accommodations depending on a number of guests.
* Unlimited variables for **rates** (pricing) based on any needed term (season): special periods (Christmas, wedding), weekends, daily or weekly rates, etc.
* Free or paid extras - offer **bookable extra services and packages** (guests can optionally add them to the reservation on the checkout).
* **Min and max stay** periods for all or individual accommodations, fixed departure and arrival times.
* **Discount coupons** for promos or loyal clients (can be based on many custom rules).
* **Taxes and fees** info: you can add mandatory fees, accommodation taxes, service taxes, and fee taxes to the accommodation rate.
* State the age of children in your establishment (displayed right in the search availability form).
* **Multiple accommodations booking** by one guest in one reservation!
* Shortcodes, widgets and blocks for setting up the system.
* A user-friendly property booking widget for guests.
* Currency support.
* Professional localization into 14 languages: Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Swedish, Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Chinese, Dutch, French, Arabic and German. Additionally, the plugin is officially compatible with WPML and is custom translations ready.

### Property management system:

* **Inventory control**: if the property is booked, it automatically becomes unavailable for reservations, no manual control is needed.
* Edit **amenities and services** available for a property in clicks.
* **Block all or individual accommodations** for a certain period of time (maintenance, special events) by setting not check-in, not check-out or not stay-in rules.

### Handling bookings:

* 3 booking **confirmation modes**:
 1. by **admin manually**;
 2. by **customer via email**;
 3. automatic confirmation **upon a payment** (online payments or after arrival).
* **PayPal** payment gateway for online bookings or [Hotel Booking WooCommerce Payments](https://motopress.com/products/hotel-booking-woocommerce-payments/?utm_source=wp-org&utm_medium=textlink&utm_campaign=hotel-booking-lite&utm_content=hotel-booking-woocommerce-payments) premium addon for more gateways.
* Pay on Arrival and Direct Bank Transfer.
* Ability to add a payment manually after a guest's arrival.
* **Full or deposit** (fixed or percent) online payments.
* Booking status: Booked, Pending, Cancelled.
* Status and payment info logs for each booking.
* Editable **customer details** for each booking.
* **Bookings calendar** where all upcoming bookings can be filtered by dates, accommodation or status.
* Payments history.
* **Automatic email notifications**: customize confirmation, cancellation and all sorts of emails.
* Complete and correct **price breakdown** with a detailed taxes and fees info.
* Handy backoffice for managing bookings.
* Customizable booking widget.

### Hotel Booking Plugin Addons:

[Hotel Booking plugin addons](https://motopress.com/products/category/hotel-booking-addons/?utm_source=wp-org-hb-lite-page&utm_medium=text-link&utm_content=hotel-booking-addons) are available for adding custom functionality to your rental website:

* [WooCommerce Payments](https://motopress.com/products/hotel-booking-woocommerce-payments/?utm_source=wp-org-hb-lite-page&utm_medium=text-link&utm_content=woocommerce-payment-addon) addon - extend the number of payment gateways.
* [Payment Request](https://motopress.com/products/hotel-booking-payment-request/?utm_source=wp-org-hb-lite-page&utm_medium=text-link&utm_content=hotel-booking-payment-request-addon) addon - automate your workflow of requesting and collecting rental payments from your clients.
* [Reviews and Rating](https://motopress.com/products/hotel-booking-reviews/?utm_source=wp-org-hb-lite-page&utm_medium=text-link&utm_content=hotel-booking-reviews-rating-addon) addon - allow guests to rate and review your property.
* [Elementor Integration](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mphb-elementor/) addon - helps speed up the work with your Elementor hotel website.
* [Divi Integration](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mphb-divi/) addon - integrates Divi theme with the MotoPress Hotel Booking plugin to modify content and styles visually via Divi builder.
* [Hotel Booking Notifier](https://motopress.com/products/hotel-booking-notifier?utm_source=wp_org_hb_page&utm_medium=hotel-booking-notifier) addon - create automated event-driven emails before and after arrival/departure.
* [Hotel Booking Checkout Fields](https://motopress.com/products/hotel-booking-checkout-fields/) addon - edit the form at the checkout by customizing current fields or adding new ones.

