Bookinglayer

What Bookinglayer does

Bookinglayer is a privately held, Amsterdam-based software company founded in 2014 that operates an all-in-one reservation and booking management platform for hospitality operators — specifically retreats, resorts, schools, surf schools, and artificial wave parks. The platform unifies the full booking lifecycle, covering inventory (accommodations, activities, packages, services, items, rentals, bundles, gift certificates, donations, transfers), guest and booker records, booking lines and amendments, invoicing, credit notes, payments, refunds, and configurable custom fields, replacing the patchwork of separate tools typically used by small hospitality operators. The company exposes this entire domain model through a Private REST API (api.bookinglayer.io/private) with Bearer-token (JWT) authentication, JSON request/response payloads, CORS support, and a broad webhook event surface (e.g., BookerCreated, GuestCreated, BookingLinesCreated) for real-time third-party integration.

Under the hood, Bookinglayer has built a resource-oriented platform with 14+ core API resources, a custom fields engine that allows per-operator schema customization, multi-gateway payment support (external providers such as Stripe and PaymentWerx, plus internal methods like On-site Payment and Gift Certificate), and POS-friendly Booking Amendments for ad-hoc charges. The company has integrated with channel manager Channex for inventory distribution, and with accounting/invoicing platforms Fatture in Cloud and Invoicexpress for back-office connectivity, indicating a deliberate platform-extensibility strategy. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; revenue mechanics appear to be a combination of SaaS subscription (implied) and potential transaction-fee income via integrated payment processors. Distribution is primarily direct/self-serve to SMB hospitality operators, supported by a developer-facing documentation site that doubles as a content-marketing and developer-relations asset. The company is small (11–50 employees) and has not disclosed institutional funding, ownership, or revenue figures.

Name

Bookinglayer

Legal name

Bookinglayer

Website

https://bookinglayer.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bookinglayer is an Amsterdam-based SaaS company, founded in 2014, that provides an all-in-one reservation, payment, and guest management platform for hospitality operators such as retreats, surf resorts, schools, and artificial wave parks, exposed via a private REST API.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospitality Booking Software

NAICS

All Other Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services (561599)

SIC

Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000)

akta.pro primary industry

Booking Engines & Direct Web Booking (THALACAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Tour/Activities/Attractions Reservation Systems (THALADAG)

Keywords

• Hospitality booking software
• Reservation platform
• Property management system
• Online booking engine
• Guest management software

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Platform subscription (implied): Bookinglayer exposes an authenticated REST API (api.bookinglayer.io/private) for hospitality operators (retreats, resorts, schools), implying a subscription-based SaaS revenue model typical of reservation platforms that charge operators recurring fees for access to the booking, inventory, guest, payment, invoicing, and custom-fields system.
2. Payment processing / transaction-based revenue (via integrated gateways): Bookinglayer integrates third-party payment gateways (e.g., Stripe) and approved processors such as FintechWerx/PaymentWerx, enabling its hospitality clients to take online payments and, per the news source, addressing high chargeback rates common in the travel industry. This creates potential transaction-fee or gateway-related revenue on top of core subscriptions.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Bookinglayer provides an all-in-one reservation platform for hospitality operators (retreats, resorts, and schools) that manages the full booking lifecycle — including inventory (accommodations, activities, packages, services, rentals, bundles, gift certificates, donations, transfers), guests, bookers, bookings, booking lines, amendments, invoices, credit notes, payments, and refunds — all exposed programmatically through a private REST API. A configurable custom-fields engine and POS-ready booking amendments allow operators to tailor data capture and integrate with external payment gateways (Stripe, PaymentWerx), POS systems, and channel managers.

