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Hotel management software for pubs with rooms

When the bar's busy and rooms are filling, your system should hold steady.

Preno is built for independent UK pubs with rooms — one clear view of bookings, payments and availability. Without the complexity. Without patching systems together.

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  • Month-to-month pricing
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  • 7000+ independent hoteliers
  • 100+ booking channels, real-time sync
  • Native Xero two-way integration
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★★★★★ Trustpilot · 4.6/5 · 24 reviews · Excellent   |   ★★★★★ Capterra · 4.7/5 · 48 reviews"

Just do it. It couldn't be simpler." — Sam, Marquis of Granby, Kent, UK

A pub with rooms isn't just accommodation.

It's a bar. A kitchen. A local. And rooms on top.

Your system needs to fit around that — not force you to change how you operate.

Everything a pub with rooms needs.Nothing it doesn't.

Bookings, payments and availability — connected. Your team stays focused on guests, not the system.

What Preno does

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Bookings that don't create work

Direct bookings, OTAs and phone reservations update in real time. Rates change once — everywhere at once. Your website works as hard as you do. Guests check availability and book directly on any device.

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Payments that match real life

Card on file. Terminal at the bar. OTA virtual cards. Stripe connected properly to reservations. You can see exactly what's been taken — and where it's landed. One-click Xero reconciliation. No end-of-month detective work.

Any member of your team, from day one

Designed around how independent properties actually work. Staff pick it up quickly. Real people answer the phone. No lock-in contracts. And when you're ready to switch, we handle the migration.

Switching shouldn't interrupt service.

Your booking history and guest data migrate with you. We've done this hundreds of times.Guests won't notice the change. You'll notice the difference.

"Staff that have used hotel systems for several years find it a lot easier through Preno."Sam, Marquis of Granby, Alkham, Kent

Making the move

1

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2

Set up with a specialist

Your onboarding specialist guides you through each step — connecting your OTAs, configuring your booking engine, setting up email templates, and migrating your guest and booking data. You work through it together, at a pace that suits you.

3

Go live with confidence

Once you're happy, you switch over and cancel your existing system when you're ready. Your support team is available throughout go-live and after. No disappearing after onboarding.

Pubs running on Preno

Sam is office manager at the Marquis of Granby in Alkham, Kent — a 10-room pub hotel with cricket matches, monthly quizzes and rooms that Dover-bound travellers have made their favourite stopover. When Contemporary Pubs switched their till system to Lightspeed, they needed hotel software that would work alongside it. Their old system wasn’t going to.

"It's so daunting because you've obviously got years' worth of bookings, but it couldn't be simpler. Just do it."

Sam
Office Manager · Marquis of Granby, Kent, UK
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Questions pubs ask us before switching

Common questions

For operators in Australia, New Zealand, or the UK — particularly those frustrated with no live Xero/MYOB integration, duplicate guest contacts, overseas support, or training complexity — Preno is the most direct alternative. It's built for ambitious independent properties in the 10–30 room sweet spot. If you need a very large global channel network, Cloudbeds may suit better. For European boutique hotels, RoomRaccoon is worth considering. For tech-forward operators, Mews is strong. For AU/NZ/UK independents who want operational clarity over feature bloat, Preno is the closest match.

How long does it take to switch?

It depends mostly on you — your schedule and how quickly you want to move through setup. Most properties are up and running within a few weeks. Your booking history migrates across, so you're not starting from scratch. Preno's team handles the transfer and supports you throughout.
Does Preno integrate with Xero?

Yes. Preno includes a native two-way Xero integration with automatic syncing of invoices, payments and revenue. MYOB integration is also available.
How does the Lightspeed integration work?

If your pub uses Lightspeed K-Series POS, guests can charge food and drinks directly to their room during their stay. When they check out, the full bill — accommodation and any bar or restaurant charges — is settled in one payment. Your team doesn't need to reconcile separate tabs manually.
What kind of support do I get from Preno?

When you need help, you speak with real people who understand hospitality operations and your property setup. No call-centre scripts. No starting from scratch every time. Named contacts throughout.
Is there a contract term?

No. Month-to-month pricing, cancel any time. No lock-in contracts. If Preno isn't right for your property, you're not trapped.​
Is there a free trial?

Yes — 7 days, no credit card required. Set up your property, connect your channels, and see how the system runs. Our team is available to help throughout. No commitment and no lock-in contract.​

Based on verified reviews across Capterra, HotelTechReport, and Trustpilot, the five most consistent switching triggers are:No live accounting sync. Manually exporting data into Xero or MYOB every week is the most commonly cited functional gap — particularly for AU and NZ operators where Xero is standard practice.Duplicate contacts with no guest history. Little Hotelier creates a new contact for every booking, with no link to previous stays. Operators who want to recognise and retain returning guests find this unworkable.Offshore support with no case continuity. Support is routed through overseas call centres where each call starts from scratch. For owner-operators running 24-hour properties, this is an operational cost that hits hardest when something goes wrong.Add-on costs that exceed the advertised price. The base plan is designed as an entry point. Payment processing, Google Hotels connectivity, and advanced reporting all sit behind additional fees or plan upgrades.Being migrated to a platform not built for them. SiteMinder is actively moving Little Hotelier's booking engine to the broader SiteMinder platform — built for large-scale operators. Operators who chose Little Hotelier specifically because it wasn't enterprise software are finding that position harder to maintain.

Yes — 7 days, no credit card required. Set up your property, connect your channels, and see how the system runs. Our team is available to help throughout. No commitment and no lock-in contract.​

Built for pubs with rooms. Not generic hotel software.

Simple to run. Easy to learn. Designed for busy teams, not dedicated reservations staff.

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