Software for holiday apartments
Holiday rental software: bookings, registration and invoices in one system
For hosts with several holiday apartments: each apartment is a separate unit in STRYK with its own calendar, cleaning status and price. Guest registration, tourist tax and the invoice are all attached to the same booking.
- Cleaning status per apartment for the changeover day
- Your own booking page at no extra charge
- Try it with your own apartments for 14 days
In short
Holiday rental software is a program that connects the booking calendar, direct booking, guest registration, tourist tax, cleaning and invoicing for several apartments. STRYK is hotel software that runs in the browser and manages each apartment as a unit. You pay a base price plus an amount per apartment and month. The booking page for your website is included, and there is no setup fee.
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Where holiday apartments lose time today
Many booking tools for holiday apartments stop where the work on changeover day begins: at guest registration, tourist tax and cleaning.
- Today
On Saturday a family arrives in apartment 3. You complete the guest registration on Sunday, work out the tourist tax (Ortstaxe) in your head and add it as an extra line at the bottom of the invoice. The only link between the booking tool and the municipal form is your notebook.
With STRYKGuests fill in their registration details online before arrival, and you check them. In Austria, STRYK shows the 24-hour deadline from check-in. You set up the tourist tax once in the settings, and from then on it appears in the price, the booking and the invoice.
Read more - Today
The guests in apartment 2 check out at 10:00, and the next ones arrive at 16:00. The cleaner gets a message on her phone asking her to start earlier, and nobody knows whether the apartment is ready yet.
With STRYKThe housekeeping plan shows the status of each apartment and which cleaner it is assigned to. When the cleaner marks apartment 2 as ready, you see it in the plan without having to ask. If you wish, the daily plan arrives every morning as a PDF by email.
Read more - Today
Enquiries from your own website arrive as emails. You check the calendar, reply, wait for the deposit and type everything into a spreadsheet.
With STRYKThe booking engine shows availability and prices straight from the calendar. The guest books directly, and the booking appears in the booking calendar. Online payments go through your online payment account.
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A changeover day with eight holiday apartments
A Saturday in August for a host with eight apartments and two cleaners. The figures are an example.
Changeover plan before the first coffee
Five apartments are vacated today, four get new guests, and two guests stay on. The host assigns each of the two cleaners their apartments. Apartment 6 comes first, because the first arrival of the day is due there.
Departure without handover
The guests from apartment 2 have checked out. Check-out sets the apartment to dirty, and open items move to the invoice. The cleaner sees the new status and starts there.
Apartment ready, note to the guests
The cleaner marks apartment 6 as ready. The host sees the status in the plan without having to phone. An automation can send the guests a pre-arrival message from your template.
Checking the registration details
Two of the four arriving parties have already completed online check-in. The host checks their ID details and signatures. For the other two, she completes the details at handover.
Direct booking for October
A booking for apartment 4 comes in through the booking engine on the host's own website. The price includes the tourist tax, and the guest pays the deposit online. The booking is in the calendar before the host even opens it.
Invoice for the business guest
A fitter staying in apartment 5 leaves tomorrow and needs an invoice made out to his company. The host creates it from the booking. Once issued, it cannot be changed; corrections are made with a credit note.
What STRYK does for holiday apartment hosts
Each apartment is a unit with its own category, its own price and its own cleaning status.
Booking calendar with overbooking protection
The calendar shows all apartments in day, week and month view. If apartment 4 is booked through the website, no portal and no phone booking can take it. For a renovation, you block an apartment with a room block.
Read moreBooking engine on your own web address
The booking page runs on an address under staystryk.com or on your own domain, and STRYK guides you through connecting it. You choose from six design templates. The tourist tax is included in the price.
Read moreOnline check-in before arrival
Guests receive an invitation link and enter their registration details, ID details and signature on their phone. You check everything before the guests are at the door.
Read moreTourist tax in price and invoice
You enter the amount, calculation method, rule for children, season and length of stay once. STRYK uses the value you entered. Your municipality sets the rate.
Read moreHousekeeping for the changeover day
The plan shows departures, stayovers and arrivals for each apartment, with status and assignment. Checklists per status record what must be checked in an apartment before handover.
