bedful.com

What It Is

Bedful is a cloud-based booking and management system for holiday accommodation businesses, covering use cases such as campsites, glamping sites, vacation rentals, B&Bs, small hotels, and holiday parks. Its core goal is to help operators take commission-free online bookings through their own websites, while managing availability, reservations, payments, guest communications, and business data from a single dashboard.

Core Features and Integrations

Bedful’s features are built around accommodation operations: a responsive booking flow that can be embedded into a website, an interactive availability calendar, daily arrival and departure diaries, unified management of manual and online bookings, seasonal pricing and complex pricing rules, discounts, add-on services, automatic confirmation emails, pre-arrival and post-departure messages, and more. Payments are handled through Stripe, with support for deposits, automatic balance collection, tracking cash or bank-transfer payments, and refunds via Stripe. On the channel-integration side, Hipcamp is a key integration, while Airbnb, Booking.com, PitchUp, Campsites.co.uk, TripAdvisor, and others connect via iCal or availability sharing. The Pro plan also supports Xero, Google Analytics ecommerce events tracking, and the Bedful API.

Pricing and Access

Bedful does not offer a permanently free plan, but it does provide a 30-day free trial. Plans are divided into Light, Plus, and Pro, with annual billing starting at £20, £30, and £40/month respectively, plus additional fees based on the number of accommodation units. Quarterly billing adds 15%, monthly billing adds 25%, and there is also a one-time setup and training fee. Light includes only 1 user; Plus supports up to 5 users and different access levels; Pro supports unlimited users, more branding options, the API, Xero, and multi-site/white-label solutions.

Pros and Cons

The advantages are its strong vertical focus, easy-to-understand booking and availability management, and commission-free bookings through the operator’s own website, which can help reduce dependence on OTAs. Automated emails and balance collection can reduce manual payment chasing, while pricing and discount configuration is relatively flexible. Limitations include the fact that advanced integrations and API access are concentrated in higher-tier plans, and some channel synchronization relies on iCal and may require extra fees. Public materials also do not clearly specify detailed security certifications, SLA terms, or compliance credentials.

Who It’s For and Access from China

Bedful is better suited to small and midsize accommodation operators in the UK and overseas, especially campsites, guesthouses, vacation rentals, and small hotels. Chinese users should note that access from China is unknown; Stripe, GBP pricing, VAT, overseas sales channels, and local payment/invoicing requirements may add implementation costs. If your main audience is Chinese travelers or you need to connect with domestic OTAs, it may be worth comparing local alternatives such as 订单来了, 别样红, 绿云PMS, and 携程商家后台.