Software for farm stays
Farm stay software for rooms and holiday apartments in one calendar
For farms with guest rooms in the main house and holiday apartments in the Stöckl annex: everything is in one calendar, honey and cheese go onto the invoice, and the evening in the office after the barn work gets shorter.
- Rooms and holiday apartments in one booking calendar
- Farm products as line items on the invoice
- Free 14-day trial, also outside the season
In short
Farm stay software manages the rooms and holiday apartments of a farm in one calendar, including bookings, the Austrian tourist tax (Ortstaxe) and the invoice. STRYK is hotel software of this kind that runs in the browser, with a booking engine, guest profiles and extras for farm products. The base price is topped up by a fee per rented unit and month, whether the unit is a double room or an apartment. Setup is free.
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What is still on the desk in the evening
If you milk in the morning and welcome guests in the afternoon, administration gets the hours after dinner. This is mostly what waits there.
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One enquiry by phone, one by email, and the notepad in the kitchen. If you are in the barn at 06:00, the booking only goes onto the list in the evening.
With STRYKEvery booking appears in the calendar straight away, including those from the booking engine on your farm page. If the senior farmer takes a booking by phone, he cannot assign a room that was already booked online that morning.
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Three double rooms in the main house, two holiday apartments in the annex and a price list that looks different for each unit. Summer prices follow a different scale from autumn.
With STRYKRooms and apartments are separate categories in the same booking calendar. You maintain prices in the price calendar, price rules apply to several categories and periods, and you see a preview before every change.
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The guest buys two jars of honey, a loaf of cheese and a breakfast for the child. On the day of departure someone works out on a calculator what belongs on the invoice.
With STRYKYou add farm products and breakfast to the stay. At check-out they are on the invoice, with the tourist tax already included. The invoice is ready as a PDF.
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A summer day on a farm with a Stöckl annex
A sample farm with four rooms in the main house and two holiday apartments in the Stöckl, run by the farmer and the senior farmer. All names and figures are invented.
A look at the day before the barn calls
The farmer opens the calendar in the browser at the kitchen table. She sees two departures, three stayovers and one arrival from 15:00. Holiday apartment 2 is marked as dirty because the family left late yesterday.
Breakfast and farm shop on the invoice
After breakfast she adds the extras: a jar of jam and a piece of mountain cheese for room 3. The items are tied to the stay and appear on the invoice at check-out.
Departure of the family from apartment 1
The farmer checks the family out. The apartment switches to the right cleaning status, and open items move onto the invoice. The invoice goes to the guest by email as a PDF.
An enquiry during the lunch break
A couple asks by email about a week in July. In the price calculator the farmer checks the price for the period, category and child's age without creating a booking. She replies with the amount including tourist tax.
Arrival of the hiking group
Two couples arrive. The booking is in the calendar and the room is ready for arrival. The guest details from the booking are already there and are completed at check-in.
The evening belongs to the farm
After dinner the senior farmer opens the registration cases. For the two couples who arrived at 15:30, the 24-hour deadline runs until tomorrow afternoon, and STRYK shows it. He exports the cases for the municipal portal and closes the laptop.
What a farm stay uses in STRYK
The selection covers what a farm stay business needs every day.
Rooms and holiday apartments in the booking calendar
Set up categories with occupancy, extra beds, photos and descriptions for rooms and apartments alike. The calendar shows one day, one week, two weeks or one month. Several rooms can be linked in one booking, for example for a group.
Read moreFarm products, breakfast and extras
You add items such as jam, cheese or eggs to the stay, and the history stays with each room. At check-out the items go onto the invoice. In the price calculator you check prices including extras before you confirm.
Read morePrices by season and length of stay
Rates combine price, services, cancellation terms and payment. Discounts can be linked to length of stay, lead time or weekdays. Price rules apply to several categories and periods.
Read moreTourist tax (Ortstaxe) and guest registration
You set up the Ortstaxe once, with amount, calculation method, children, season and length of stay. It appears in the booking engine price, in the booking and on the invoice. For Austria, STRYK monitors the 24-hour deadline for guest registration.
Read moreBooking engine on your farm address
Guests book on one page under your farm name at staystryk.com, or on your own domain, which you connect in STRYK step by step. Six design templates are available. Prices and availability come straight from your calendar.
Read moreInvoice as PDF and handover to the accountant
The invoice is created from the booking, with tourist tax and farm products. Once issued, it stays fixed; a forgotten jar of honey is added by credit note and a new invoice. Your accountant receives a monthly journal as a DATEV, BMD, CSV or Excel file.