Product overview

Bookinglayer is offered as a single unified all-in-one reservation platform (no separate modules/brands identified) complemented by an integrated developer-facing Private REST API. The platform — marketed to retreats, resorts, and schools — manages the complete booking lifecycle through a backoffice and exposes all underlying resources via the Bookinglayer Private API at api.bookinglayer.io: Agreements, Persons (Guests and Bookers), Bookings (with Booking Lines and Booking Amendments), Products and Product Categories, Invoices, Credit Notes, Payments, Refunds, and Custom Fields. The Bookinglayer Private API serves as the programmatic interface to that same core platform, with Bearer token authentication and webhook support for event-driven integrations (e.g., BookerCreated, GuestCreated, BookingLinesCreated). No standalone sub-products, add-on modules, or acquired brands are referenced in the source material.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bookinglayer Reservation Platform All-in-one reservation platform serving hospitality operators in the retreats, resorts, and schools segments (including surf resorts, activity schools, and artificial wave parks). Manages the full booking lifecycle from inventory (products and product categories), through persons (guests and bookers), bookings (with booking lines and amendments), financial operations (invoices, credit notes, payments, refunds), agreements, and custom fields, with POS-ready booking amendments and integrations to payment gateways and channel managers.
• Bookinglayer Private API REST API hosted at api.bookinglayer.io (base path /private) that exposes Bookinglayer's core resources (Bookings, Booking Lines, Booking Amendments, Guests, Bookers, Persons, Invoices, Credit Notes, Payments, Refunds, Custom Fields, Products, Product Categories, Agreements) to partners and integrators. Supports standard HTTP verbs (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE), JSON request and response payloads, CORS, Bearer-token authentication, and webhook event notifications (e.g., BookerCreated, GuestCreated, BookingLinesCreated) for event-driven integrations with payment processors, POS systems, and channel managers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Provides an integrated payment processing path that addresses high chargeback rates common in the travel industry, per Bookinglayer/FintechWerx partnership commentary.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered strategic - approved payment processor partnership, example external payment gateway referenced in payments documentation, channel/distribution integration for locations, invoice export integration and invoice/payment gateway integration.

• FintechWerx / PaymentWerx (FintechWerx International Software Services Inc., CSE: WERX)strategic - approved payment processor partnershipTechnology or Integration · 5 January 2026FintechWerx announced on 2026-01-05 that its PaymentWerx payment gateway has been integrated as an approved payment service with Bookinglayer. The partnership aims to provide Bookinglayer's hospitality clients with additional payment processing options while addressing the high chargeback rates common in the travel industry, and represents a strategic expansion for FintechWerx into new operational verticals through a platform partnership.
• Stripeexample external payment gateway referenced in payments documentationTechnology or IntegrationStripe is explicitly cited as an example external payment provider supported by Bookinglayer's PaymentGateway model. Gateways may represent external payment providers such as Stripe, or internal methods like On-site Payment and Gift Certificate.
• Channexchannel/distribution integration for locationsTechnology or IntegrationBookinglayer's Location object includes channex_uuid, channex_export_mode (individual or grouped), and a channex_messages_module_is_enabled flag, indicating integration with the Channex channel manager for location-level distribution and messaging.
• Fatture in Cloudinvoice export integrationTechnology or IntegrationBookinglayer invoices support exports to external systems, with Fatture in Cloud explicitly referenced as an example export target (service: fatture_in_cloud), allowing invoice data to be pushed to the external accounting/invoicing platform with an external_id and sent status.
• Invoicexpressinvoice/payment gateway integrationTechnology or IntegrationBookinglayer's PaymentGateway schema includes an invoicexpress_code field (example value "OU") on the On-site payment gateway, indicating integration with Invoicexpress for invoice numbering or export.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Checkfront (by Tripadvisor): Booking management platform for tours, activities, and rentals — most directly comparable to Bookinglayer's activities/packages/rentals booking functionality, with operator self-serve onboarding and channel integrations.
• FareHarbor: Reservation and management software for tours, activities, and attractions, used by surf schools, retreats, and activity operators — overlapping Bookinglayer's package/activity and surf-school customer base.
• Peek (Peek Pro): Online booking and operations platform for tours, activities, and experiences, including surf schools and retreat-style operators; competes head-on with Bookinglayer's activity and package booking flows.
• Bokun (by Tripadvisor): Booking and channel management software for tour and activity operators with marketplace distribution; directly comparable to Bookinglayer's bookings/inventory/channels capability set.
• Rezdy: Booking and reservation platform for tours, activities, and rentals with broad OTA/channel integrations, overlapping Bookinglayer's activity and rental product types and surf-school segment.
• ResNexus: Reservation and property management software for inns, B&Bs, and small lodging operators; comparable scope of bookings, payments, and guest management to Bookinglayer.

Broad incumbents

• Cloudbeds: Large horizontal hospitality PMS/channel manager used by independent hotels, hostels, and resorts; broader than Bookinglayer but increasingly overlaps on activity/package booking for boutique and resort operators.
• Mews: Cloud-native PMS and hospitality operations platform aimed at hotels and hostels; offers broader functionality than Bookinglayer but overlaps on lodging + ancillary booking for resort-style operators.
• Little Hotelier: PMS and booking engine targeted at small independent properties and B&Bs; comparable as a booking-engine-first SaaS serving independent hospitality operators.

Emerging players

• Lodgify: All-in-one vacation rental software with booking engine, channel manager, and payment processing for short-term rental managers and small property managers — adjacent business model and operator profile to Bookinglayer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/bookinglayer
• Facebookfacebook.com/bookinglayer

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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