### Pro Features:

* **Automatic bookings synchronization with OTAs** (exchange calendars via iCal) like Booking.com, Airbnb, TripAdvisor or HomeAway. This will help you rent out accommodations on different platforms simultaneously and avoid overbooking.
* Priority updates (new features released regularly).
* Priority support - email, live chat, forum.
* More built-in payment gateways (2Checkout, Braintree, Stripe, Beanstream/Bambora).
* Adding reservations from the backend.
* Ability to edit original booking details, including departure/arrival dates, booked services, rates, and accommodations (add, remove, or replace originally booked properties).
* Different property prices based on a number of guests and nights.

Have a look at all Pro [plugin features](https://motopress.com/motopress-wordpress-hotel-booking-pro-vs-lite/?utm_source=wp-org&utm_medium=pro-features&utm_campaign=hotel-booking-lite&utm_content=here).

### Sell appointments & hourly bookings

Offer smooth and quick event and appointment reservations on your rental property site with our [WordPress Appointment plugin](https://motopress.com/products/appointment-booking/?utm_source=wp_org_hb_lite_page&utm_medium=text_link&utm_campaign=appointment_plugin). Create appointments of any duration, add flexible staff schedules, and start accepting online bookings.

### Hotel and Vacation Rental WordPress Themes

Check out our [Hotel and Vacation Rental WordPress Themes](https://motopress.com/products/category/hotel-rental-wordpress-themes/?utm_source=wp-org&utm_medium=hotel-themes&utm_campaign=hotel-booking-lite&utm_content=wordpress-hotel-themes) where the Pro version of the [WordPress Booking Plugin](https://motopress.com/products/hotel-booking/?utm_source=wp-org&utm_medium=pro-link&utm_campaign=hotel-booking-lite&utm_content=wordpress-booking-plugin) is included for free.

You may also use the Palmeria [free hotel booking theme](https://wordpress.org/themes/palmeria/) and Albatross [free hotel Elementor theme](https://wordpress.org/themes/albatross/) with the built-in free WordPress hotel booking plugin Lite.

== Installation ==

Installation through the WordPress dashboard:
1. Search MotoPress Hotel Booking in the Add Plugin section of your WP dashboard.
2. Find the Hotel Booking Lite plugin and click “Install now”.
3. Activate the plugin by clicking on the “Activate” button.
4. Two menus should appear - Accommodation and Bookings.

Alternatively, you can download the MotoPress WordPress Hotel Booking plugin from this [wp.org](https://wordpress.org/) website (click “Download”). After that, go to your WP dashboard > Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin > Choose file (the .zip file on your computer) > Install now > Activate.

== Screenshots ==

1. Add an accommodation description, image gallery, capacity, view, bed types, services and more.
2. View and sort all bookings by statuses and dates.
3. Set min and max arrival/departure rules, take accommodations out of booking.
4. Set different pricing rates based on the season, number of guests, and the length of stay.
5. Configure general settings: confirmation modes, search form fields, currency, booking calendar and more.
6. Edit admin and guest email templates for approved, pending and canceled bookings.
7. Charge full sums or deposits, enable PayPal, direct bank transfers and more gateways for your site.
8. Charge mandatory fees and taxes per accommodation or per stay.

== Copyright ==

Hotel Booking Lite plugin, Copyright (C) 2016, MotoPress https://motopress.com/
Hotel Booking Lite plugin is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL.

== Changelog ==

= 4.1.1, Dec 22 2021 =
* Minor bugfixes and improvements.

= 4.1.0, Nov 19 2021 =
* New: Implemented REST API. This will give developers more extensive control over the plugin data, help integrate third-party services, and build new frontend experiences for Hotel Booking in WordPress.

= 4.0.1, Nov 10 2021 =
* Security - sanitization and escaping.

= 4.0.0, Nov 2 2021 =
* New: Added the new Hotel Manager and Hotel Worker user roles that define access to the Hotel Booking plugin settings and menus. Note: you might need to change user roles you used before this update.
* Added the ability to translate default option in the select field of Attributes.
* Improved ical synchronization logs removal from database.

= 3.9.14, Oct 13 2021 =
* Added support for Hotel Booking Multi-Currency addon.

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[See the previous changelogs here](https://motopress.com/products/hotel-booking/#release-notes).