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Little Hotelier Booking Engine
Little Hotelier Booking Engine is the booking engine shipped with the Little Hotelier PMS (a SiteMinder company). Purpose-built for properties under 30 rooms with low-friction onboarding.
Target segment
B&Bs, guesthouses and small boutiques (1-25 rooms) where simplicity and time-to-launch matter more than deep customisation.
Pricing
Bundled with Little Hotelier PMS subscription, typical entry tier USD 100-150 per month for the smallest properties.
Source: Little Hotelier pricing
Strengths
Simple owner-operator setup
Onboarding designed for properties without dedicated tech staff.
SiteMinder distribution backbone
Inherits the SiteMinder channel-manager maturity.
Affordable entry tier
Lower price floor than tier-one cloud booking engines.
Trade-offs
Caps out at small properties
Properties scaling past 25-30 rooms typically migrate to SiteMinder Properties Plus or Cloudbeds.
Limited customisation
Checkout customisation is intentionally narrow.
When to choose
Choose Little Hotelier Booking Engine for B&Bs and the smallest boutiques wanting minimal-friction launch.
When to avoid
Avoid when the property has more than 25 rooms or expects to scale beyond that within 12-18 months.
Common integrations
SiteMinder channel manager, Stripe, Mailchimp.
Editorial disclosure
This site is operated by Maciej Dudziak, founder of Guestivo. Guestivo is guest-journey software (not a booking engine) and is intentionally absent from /booking-engines/ recommendations. Vendor framing on this page is based on category mechanics, not publisher allegiance.