Web platformBooking & travel
Tatilbudur is a popular Turkish holiday and hotel booking site, and the success of a platform like it comes from making thousands of hotels quickly comparable by region, concept and budget. Themes such as all-inclusive, thermal spa, honeymoon or family-friendly, clear cancellation terms and instalment options shorten the decision, while early-booking periods drive most of the sales. For a similar platform, the front end needs hotel contract and rate management, a room availability calendar, channel manager integrations and call-centre screens behind it. A supplier panel where hotels update their own inventory, a campaign engine and post-booking customer communication are the core parts that keep operations running smoothly. All of them must use the same pricing engine to stay consistent.
How Tatilbudur works: the core user flow
How many apps and dashboards do you need?
Customer site
Holidaymakers search for hotels, compare them and book rooms.
Hotel / supplier panel
Hotels update their own room availability, rates and campaigns.
Call-centre screen
Sales agents turn phone enquiries into bookings using the same pricing engine.
Admin panel
Contracts, commissions, content and sales reports are managed here.
Critical features of a product like Tatilbudur
Theme and concept filters
Features such as all-inclusive, beachfront, thermal spa and kids' club are tagged to enable smart filtering.
Room availability calendar
Daily availability, minimum-stay and stop-sale rules are kept for each room type.
Early-booking engine
Discount rules tied to date and payment type are applied automatically, and campaign pages are easy to create.
Channel manager connection
Rates and inventory are synchronised through APIs with the channel managers hotels already use.
Cancellation and amendment policies
Cancellation rules are defined per hotel, and refund amounts and penalties are calculated automatically.
Verified guest reviews
A trustworthy review system is set up in which only guests who have completed a stay can leave ratings and comments.
What goes into the first version, what comes later
First version (MVP)
- Hotel listings, theme filters and detail pages
- Rate and availability calendar by room type
- Online payment with instalments and automatic vouchers
- A basic supplier panel where hotels update rates
- Early-booking campaign rules
Later releases
- Channel manager and bed bank integrations
- Mobile app and price alerts
- Verified review system with photo uploads
- Personalised recommendations and dynamic price optimisation
Modules and how the budget is calculated
The budget is calculated with 360 SOFT’s pricing model from the modules below, about 28 screens and the project’s complexity: roughly 145 person-days for the full scope and 110 person-days for the first version. Every module you drop lowers the budget directly.
| Module | Phase |
|---|---|
| Sign-up, login, social login | First version |
| User profile and settings | First version |
| Roles and permissions | First version |
| Admin dashboard | First version |
| Online payments (Stripe / PSP) | First version |
| Product / content catalogue | First version |
| Advanced search and filters | First version |
| Booking / reservations | First version |
| Ratings and reviews | First version |
| Email / SMS notifications | First version |
| Reporting and analytics | Later release |
| Content management / blog | First version |
| Third-party API integration | First version |
Hosting, SMS, map APIs, app store accounts and payment-provider fees are separate items. Maintenance and improvements (optional): €500 / month. We send a fixed written price within 24 hours after a free discovery call.
The hard parts
Overbooking risk
When the same room is sold on several channels, synchronisation delays cause clashes; an instant inventory lock is needed.
Search performance
Calculating prices quickly across combinations of dates, guests and filters requires a cache and search-engine layer.
Supplier data quality
Photos, descriptions and amenity details entered by hotels can be inconsistent, so a content moderation process should be set up.
Business model
Revenue mostly comes from the sales commission charged to hotels, or the margin between the contract rate and the selling price. Featured hotel placements, sponsored slots on campaign pages, add-on sales such as transfers and travel insurance, and corporate hotel advertising are also important supplementary income streams.
Get a free quote for your project
Let us scope it together and send a fixed written quote within 24 hours. NDA on request; you own the source code.
Choosing a company to build an app like Tatilbudur
Most people searching “website like tatilbudur” are really looking for a reliable app development company. When comparing quotes, check four things:
- Can you try similar products they have shipped, in the stores or live?
- Are the source code, design files, servers and store accounts transferred to you by contract?
- Do they show a working demo every two weeks, with written scope and acceptance criteria?
- Are maintenance, scaling and GDPR/security costs written into the quote?
Copyright and trademarks
A business model and features are generally not protected on their own, but the Tatilbudur name, logo, interface design, content and source code are. That is why we build a product with similar functionality but your own brand, design and code. This is not legal advice; we recommend a trademark search before launch.
Frequently asked questions
How long does it take to build a website like Tatilbudur?
A basic version run with manual hotel entry can be ready in a few months. Channel manager integrations, a mobile app and an advanced campaign engine are added in later phases.
How many separate panels are needed?
At a minimum you need the customer site, a hotel/supplier panel and an admin panel. If you will sell by phone, a call-centre screen should be designed separately.
How do I bring hotels onto the system?
At first, hotels are added one by one under contract and rates are entered through the panel. As you grow, the catalogue can be expanded automatically through bed bank and channel manager integrations.
What should I look for when choosing a hotel booking development company?
Check whether the company has built projects with rate matrices, availability calendars and payment integrations before. Also ask about its approach to load testing, maintenance support and GDPR compliance.
