HotelFriend

RATING:

4.4

(16)

About HotelFriend

HotelFriend is a software development company that provides IT solutions for hospitality. We enable hoteliers to automate heaps of daily tasks, close gaps in guest service, and run profitable businesses from anywhere. Our mission is to let you get the most out of your property without hiring more staff. Whether you're a small independent hotel or a large international chain – manage everything in one login. The HotelFriend’s all-in-one Property Management System features: Inventory management: Booking Engine to boost direct sales Channel Manager for online visibility Payment Gateway to accept payments anytime Room Management to view hotel capacity Reservation management: Front Desk to manage bookings Customer Relationship Management for increased engagement Re...

HotelFriend Pricing

The paid period begins after 30-day free trial. The basic price is €64/mo* for the core of the HotelFriend all-in-one hospitality management platform - property management system (PMS) for the hotel with up to 10 rooms. You can see all our pricing plans and paid modules on our website. *20% annual payment discount included.

Starting price: 

€64.00 per month

Free trial: 

Available

Free version: 

Not Available

Use the front desk system to manage reservations, view upcoming guests, and check room availability
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HotelFriend Reviews

Overall Rating

4.4

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

4.5

Value for money

4

Functionality

4.5

Most Helpful Reviews for HotelFriend

1 - 5 of 16 Reviews

User Profile

Adrian

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed September 2023

Invoice Management Optimized for Tax Compliance

The HotelFriend Property Management System (PMS) has proven to be immensely beneficial for our hotel. It has significantly aided us in the efficient management of invoices and taxes, ensuring that we comply with all relevant regulations and requirements. Based on such positive experience, I can wholeheartedly recommend HotelFriend to other businesses seeking a reliable and compliant solution for their property management needs.

PROS

Our hotel, located in Beverly Hills, required a solution to effectively manage invoices and payments in compliance with local tax laws. HotelFriend has proven to be highly proficient in this aspect. It was recommended to me by a colleague who described it as a German software well-versed in local invoicing requirements, and I can confirm that this description is entirely accurate.HotelFriend not only keeps abreast of regulatory changes but also offers a range of customization options for invoices. They adeptly handle VAT rates that align with German specifications, including City Tax. Additionally, their integrations simplify compliance with kassensichv, eliminating the need for additional hardware. We've been utilizing HotelFriend's services for two years, and our experience has been exceptionally satisfying.

CONS

There was a problem where the Booking Engine wouldn't show vouchers unless you selected a date. In any case, HotelFriend got it fixed in the following update.

Reason for choosing HotelFriend

This has been based on multplie factors such as it's user-friendly interface, cost-effectiveness, responsive customer support, scalability, integration capabilities, positive reputation and reviews, compliance with regulations, customization options, trial experiences, and overall perceived value, all of which collectively make HotelFriend the preferred solution after trying other software as well.

Reasons for switching to HotelFriend

Sihot exhibited noticeable performance issues, with a considerable lag in its responsiveness. Moreover, its user interface proved to be quite perplexing, making it challenging for users to navigate and carry out tasks efficiently. To compound matters, the software frequently experienced crashes, resulting in not only disruptions but also significant data losses for users. These combined shortcomings had a notable impact on the overall user experience and productivity, highlighting the need for a more reliable and user-friendly solution.

Andrew

Hospitality, 11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed May 2023

Cost-effective, user-friendly, no crashes

HotelFriend helps us manage our hotel business without any problems. The system is easy to use, and everything works well together. If we have any problems, the team is always ready to help us fix them. Although there were some minor issues with reports, the HotelFriend team was able to fix them quickly. I would recommend HotelFriend to any one who wants good and affordable system to manage their hotel.

PROS

The PMS is easy to use. We learned the interface in a short time and had no problem coaching new staff. The best thing is that the booking engine, channel manager and the system work together perfectly with no crashes. We can actually do our job instead of dealing with errors, which was a common thing with old software.Easy setup and many customization features. Automation of recurring tasks. Good responsive support, they always listen and take your feedback into consideration.

CONS

There were some problems with layout of financial reports but they already fixed this in a new update.

Reason for choosing HotelFriend

It offers all features I need for a good price

Reasons for switching to HotelFriend

My old system had poor reports feature, API integrations simply did not work and their response time was way too slow.

