Most large hotel websites offer online booking, and as travellers become accustomed to booking their accommodation online, this feature is becoming increasinly important for smaller providers, including B&B's, Holiday Cottages and Guest Houses. However, we recognise that moving to a full online booking system can be a daunting prospect for smaller operators, who may lack the infrastructure to process these bookings efficiently. You may also be (rightly) concerned about the level of commission charged by many online booking providers.

Angelfish therefore offers a flexible, inexpensive and commission-free approach to online availability and booking that allows you to offer whatever level of features you are comfortable with with the security of a fixed price regardless of how many online bookings you receive.

For those who are completely new to online availability and booking, you may simply wish to display live room availability on your website. This offers your visitors instant feedback on availability, cutting out unnecessary enquiries, and yet still leaves you in total control over the booking process. Angelfish offers a range of calendar and availability checker options, each of which can be fully integrated into your own website in a matter of minutes and is kept up to date through a single button click in Angelfish B&B Manager.

Visit the Longhill Farm website to see the Angelfish calendar in action.

The next stage, for those who wish to have some level of online booking and yet have the final say in confirming bookings, is to permit your website visitors to make online booking requests. Angelfish offers a range of options to allow visitors to select individual rooms or room types, each of which can be shown with a full description, pictures and pricing options. Booking requests are sent to the accommodation provider by e-mail and can also be collected and processed automatically in Angelfish B&B Manager. Booking confirmation remains in the hands of the accommodation provider.

View our example online booking system

Our full online booking solution allows you not only to confirm bookings automatically when they are made, but to collect a deposit payment through a payment provider such as PayPal, WorldPay or Protx/Sagepay. You can setup the booking system to accept a fixed deposit, a percentage of the overall booking cost with an optional fixed minimum or the cost of the first night.

The Angelfish package can be purchased for a fixed price or on a monthly basis and includes our state-of-the-art property management system Angelfish B&B Manager. Our current pricing structure is shown opposite.