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Farm letting with a wall calendar or with STRYK
Many farms start with a calendar on the wall and a spreadsheet on the computer. That works until the second holiday apartment.
| Task | Wall calendar and spreadsheet | With STRYK |
|---|---|---|
| Occupancy of rooms and apartments | Wall calendar and spreadsheet run side by side, and changes get lost in one of them. | One booking calendar for the main house and the Stöckl. A room assigned in STRYK cannot be booked again through another channel; for portals, this holds once synchronisation has succeeded. |
| Seasonal prices | One price list per unit, and every change is copied by hand into each sheet. | Price calendar and price rules for several categories, with a preview before the change. |
| Farm products and breakfast | A note on the fridge, and the total worked out in your head on departure day. | Items on the stay, on the invoice at check-out. |
| Tourist tax (Ortstaxe) | The amount per guest and night is recalculated for every invoice. | Once set up, it appears in price, booking and invoice. The municipality sets the amount. |
| Guest registration in Austria | The family remembers the deadlines, and the data is typed in twice. | Registration cases per stay, a warning when a deadline is close or has passed, export as CSV and for municipal portals (MBS). |
| Bookings from your own farm page | Enquiries by form, confirmation by phone, entry in the evening. | Booking engine with prices and availability straight from the calendar. |
One price that grows with your property
On a farm, every unit you rent counts: a room as well as a holiday apartment. Users cost nothing extra, even if the farmer, the senior farmer and the daughter each have their own login.
Pricing in detail€59 base fee + €6 per room or unit per month
Example with 8 rooms€107per month
- 14-day free trial
- No setup fee
- Personal onboarding
Net prices, annual billing. 20% off the base fee in the first contract year.
From the farm calendar to STRYK
You do not have to install anything. STRYK runs in the browser, and a tablet or the computer in the office is enough.
Send an enquiry about your farm
Tell us how many rooms and apartments you have and how bookings are taken today. You get trial access after a personal conversation; you do not create the account yourself.
Import existing bookings
If your data is in a CSV or Excel file, the import is guided, with templates, a test run before the real import and an error report. Data migration is included in the price.
Set up rooms, apartments and prices
You set up categories, photos, prices and the Ortstaxe. You add farm products and breakfast as items. You can import a text suggestion for your farm page from your existing website. Nothing is saved until you confirm it.
Switch over on a fixed date
You choose a day from which new bookings run only in STRYK. Until then you keep working as before. Each employee or family member gets a separate login with roles and permissions.
Frequently asked questions
Do guest rooms in the main house and apartments in the Stöckl fit into one plan?
Yes. Rooms and apartments are categories in the same booking calendar and are offered in the same booking engine. Each unit counts as one room for the price. If a large family books a room and an apartment together, you combine both in one booking.
How do I sell farm products as an extra?
You add items such as eggs, cheese or jam to the stay, and at check-out they appear on the invoice. This applies to items a guest takes during the stay. STRYK does not replace a farm shop with a till: it is not a point-of-sale system that signs receipts.
Does STRYK work on a tablet in the barn or in the kitchen?
Yes, on a tablet or computer with a current browser and an internet connection. In the barn you therefore need mobile data or Wi-Fi. No installation is needed, and several family members can work at the same time with their own login.
Can the daughter tick off the cleaning of the apartments?
Yes. With her own login she sees in the housekeeping plan which apartment becomes free today, starts the cleaning and marks it as done. The farmer sees in the plan that the apartment is ready for arrival, even when she is in the barn.
Do I have to recalculate the Ortstaxe for every invoice?
No. You enter the amount, the calculation method and the rules for children, season and length of stay once under Settings. After that the Ortstaxe appears in the price, the booking and the invoice. Your municipality sets the rate; STRYK applies the value you enter.
How much work is getting started?
Not much, provided your price lists and your municipality's tourist tax (Ortstaxe) amount are to hand. You set up categories, prices and the Ortstaxe, and your farm products as items. Setup is free, and we guide the data import from CSV or Excel with a test run and an error report.
Can I offer breakfast in the price or charge it extra?
Yes, both. A rate combines price and services, such as bed and breakfast for the rooms in the main house. A guest who books the holiday apartment without breakfast but joins in for breakfast once gets it as an item on the stay, on the invoice.
Can the guest pay online?
Yes, through your farm's online payment account. Which payment methods are available depends on what is activated in that account. With integrated online payment, a platform fee of 1.9% applies to the amount processed online, plus the payment provider and card fees. Without integrated online payment there is no platform fee.
Demo with your rooms and holiday apartments
Send us your rooms and apartments and how bookings are taken today. Then try STRYK free for 14 days and see what a summer day with farm products and guest registration looks like.