Navid

Hospitality, 11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

1

EASE OF USE

1

VALUE FOR MONEY

1

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

1

Reviewed January 2020

Weird Pricing, Suffering from bugs

We believe that HotelFriend could be a good option, if they make some major changes. The system is really slow and suffers from many bugs. The app is not of any use, just for their own marketing purposes and believe me, you still need to pay for it, which is hilarious. The channel manager integration is so slow, sometimes it takes up to hours to sync the reservations and sometimes it even does not. Would not recommend at all, there are much better options which much cheaper pricing, or pay a bit more and enjoy the lead systems.

PROS

We moved from Beds24 to HotelFriend, we are using this software for few months, even-though there has been many issues with the PMS, Channel Manager and Booking Engine, support will help you out, although sometimes we got disappointed. - Well Designed UI - Great Customer Support

CONS

There are just so many issues with the software, the technical team responds so late and won't solve these issues. I will mark the main cons as under: - Poor functionality | There are just many other solutions with much cheaper price which will give you much more useful functions, HotelFriend, I am sorry. - Integrations | even the most basic PMS, will have some integrations with Zapier or mailchimp, but this one, no no no. They hate it. - Poor integration with channel manager | They made us think that they have their own channel manager, but again, nope. They ask you to pay more to integrate the PMS with 3rd party softwares. If you want overbooking, or if you did not find the reservation from your OTAs, you asked for it, just so many issues. - App | Nobody gonna use it. We tried to start our online check-in through the app that they provide, but seems it is not working in anyway, we asked support about the issue, and they told us they gonna release an update soon, which never happened. - FrontDesk | This is just a pain, it is beautiful, not functional, not at all. You can barely make any changes if you made a mistake, even as a Hotel Admin, sometimes we needed to ask the support to remove a reservation or make some changes, which is super annoying. - Accounting | They have no accounting system, not even a basic one as they promote, you can just download the guests invoices, which all of the most basic solutions do it for free and do not promote it like that.

Reason for choosing HotelFriend

Because they miss promoted their product.

Vendor Response

Dear Navid, We appreciate every client and are grateful for your feedback, regardless of whether they are positive or negative. We're sorry your experience didn't match your expectations. Yet, it was an uncommon instance. Over the past few months, we made every effort to improve the service: we have extended the trial period for 2 properties; you were provided with a discount price, even though the promo offer has ended; multi-property and Mobile Concierge has been provided for free; we implemented most of your requests which are now live, as well as helped you solve daily issues... Unfortunately, this was not enough to keep you among our satisfied customers. Thanks for your opinion. Kind regards, HotelFriend team

Replied February 2020

User Profile

Paul

Verified reviewer

Hospitality, 51-200 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed September 2023

Keep doing awesome products

The preparation and backing gave were outstanding, and their help during the booking motor arrangement was important. The PMS is easy to understand, and the arrangement was both quick and inconvenience free.

PROS

The product is easy to understand, constantly improving with engineer refreshes. Preparing new staff is a breeze thanks to adequate learning materials like recordings and guidelines, and it was quickly introduced in our inn without the requirement for additional equipment buys, requiring only one day to set up.

CONS

We'd see the value in the expansion of variety coded need task checking for our upkeep group. Other than that, we have no worries.

Reason for choosing HotelFriend

It was an incredible savvy elective.

Reasons for switching to HotelFriend

The program didn't function admirably on the grounds that irritating spring up messages continued showing up, causing programming crashes. This constrained us to close all that and begin once again without fail.

Florian

Hospitality, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed October 2019

Good cloud based PMS

We had lots of positive feedback from our guests, since they are now able to check-in through the app and contact us without calling front desk. Another great point is the feature to rent our bikes through the app and offer bookings for our spa area.

PROS

We liked that all data is cloud-based and can be accessed through a web browser from any device. The software is easy to use and there are a lot of instructions on how to use the program. The customer support representative also helped us out with a misunderstanding of a system. There is also an App, through which guests can contact us.

CONS

The program should also be accessible while having no internet connection. Maybe this feature can be added in future versions.

Reasons for switching to HotelFriend

The old PMS software was outdated, epensive and hard to use for us. We needed one program with every function with a clear red line to follow.

Vendor Response

Dear Florian, thank you for the feedback. We appreciate it.

Replied November 2019