Software for garni hotels
Garni hotel software: breakfast, check-in and invoices
For garni hotels where the same person runs breakfast, reception and rooms. Guests check in online beforehand and find their booking on a tablet at the entrance, even when nobody is at the front desk in the afternoon.
- Online check-in for arrivals without a front desk
- Bar drinks charged to the room
- Try arrivals without a front desk free for 14 days
In short
Garni hotel software is hotel management software for properties that sell rooms with breakfast and have no restaurant of their own. STRYK runs in the browser and combines breakfast rates, online check-in, a housekeeping plan and invoices. Pricing is a base price plus a fixed amount per room and month; breakfast staff, part-time helpers and cleaners get their own logins at no extra cost.
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What costs time in a garni with a small team
A garni rarely has two shifts at the front desk. When one person looks after breakfast, reception and rooms, these are the points where things get tight.
- Today
It is 15:30, the front desk is unstaffed until 17:00, and a couple with suitcases is standing at the door. You phone the head housekeeper, look for the registration form and type in the details later in the evening.
With STRYKGuests fill in their registration details before arrival through a secure link, with ID details, a photo of the document, consent and signature. Your reception checks the details before the couple arrives. Handing over the keys stays with you.
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Breakfast is included in the price but appears nowhere in the booking. The evening before, you count the guests from the plan and pass the number to the kitchen. If something changes overnight, the number is wrong.
With STRYKThe rate combines price, breakfast, cancellation terms and payment, so the service appears in every booking. The number for tomorrow follows from arrivals and stayovers on a breakfast rate. You can then filter the booking list and export it as CSV or XLSX for the kitchen.
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In the evening the guest takes two drinks from the small bar. You write them on a slip of paper that cannot be found again by departure day. The invoice goes out without the drinks.
With STRYKItems from the bar or the POS system are charged to the room and appear on the invoice at check-out. You keep minibar items per room, with history. The POS interface is open and documented; STRYK itself is not a cash register system with receipt signing.
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A 20-room garni with an empty front desk in the afternoon
A sample day in a garni with 20 rooms, breakfast from 07:00 to 10:00 and a front desk that is staffed in the afternoon only when needed.
The plan before breakfast is set up
Before the first guests arrive, the head housekeeper reads the housekeeping plan that arrived as a PDF at 06:30. Room 7 has an early arrival and is first on her list; she distributes the remaining departures among the room attendants.
Breakfast in progress, bookings coming in
While you top up the rolls and coffee, a booking comes in through your website. It appears in the calendar without anyone reloading the page, and your team gets a notification.
Departure with open items
The couple from room 7 check out. The two glasses of wine from last night are already on the invoice, and in the head housekeeper's plan room 7 changes to free for cleaning.
Room ready for arrival
The room attendant marks room 7 as done after working through the checklist. The head housekeeper approves it, and reception sees the new status without a phone call. The couple with the early arrival can go straight in.
Guests arrive, reception stays empty
The couple for room 11 completed online check-in yesterday, and reception checked it this morning. A second couple without prior check-in finds their booking on the tablet at the entrance, adds the registration details and checks in. The kiosk shows the room code as text, and you handle the key handover in person.
Two glasses of wine charged to room 11
The couple from room 11 order wine at the small bar. You charge the item to the stay instead of writing it on a slip of paper. At departure on Friday it appears on the invoice.
The features a garni needs most
What a garni with few staff relies on between the breakfast buffet and an empty front desk.
Rates with breakfast
A rate combines price, booking availability, services, cancellation terms and payment. This way breakfast appears in the booking and on the invoice without you adding it separately.
Read moreOnline check-in
Guests fill in their registration details before arrival, with ID details, a photo of the document, consent and signature. Invitation and reminder are sent automatically, and your reception checks the details.
Read moreHousekeeping plan
The daily plan shows status, occupancy, tasks and assignment to room attendants. There are checklists for each status, and the plan can be emailed as a PDF every day on request.
Read moreCalendar with room status
The booking calendar has day, week, two-week and month views. While you top up the coffee, a website booking cannot take a room that is already assigned, and room blocks take effect in availability at once.
Read moreCharge items to the room
You keep minibar items per room. An open interface lets POS systems charge items to the room. At check-out they appear on the invoice.
