Stop paying 18% to own your own guests.
React Web Development Services builds booking and reservation systems for Philippine resorts, hotels and clinics from ₱280,000 over 5–8 weeks — availability, direct payments, automated reminders and no-show reduction, wired to the channels you already sell on. At a typical OTA commission of 15–20%, a property doing ₱500,000 a month in online bookings pays roughly ₱75,000–₱100,000 a month for the privilege, so a direct booking engine of this size pays for itself in about three to four months on shifted volume alone. Based in Porac, Pampanga; same-day visits across Clark, Angeles and San Fernando.
Work it out against your own statement.
Take last month’s OTA payout report. The commission line is the number that matters. Direct bookings do not remove it — they move a share of it, and only the share you can actually shift.
| Monthly online bookings | OTA commission at 18% | If 30% goes direct | Kept per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| ₱250,000 | ₱45,000 | ₱13,500/mo | ₱162,000 |
| ₱500,000 | ₱90,000 | ₱27,000/mo | ₱324,000 |
| ₱1,000,000 | ₱180,000 | ₱54,000/mo | ₱648,000 |
| ₱2,000,000 | ₱360,000 | ₱108,000/mo | ₱1,296,000 |
The full workings, including rate parity and the three booking types you can realistically shift, are in the commission breakdown.
30% direct is an achievable target, not a promise, and it is the number we would agree in writing as the success metric. Properties that already have brand search and repeat guests beat it. A property with no audience of its own will not — the OTAs are providing demand, not just a booking form, and replacing demand is a marketing job, not a software one.
Built for the no-show problem.
A booking form is the easy half. The revenue is in what happens between the booking and the arrival: deposits that hold, reminders that land on the channel people actually read, and a rebooking path that is easier than a cancellation.
In the Philippines that means Viber and Messenger reminders carry more weight than email, and a GCash or Maya deposit converts where a card form loses the guest. We wire those as first-class options, not afterthoughts.
Availability and rates
Real inventory, seasonal rates, minimum stays, blackout dates. Built so your front desk can change a rate without calling us.
Deposits that actually hold
Card, GCash, Maya and bank transfer, with a deposit policy that reduces no-shows rather than a full prepay that scares guests off.
Viber, Messenger, SMS, email
Automated confirmation, pre-arrival and review requests on the channel each guest used to book.
One calendar, not three
Channel sync so a direct booking closes the room on your OTAs. Double-booking a villa costs more than this whole build.
What owners ask first.
How much does an online booking system cost in the Philippines?
A booking and reservation system from React Web Development Services starts at ₱280,000 over 5–8 weeks, covering availability, payments, automated reminders, channel sync and the admin your front desk uses. That is a published project price. A simpler enquiry-and-confirm flow on an existing site is less; a multi-property system with dynamic pricing is more.
Should we drop the OTAs entirely?
No, and anyone who tells you to is costing you money. The OTAs are a demand channel and a discovery surface — for a property without its own audience they deliver guests you would not otherwise get. The goal is shifting the repeat and brand-search bookings to direct, where the commission is avoidable, while keeping the OTAs for reach.
Can it sync with Booking.com and Agoda?
Yes, through a channel manager. We integrate with the one you already use, or recommend one if you do not have it. Channel sync is not optional at any real occupancy: a double-booked villa on a long weekend costs more in goodwill than the integration does to build.
What does it cost to run?
Hosting and payment gateway fees, plus a care retainer from ₱9,500/mo for monitoring, updates and seasonal rate changes. There is no per-booking fee to us — that is the entire point of owning the channel.
We’re a clinic, not a resort. Does this fit?
Yes. The mechanics are the same — finite slots, deposits, reminders, no-show cost — and the reminder flow matters more, because a missed appointment slot cannot be resold at all. The commission arithmetic above does not apply, so the case rests on recovered no-shows and front-desk time instead.