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Hotalo
Hotalo is a hotel booking WordPress theme by ThemeMascot, built for hotels, resorts and vacation rental sites. It lets you present your rooms, take reservations on your own website and show guests which dates are open. The theme works with Elementor for page building.
- Version
- 5.0
- Released
- Feb 11, 2025
- Developer
- ThemeMascot
- Type
- WordPress theme
- Requires
- Elementor
- Licence
- GPL
- Included in
- Every plan, or $3.99 on its own
What’s new in Hotalo 5.0
Version 5.0 · Feb 11, 2025
Latest
What it does
Many small hotels and rental owners send every guest to a third-party booking platform because their own website can't handle reservations. This theme puts room listings, an availability calendar and a booking system on your own site, so guests can browse rooms, check dates and reserve without leaving. You can accept, track and manage those reservations from the WordPress admin, and online payments and deposits can go through supported payment gateways.
The theme suits a boutique hotel as well as a larger resort. You can pick from several room layouts and adjust design elements to match your brand, set different rates for peak seasons, weekends or special occasions, and add photo galleries or virtual tours of the property. It is responsive, so pages adapt to phones and tablets, and it is translation ready if you serve guests in more than one language. Elementor is required.
Best for
- Boutique hotels taking direct reservations
- Resorts with seasonal room pricing
- Vacation rental owners wanting bookings on their own site
Features
Booking management
Accept, track and manage room reservations directly from your website, which cuts down on how much you rely on third-party booking platforms.
Availability calendar
A real-time calendar shows guests which rooms are open on which dates, helping you avoid double bookings.
Seasonal and flexible pricing
Set different room rates for peak seasons, weekends or special occasions instead of using one fixed price all year.
Multiple room layouts
Choose from a range of room templates and customizable design elements to present your accommodations in a way that fits your brand.
Online payments and deposits
Integrated payment gateways let guests pay in full or leave a deposit online as part of the booking process.
Galleries and virtual tours
Add image galleries and virtual tours so prospective guests can get a clear look at rooms and the property before booking.
Responsive, translation ready design
Layouts adapt to phones, tablets and desktops, and the theme is ready for translation into multiple languages for international guests.
Questions about Hotalo
Can guests book rooms directly on my website?
Yes. The theme includes a booking management system for accepting, tracking and managing reservations on your own site, plus a real-time availability calendar so guests can see open dates before they reserve.
Can I charge different rates at different times of year?
Yes. You can set separate pricing for peak seasons, weekends or special occasions, so your room rates can follow demand instead of staying the same every night of the year.
Does Hotalo need a page builder?
Yes, it requires Elementor. You'll use Elementor along with the theme's room layouts and customizable design elements to build and adjust your pages.
Will it work for a site in more than one language?
The theme is multilingual and translation ready, so you can translate your site into other languages for guests from different countries. It also uses a responsive design that adapts to mobile devices.
Is Hotalo free?
The code of Hotalo is licensed under the GPL, so anyone may use, change and share it. GPL Feast is a paid service: a plan or a single purchase gives you the download and automatic updates. The developer's own support, licence key and online services are not included.
Which version of Hotalo is this?
Version 5.0, released Feb 11, 2025. New versions appear here when the developer publishes them, and members get them as automatic updates.
How do I update Hotalo?
Install the free GPL Feast Updater on your site and connect it with your API key. It installs new versions of Hotalo automatically and keeps a backup, so you can roll back.
What does Hotalo need?
Hotalo needs Elementor installed and active.