Read moreInvoice from the booking
The invoice is created from the booking, with breakfast rate, tourist tax (Ortstaxe) and bar items. Once issued, it stays fixed, and corrections are made with a credit note. For foreign guests you generate the PDF in their language.
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A garni with paper forms and scribbled notes, or with STRYK
Where a garni with few staff typically loses time.
| Task | Paper and word of mouth | With STRYK |
|---|---|---|
| Check-in with an empty front desk | Registration form on paper, details typed in later | Registration details online beforehand, checked by your reception |
| Breakfast in the booking | Note on the plan, number counted the evening before | Service in the rate, arrivals and stayovers in the calendar |
| Room status in the morning | A phone call or a shout between head housekeeper and front desk | Both see the same status in the housekeeping plan |
| Bar revenue in the evening | A slip of paper that is lost by departure | Items on the room, on the invoice at check-out |
| Invoice on departure day | Word template; typos are overwritten | Invoice from the booking, fixed once issued |
| Access for part-time staff | One shared password or no access at all | Separate login with a role and permissions per person |
One price that grows with your property
A garni pays by number of rooms. Breakfast staff, part-time helpers and cleaners get their own logins at no extra cost.
Pricing in detail€59 base fee + €6 per room or unit per month
Example with 20 rooms€179per month
- 14-day free trial
- No setup fee
- Personal onboarding
Net prices, annual billing. 20% off the base fee in the first contract year.
Switching an existing garni to STRYK
Your garni keeps running while the data is transferred. You do not need to install anything.
Tell us your reception hours
Tell us your number of rooms, your breakfast rates and the hours when nobody is at the front desk. In the first conversation we clarify how check-in should work during those hours.
Set up rooms and rates
You create rooms and categories one by one or in bulk. You set up the breakfast rate once, as a rate with services and cancellation terms.
Import existing data
Guests and bookings can be imported as CSV, XLSX or ZIP. Before the real import, a test run shows which bookings do not have a rate yet.
Set a go-live date
From the go-live date, only STRYK takes bookings. The team gets separate logins; part-time helpers, for example, only get permissions for reception and housekeeping.
Frequently asked questions
Can I set up breakfast in the rate?
Yes. A rate in STRYK combines price, booking availability, services, cancellation terms and payment, so breakfast is a service in every booking. For the kitchen, filter the booking list by arrivals and stayovers and export it as CSV or XLSX.
Can guests check in while reception is empty?
Partly. Guests enter their registration details beforehand through a secure link, and your reception checks them. The kiosk shows the booking on a tablet in the house and, at the end, a key code as text. STRYK does not connect to locking systems, so you arrange the key handover yourself.
How do guests find out when reception is staffed?
With a message before arrival. An automation sends your template at the time you choose, with placeholders for name and arrival date. In it you state the reception hours, the link to online check-in and the way to the tablet at the entrance.
How do bar sales get onto the invoice?
Through items charged to the room. You keep minibar items per room, and POS systems can charge items to the room through an open, documented interface. At check-out, open items appear on the invoice. Ask the manufacturer of your cash register whether it can use the interface; STRYK itself is not a cash register system with its own receipt signature.
What does a garni with 20 rooms pay per month?
The price consists of a base price and a fixed amount per room and month, excluding VAT. With annual billing (12 months, renewing for another 12 months) the standard rate applies; with monthly billing it is 20% higher. The worked example for 20 rooms is in the price card on this page. There is no setup fee, and you can request 14-day trial access.
Does STRYK register guests with the municipality automatically?
No, not automatically. For Austria, STRYK shows registration cases with the 24-hour deadline from check-in and exports them as CSV and for municipal portals. In Germany, South Tyrol and Switzerland, online check-in collects the registration details; the registration itself follows the route your authority prescribes.
Can part-time staff and cleaners use the system?
Yes. Each person gets their own login with a role and permissions. The number of users is unlimited and costs nothing extra. Breakfast staff then see, for example, arrivals and housekeeping, but no invoices or prices.
Try an arrival without a front desk in the trial
Tell us your number of rooms and the times when nobody is at the front desk. In the 14-day trial you run through an arrival without a front desk using online check-in.