StayDesk helps homestays, retreats, hill resorts, cottages and guest houses in Himachal Pradesh manage reservations, run the front desk, automate GST billing, and take commission-free direct bookings — all from one simple dashboard.
Himachal runs on seasons. Manali and Kasol fill through summer and again for New Year; Shimla peaks in the school holidays; Dharamshala and Bir draw a longer-staying crowd of trekkers, paragliders and remote workers. Between those peaks, occupancy can fall to almost nothing. Most properties here are owner-run — a ten-room homestay in Old Manali, a cottage cluster above Kasauli, a guest house on the Bir road — where the same person handles bookings, billing and breakfast.
That mix makes pricing the single biggest lever, and the hardest thing to manage on paper. StayDesk's rate calendar lets you set a season rate across a whole month in one action, mark a sold-out weekend before you underprice it, and see occupancy per room type at a glance. The front desk shows today's arrivals and departures on one screen, so whoever is at reception knows who is coming without calling you.
Billing is GST-compliant when you need it and switched off when you don't — useful for the many Himachal homestays under the turnover threshold. Your own direct booking page means repeat guests and referrals book with you instead of paying an OTA commission. Plans start at ₹999/month with a 15-day free trial, and we will set it up with you over a call at no cost.
Built specifically for Indian hospitality — GST billing, front desk and direct bookings included.
Rates and availability synced to Booking.com, MakeMyTrip, Goibibo, Agoda, Airbnb and more. OTA bookings land in StayDesk automatically — no double bookings.
Your own commission-free booking page. Guests book and pay online — the revenue is yours, not an OTA's.
Accept UPI, cards & net-banking through your own Razorpay account. Send payment links over WhatsApp to confirm bookings fast.
Visual booking calendar, group and multi-room bookings, walk-ins and easy modifications.
Today's arrivals, departures and in-house guests at a glance. One-tap check-in and checkout.
Automatic GST on invoices — or switch it off for small properties under the turnover threshold.
Repeat-guest history, preferences and contact details — turn first-time visitors into regulars.
Live room status and task assignment so rooms get turned around faster.
Sell food, drinks and sundries from your in-resort store — add them to the guest's folio or ring up a quick cash bill, all from one product list.
Track consumables and assets in your own categories, with low-stock alerts and a record of what was used in which room or department. Run several storerooms — kitchen, bar, housekeeping — and move stock between them (Growth & Pro).
Log expenses paid now or bought on credit. See what you owe each vendor, pay several bills in one go, and keep a running ledger per vendor.
Occupancy, ADR, RevPAR, collections and P&L — know what drives your revenue.
Add your team with role-based permissions — front desk, housekeeping, managers — so each person sees only what they need.
Scan or upload the guest's Aadhaar and StayDesk checks UIDAI's digital signature, then fills the booking. Free, no OTP, no photocopies — the full number is never stored.
Guests sign the registration form on your tablet or phone — or from their own phone before arrival. The signature prints on the registration card. No paper forms to file.
Bill your restaurant from StayDesk: counter and table orders, kitchen tickets (KOT), GST bills on a thermal printer, charge to the guest's room, credit customers, merge / split bills and QR ordering from tables and rooms.
Own more than one resort? Manage all of them with a single login and switch from the top bar. Each property keeps its own bookings, staff and billing.
Founding members keep launch pricing forever.
For guest houses & homestays
billed monthly
Up to 10 rooms
For small & mid resorts
billed monthly
Up to 35 rooms
For full-service resorts
billed monthly
Up to 80 rooms
For larger properties
80+ rooms
Yes. StayDesk works for yoga and meditation retreats, paragliding stays and long-stay guest houses in Dharamshala, McLeod Ganj and Bir. Take group and long-stay bookings with advances, bill packages and meals on one invoice, sync rooms to Booking.com and Airbnb, and give guests your own direct booking page.
Yes. The Starter plan covers up to 10 rooms at ₹999/month and includes reservations, check-in and checkout, optional GST invoicing, expenses and the store. Most small Himachal homestays never need anything beyond it.
StayDesk is a cloud system, so it needs a connection to save changes — but it is lightweight and works fine on a normal mobile data connection. You can run the whole property from a phone if the broadband drops.
The rate calendar shows a month at a time per room type. Drag across the dates of a season — summer, New Year, a long weekend — and set the rate, minimum stay or stop-sell for all of them in one action.
No. GST is a setting you turn off, and invoices are then generated without it. If you cross the threshold later, switching it on takes one click.
Yes. Every property gets its own booking page with online payment through your own Razorpay account. Guests who found you once — or were referred by a past guest — can book direct, and the full amount is yours.
Yes. Staff logins are role-based, so a caretaker or front-desk person sees only what they need — today's arrivals, check-in, check-out and housekeeping tasks — not your revenue or expenses.
15-day free trial — no credit card needed. Setup in 15 minutes.
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