A direct booking platform for hostels and hostel networks

HostelSnap provides modern booking engines for hostels, hostel directories, and hostel associations. Launch an OTA-style booking experience on your website, control your inventory and guest relationships, and earn commissions from bookings made through your platform.

HostelSnap technology powers websites like Hosteling.US and many indivdual hostels.

Choose HostelSnap if you only need a website booking engine to accept direct bookings for your hostel.

No Monthly Fee
Dorm pricing as low as 10¢ per guest overnight.*
Private rooms $.50 per roomnight*

Choose HostelSnap Full if you want a full PMS system with a booking engine for direct bookings on your hostel website.

No Monthly Fee
Dorm pricing as low as 15¢ per guest overnight.*
Private rooms $.50 per roomnight*

For many years, HostelSnap has integrated with the MyAllocator channel manager to synchronize rates and availability across multiple booking channels.

Recently, Cloudbeds, the parent company of MyAllocator, discontinued the availability of MyAllocator as a stand-alone product. As a result, many PMS systems that previously integrated with MyAllocator will no longer function unless the hostel already has an existing MyAllocator account.

For the hostel industry, we believe Cloudbeds' decision to discontinue MyAllocator raises several concerns:

It reduces the number of PMS choices available to hostel owners.
It limits interoperability between independent software platforms.
It pushes hostels toward a single vendor ecosystem that may not fit every property's needs or budget.

Many smaller hostels rely on simple and affordable technology stacks rather than large PMS systems. Removing the stand-alone channel manager option makes it harder for these properties to remain competitive unless they adopt the Cloudbeds PMS.

We also believe this decision contradicts earlier statements by Cloudbeds leadership that MyAllocator would remain a platform-agnostic channel manager when Cloudbeds acquired the company. See our interview with CEO Adam Harris here.

We believe the hostel industry benefits from open platforms and healthy competition between software providers.

If you share these concerns, you may wish to communicate your feedback directly to Cloudbeds.

Important: If your hostel already has an existing MyAllocator account, we can still onboard you to the HostelSnap PMS and connect it to MyAllocator.

Schedule a demo to see how the HostelSnap PMS can integrate with your existing MyAllocator account and support your hostel

Welcome to the setup wizard

Page Summary:

The Setup Wizard is your one-stop shop for anything configurable for your hostel. It has both the basic settings you need to get started, as well as a multitude of optional features to use at your convenience.

Key Features:

Basic Settings, including:
- Accounting & Taxes
- Rooms & Beds
- Reservation Policies
- Staff Management
- Email Settings

Optional Settings, such as:
- Public Reservations Page
- MyAllocator Syncing
- Discounts & Promo codes
- Trackable URLs
- Email Templates

Detailed Information About the Setup Wizard:

The basic settings make up the first half of the Setup Wizard. These are all required, but pretty standard features you will most likely have set up already for your hostel. They include everything from accounting decisions, like which tax rules apply and when, to various policies for your guests, like maximum group size and how far out a guest may make a booking.

The additional settings are optional, and there for your benefit should you choose to use them. There are a multitude that can help you run your hostel more efficiently, but can be added at your convenience. These include options such as a public reservations page where you can take direct bookings for free, the ability to sync up automatically to MyAllocator to save hours of time, and easy to use marketing options such as discounts, promo codes, and trackable URLs. By using these built in features, you can not only increase bookings to your hostel, but easily track their effectiveness from right within the system.

Each of the many features on the Setup Wizard is explained in detail on its own page, so dig in and see how HostelSnap can take your hostel to the next level!