A simple system for guest houses and homestays
Guest houses do not need an enterprise PMS — they need bookings, billing and Form-C tracking that a small family team can run without a training manual.
Guest houses are told to buy software built for hotels five times their size
Most PMS vendors sell one product tier and hope it fits everyone. A 6–15 room guest house run by a family ends up paying for modules it will never touch, or gives up and goes back to a notebook.
Booking requests come in over phone calls, WhatsApp and one OTA listing, with no shared calendar.
A missed Form-C entry can mean a visit from local authorities that a small family-run property is not equipped to handle.
GST invoicing is often done manually at month-end, guessing at the right slab.
Enterprise PMS onboarding assumes a trained IT-literate staff member exists — often it is just the owner.
What ViharaOS gives a guest house
One shared booking calendar
Every reservation — phone, walk-in or OTA — lands in the same calendar, so nobody double-books a room by accident.
GST-ready billing without guesswork
Invoices apply the correct GST slab automatically as you record a stay, so month-end is a review, not a calculation exercise.
Form-C assistance built for a non-specialist owner
Guided entry and reminders help you keep foreigner-registration records current. This is assistance, not legal advice — you remain responsible for correct filing with local authorities.
A setup that does not need an IT person
Install the desktop app, add your rooms, and start taking bookings the same day — no dedicated administrator required.
Getting a guest house running
Add your rooms
Most guest houses with under 15 rooms finish setup in well under 30 minutes.
Start taking bookings
Phone and walk-in bookings go straight into the shared calendar; no separate register.
Bill guests with GST applied
Invoices are generated from the stay record with the correct tax slab already applied.
Track Form-C as guests check in
Foreigner-registration details are captured at check-in with reminders for filing deadlines.
Built for
Family-run guest houses
Properties where the owner or a small family team handles every guest-facing task.
Homestays near pilgrimage and heritage sites
Small properties serving domestic and international travellers with foreigner-registration needs.
5–20 room properties
Below the size where a full hotel PMS setup makes sense.
First-time software adopters
Owners moving off a paper register or notebook for the first time.
What it's good at, and where it has limits
Where ViharaOS helps most
- Starts at ₹499/month per property — priced for a small guest house, not a hotel chain.
- No IT staff required to install or run day to day.
- GST-ready billing removes month-end tax guesswork.
- Form-C assistance reduces the risk of a missed foreigner-registration deadline.
Where it has limits
- Form-C assistance does not replace legal advice — the property remains responsible for correct filing with local police/FRRO authorities.
- Channel manager / OTA sync is an add-on and depends on which platforms you actually list on; not every OTA integration may be relevant to a small guest house.
- Guest houses with highly informal, cash-only operations will still need to record stays in the system for GST and compliance benefits to apply.
Frequently asked questions
Still unsure? Talk to our team directly.
The Lite plan and onboarding flow are specifically sized for smaller properties — most guest houses with under 15 rooms complete setup in under 30 minutes without any technical background.
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Plans start from ₹499/month per property.
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