Read moreInvoices and handover to the accountant
The invoice is created from the booking, with the company address for business travellers. Each month you send your accountant the bookkeeping data as a DATEV, BMD, CSV or Excel journal.
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Holiday lets run on a spreadsheet and messaging app, or with STRYK
Tasks that come up every week for hosts with several apartments.
| Task | Booking tool, spreadsheet, messaging app | With STRYK |
|---|---|---|
| Guest registration | Municipal form, completed after arrival from notes | Online check-in before arrival; in Austria, deadline tracking and export as CSV or for municipal portals (MBS) |
| Tourist tax | Amount worked out in your head, typed as a line under the invoice | Set up once in the settings, appears in price, booking and invoice |
| Cleaning on changeover day | Message to the cleaner on a messaging app, confirmation by phone | Plan with status and assignment, day plan as PDF by email at a fixed time |
| Direct enquiry | Email, check calendar, reply, enter in spreadsheet | Guest books directly in the booking engine, booking appears in the booking calendar |
| Invoice for business guests | Word template, company address typed in by hand | Invoice created from the booking, locked once issued |
| Handover to the accountant | Receipts photographed one by one and sent by email | Monthly handover as a journal, with a bundle of receipts on request |
One price that grows with your property
Each apartment counts as one unit, whether it is a studio or a three-bedroom house. The price grows with the number of apartments; cleaners and the booking page cost nothing extra. Online payments incur the payment provider's fees.
Pricing in detail€59 base fee + €6 per room or unit per month
Example with 6 rooms€95per month
- 14-day free trial
- No setup fee
- Personal onboarding
Net prices, annual billing. 20% off the base fee in the first contract year.
How to switch from a spreadsheet and booking tool to STRYK
You switch on a fixed cut-off date, so no booking is kept in two places.
Set up apartments and prices
You create each apartment as a unit, with category, occupancy and photos. You enter prices and rates in the rate calendar or import them from your spreadsheet.
Import existing data
Guests and upcoming bookings come from CSV, XLSX or ZIP, for example as an export from your current booking tool. A test run shows which bookings cannot be matched to an apartment. We guide you through the import.
Set the cut-off date
Pick a cut-off date between two changeover days. Until then the old tool takes bookings, and after that only the STRYK booking calendar does, so no apartment is managed in two systems.
Connect the booking engine and portals
You publish the booking page and link to it from your website. For portals, we check with you which connections are possible for your apartments.
Frequently asked questions
Is STRYK worth it for a single holiday apartment?
It can work, with limits. STRYK is designed for businesses with about 8 to 120 rooms or units, but you can still manage a single apartment in it. For one apartment you pay the base price plus the amount for one unit. Use the pricing page to see whether that fits your revenue.
How does the cleaner know on Saturday which apartment to do first?
From the housekeeping plan, which is built from the day's departures, stayovers and arrivals. You assign each apartment to a cleaner, starting with the apartment with the earliest arrival, and the cleaner marks it as ready. The plan can be sent as a PDF by email at a fixed time.
Can I include the final clean in the price?
Yes, as a service included in the rate. A rate combines price, availability rules, services, cancellation terms and payment. The guest sees a total price on the booking page, and nobody has to add the cleaning to the invoice afterwards.
Can I connect Airbnb and Booking.com?
This is checked for each property. The channel manager is included in the STRYK core price. Once a portal is connected, STRYK syncs availability, prices and booking rules, and portal bookings land in the booking calendar. Other portals, Airbnb for example, are not a confirmed connection. Contracts, login details and commissions remain with you.
How do guests get their access code?
STRYK does not connect to door lock systems. You send the code as text in a message, or add it to a template that an automation sends before arrival. The kiosk view shows a key code as text only.
What does STRYK cost for six apartments?
You pay a base price plus an amount per apartment and month, net plus VAT. The exact total for six units is shown in the price card on this page. With annual billing (12 months, renewing for 12 months) the standard price applies; billed monthly, it is 20% higher. There is no setup fee.
Can I issue invoices to a company?
Yes. The invoice is created from the booking and carries the guest's company details, for example for a fitter staying a week in apartment 5. Once issued, it is locked; if an address is wrong, you correct it with a credit note and a new invoice.
Calculate the price for your holiday apartments
Enter the number of apartments you have and see the net price, billed annually or monthly. Then send a non-binding enquiry.