HolidayFox vs Little Hotelier
- HolidayFox
- A Book now button on your website, a chat that answers any time of day, and one calendar so you're never double-booked. Listed on holidayfox.com and in Google's hotel search. We set it up for you.
- Little Hotelier
- SiteMinder PMS + channel manager for small hotels, B&Bs and guest houses
- Little Hotelier pricing
- Calculator by bookable rooms. As shown UK, 2026-09-13: Basics from £29/month + 1% booking fee; Pro from £85/month (same figures at 1, 5 and 20 rooms). 30-day trial. Month-to-month. (littlehotelier.com/pricing)(checked 2026-09-13)
- HolidayFox pricing
- free for the Book now button, or from £12.99/month for a website we build for you + 5% commission on bookings taken through HolidayFox
If you search “B&B booking software” or “small hotel channel manager”, Little Hotelier is on the page. SiteMinder's product for places smaller than a full hotel: a drag-and-drop calendar, a booking engine for your site, and links to listing sites. Basics is the self-serve plan; Pro adds rate intelligence, metasearch and more channels.
I run HolidayFox, so this is not a neutral page. Both take direct bookings. The useful question: do you need SiteMinder's hotel channel manager, or a booking system that answers at 9pm on your own website?
What Little Hotelier is, and what they do well
Online calendar + booking engine + channel manager + mobile app. Basics: 24/7 chat and email support, and you set it up yourself. Pro: phone support, an onboarding specialist, competitor rate intelligence, rate parity, payments and hotel metasearch, as listed on the pricing cards.
Things they genuinely do well:
- It is a real small-property booking system. Calendar, booking engine, channels — built for rooms, not a pitch map.
- Published calculator, not a hidden quote. As shown on littlehotelier.com/pricing (UK visitor, checked 2026-09-13): Basics from £29/month + 1% booking fee; Pro from £85/month. Entering 1, 5 and 20 bookable rooms showed the same figures. They still say price depends on rooms and whether they sit at one property or several — treat the calculator as what they showed, not as your invoice. 30-day trial. Month-to-month, or annual for a discount.
- SiteMinder's channel connections are the extra. That is why a B&B that lives on Booking.com buys them.
- Older third-party figures ($39 / $179) are out of date. Their page is a room-count calculator; check what it shows today.
If your priority is “a SiteMinder channel manager and a booking engine, and I will staff evenings myself,” Little Hotelier is a credible answer. We will not pretend our commission is cheaper than £29 + 1% on software cost at the Basics figures they showed.
What HolidayFox is, and where we are different
HolidayFox is a direct booking system for independent stays. A Book now button on your website, a chat that answers guests any time of day, and one calendar for every booking. We set it up for you.
Guests pay by card on your website through the Book now button. Paying inside the chat is still rolling out. Bookings from Pitchup, Airbnb and Booking.com land in the same calendar, so you're never double-booked. You don't need Little Hotelier to run it.
Side by side
| Capability | Little Hotelier | HolidayFox |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | SiteMinder booking software + hotel channel manager | A direct booking system for independent stays |
| Booking calendar | Yes | Yes — one calendar, never double-booked |
| Website | Booking engine + optional website builder | A Book now button on your website, or a website we build |
| Chat that knows which dates are free | Support chat for you, not a booking chat for guests | Yes — on your website, any time of day |
| Your prices in Google's hotel search | Hotel metasearch on Pro | Yes, on every plan |
| Pricing | From £29/mo + 1% (Basics, as shown) | free for the Book now button, or from £12.99/month for a website we build for you + 5% commission on bookings taken through HolidayFox |
Little Hotelier figures from littlehotelier.com/pricing, checked 2026-09-13 (UK). HolidayFox figures from holidayfox.com/en/partners, reviewed 2026-09-13.
Talk to us
15 minutes with Hannah. She will show you how it works. If you already use Little Hotelier, you can keep it.
Questions owners ask
Is HolidayFox a Little Hotelier alternative?
Yes, for taking bookings. Little Hotelier's extra is SiteMinder's hotel channel manager for small properties.
How much does Little Hotelier cost?
Their pricing page is a room-count calculator. As shown for a UK visitor on 13 September 2026 (1, 5 and 20 rooms): Basics from £29/month + 1% booking fee; Pro from £85/month. Source: littlehotelier.com/pricing. HolidayFox: free for the Book now button, or from £12.99/month for a website we build for you plus 5% commission on bookings taken through HolidayFox. Card fees are separate: Stripe, the card-payment company, takes its standard fee (1.5% + 20p for UK cards).
Can I keep Little Hotelier and use HolidayFox?
Yes. Link the two calendars so you're never double-booked. You don't have to keep it.
Last reviewed: 2026-09-13