Travel & hospitality · San Diego

Travel app development for hotels, tours and travel startups

Orcatec offers travel app development for hotels, vacation rentals, tour operators and travel startups across the US, from our base in San Diego. We build booking flows, guest apps and the operations tools behind them, so guests book faster and your staff spend less time on phones and spreadsheets.

  • Booking engines, guest apps and tour software
  • Integrations with PMS, channel managers and payments
  • Scheduling and staff tools we run in our own product

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Travel and hospitality software we build

Guests expect to book, pay and get help from their phone. Your team needs the same information on theirs.

Booking platforms

Direct booking for rooms, rentals, tours or activities, with live availability, deposits, add-ons and promo codes.

Guest apps

Mobile check-in, digital keys, room service and spa requests, local guides and chat with the front desk.

Tours and activities

Time slots, capacity limits, waivers, guide assignments and weather cancellations handled in one system.

Hotel operations

Housekeeping boards, maintenance tickets, shift scheduling and task apps for staff on the move.

Travel startup products

Trip planners, itinerary apps and travel marketplaces, built as an MVP first and grown from real usage.

AI for travel

Assistants that answer guest questions, suggest itineraries and upsells, and sort incoming requests for staff.

Industry challenges we design for

Commission-heavy bookings

Online travel agencies take a large share of each booking. A better direct booking flow keeps more revenue with you.

Disconnected systems

PMS, channel manager, POS and payment tools rarely share data well. We build integrations so staff stop re-typing.

Seasonal demand

Summer and holiday peaks put load on your systems and your staff. We plan for traffic spikes and fast scheduling changes.

Last-minute changes

Cancellations, weather and staff gaps change plans by the hour. Automatic notifications keep guests and staff informed without phone calls.

Reviews and repeat guests

Most guests never come back because nobody follows up. Post-stay messages, review requests and offers turn visitors into repeat bookings.

Guest data and payments

Card payments and personal details need care. We use tokenized payment providers and limit who can see guest data.

Case study: booking treatment and travel in one flow

For BeauBella we built a platform that packages and books medical treatment together with the travel around it.

BeauBella · Healthcare and medical tourism

BeauBella: medical tourism booking platform

BeauBella helps patients choose and book medical treatment in the UAE together with the travel around it. We built an end-to-end booking platform and keep developing it with the client.

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  • Six answers turn into three ready treatment-and-travel packages
  • One booking flow for treatment and travel
  • “Very complex end to end booking platform for medical tourism inclusive of all travel elements” — Ruairi Tubrid, COO, BeauBella

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How we build travel apps

  1. Discovery

    We map the guest journey and staff workflows, list the systems to connect and agree on scope and timeline.

  2. Design

    Prototypes of booking and guest flows tested on phones, because that is where most travelers book.

  3. Development

    Two-week sprints with test builds, plus integration work with your PMS, channel manager and payment provider.

  4. Launch before the season

    We plan releases around your calendar so new tools go live before peak demand, not in the middle of it.

Built in a tourism city

Tourism is one of San Diego’s largest industries. Hotels along the bay, vacation rentals in the beach neighborhoods, harbor cruises, surf schools and attraction operators all compete for the same visitors. We are based in San Diego County, so we see these businesses up close and can meet local clients in person.

We also work with travel and hospitality companies elsewhere in the US. You own the code and data, and we support the product through each season after launch.

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