Room and rate management built for real hostels

Most systems still think in "standard rooms". Your hostel has 6‑bed dorms, quirky privates, family rooms and long‑term guests sharing spaces.

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Room & Rate Overview

All room types at a glance

6-Bed Dorm

Dorm
6 beds3 available
$25

per night

Private Double

Private
2 beds1 available
$65

per night

Family Room

Family
4 beds2 available
$95

per night

Hostel Mate is hostel room management software that understands that mix. You get flexible tools for setting up rooms, beds and rates, so you can sell every space at the right price without fighting the software.

Room & Rate Management Features

Property mapping that matches your actual layout

We start with how your building is really laid out:

Create and manage dorms and private rooms without awkward workarounds.

Define how many beds or guests each space can take, and keep that consistent everywhere.

Use enhanced room management features that were built with hostels in mind, not retrofitted hotel logic.

Behind the scenes, we've normalised the room data structure so private rooms and dorms behave in a predictable way. You don't have to know the technical details – you just see a room list that makes sense and stays in sync.

Flexible rate plans for revenue‑conscious hostels

You don't need a PhD in revenue management, but you do need control.

Hostel Mate's rate tools are designed so you can:

  • Set different base rates for seasons, weekends and events.
  • Layer on restrictions and minimum stays without breaking the rest of your pricing.
  • Treat beds and rooms as separate revenue units, while still keeping a simple overview.

Under the hood, this ties into your dynamic rate management capabilities: as you grow, you can get more sophisticated without changing systems.

Clean data that keeps everything in sync

Your room and rate setup doesn't live in isolation. It flows into:

  • Your booking engine (what guests see on your website)
  • Your channel manager (what OTAs see)
  • Your reports (what you use to make decisions)

That's why you've invested in a module for cleaning property data, so names, descriptions and capacities stay consistent. Normalising values (like casing and formats) behind the scenes, so the system doesn't treat the same room as two different things. For you, that means fewer weird mapping errors, fewer manual fixes and a lot less "why is this room priced differently over there?".

Easy to use for staff, not just managers

Room and rate management isn't only for the owner. Front desk staff still need to understand what's going on.

Hostel Mate keeps things human:

  • Clear labels for rooms, beds and rate plans.
  • A structure that mirrors how you talk about your hostel in real life ("6‑bed female dorm", "Family room", "Budget double").
  • Simple tools for adjusting rates or availability on the fly without breaking complex logic.

You get all the power of hostel rate management software without burying your team in configuration screens.

Hostel Mate gives you accurate occupancy and capacity,flexible pricing, rooms and child rates.

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