Travel · head to head
FareHarbor vs Little Hotelier
FareHarbor
Travel
Booking and reservation software for tour and activity operators with no subscription fee
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
Little Hotelier
Travel
SiteMinder owned front desk and distribution system for properties under twenty rooms
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: FareHarbor the roughly 6% booking fee is added to the price your customer sees, so your headline price appears higher than a competitor absorbing their software cost, which is a direct disadvantage when guests price-compare.; Little Hotelier the product is capped by design at small properties, so a hotel growing past roughly twenty rooms faces a migration rather than an upgrade, usually into SiteMinder plus a separate PMS.
- They diverge on capability: FareHarbor covers Availability and capacity, Little Hotelier covers Simplified front desk.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which FareHarbor and Little Hotelier actually diverge.
| Attribute | FareHarbor | Little Hotelier |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Per booking fee added at checkout | quote |
Identical on both: starting price (On request), free tier (No), platforms (Web, iOS, Android), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Travel).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in FareHarbor
- Availability and capacity
- Customer checkout
- Digital waivers
- Manifests and dispatch
- OTA distribution
- Gift cards and point of sale
Only in Little Hotelier
- Simplified front desk
- Channel management
- Direct booking engine
- Payments
- Mobile app
- Guest communication
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
FareHarbor
- A kayak tour operator with strong seasonality that cannot justify a fixed monthly software fee through the winternot Little Hotelier
- An attraction wanting waivers, manifests and OTA distribution in one system without an upfront licencenot Little Hotelier
- A new operator launching with no capital who needs professional checkout from day onenot Little Hotelier
- A multi-activity business needing guide and equipment assignment across overlapping departuresnot Little Hotelier
Little Hotelier
- A ten room guesthouse where the owner works reception and wants OTA sync without a separate channel manager contractnot FareHarbor
- A hostel needing reliable Booking.com and Hostelworld connectivity more than deep property management featuresnot FareHarbor
- A rural B and B replacing a spreadsheet and manual OTA extranet updatesnot FareHarbor
- A small property already comfortable with SiteMinder support and wanting one bill for distribution and front desknot FareHarbor
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
FareHarbor
- The roughly 6% booking fee is added to the price your customer sees, so your headline price appears higher than a competitor absorbing their software cost, which is a direct disadvantage when guests price-compare.
- With card processing on top, the effective cost is commonly 9 to 11% of booking value, so a high-volume operator pays far more over a year than a flat subscription would cost.
- There is no published rate card, so the fee you are quoted depends on the deal you negotiate and you cannot compare terms without going through onboarding.
- FareHarbor is owned by Booking Holdings, so your reservation system, your customer data and your availability sit inside the group that owns the largest OTA competing for your direct bookings.
- Because pricing is transactional, switching away is expensive in effort rather than money and operators tend to stay past the point where a subscription product would be cheaper.
Little Hotelier
- The product is capped by design at small properties, so a hotel growing past roughly twenty rooms faces a migration rather than an upgrade, usually into SiteMinder plus a separate PMS.
- Reporting is limited to basic occupancy and revenue summaries, which leaves owners exporting to a spreadsheet for anything an accountant or lender asks for.
- Rate and package logic is simple, so properties with seasonal packages, meal plans or complex tax handling end up adjusting rates manually.
- The non-distribution integration list is short, so accounting, door lock, POS or CRM tools outside the small supported set have to be handled by rekeying data.
- Pricing is banded by room count and paid monthly per property, so an operator with three small properties pays three subscriptions with no consolidated view worth the name.
Pricing, plan by plan
FareHarbor
On request- FareHarbor$undefined/month
- No monthly subscription and no setup fee
- Booking fee of around 6% added to the customer checkout price
- Card processing charged separately, giving an effective 9 to 11% of booking value
Little Hotelier
On request- Little Hotelier$undefined/month
- Monthly subscription banded by number of rooms
- Booking engine and channel manager included
- Card processing charged per transaction
Which should you pick?
Choose FareHarbor if
- You need availability and capacity.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want customer checkout.
Choose Little Hotelier if
- You need simplified front desk.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want channel management.
Questions people ask
- Is FareHarbor or Little Hotelier better?
- Neither clearly leads. FareHarbor starts at On request and Little Hotelier at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, FareHarbor or Little Hotelier?
- FareHarbor starts at On request and Little Hotelier at On request.
- Does FareHarbor or Little Hotelier run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, iOS, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- What is FareHarbor best used for?
- FareHarbor is most often used for a kayak tour operator with strong seasonality that cannot justify a fixed monthly software fee through the winter, an attraction wanting waivers, manifests and ota distribution in one system without an upfront licence, a new operator launching with no capital who needs professional checkout from day one, a multi-activity business needing guide and equipment assignment across overlapping departures. Of those, a kayak tour operator with strong seasonality that cannot justify a fixed monthly software fee through the winter and an attraction wanting waivers, manifests and ota distribution in one system without an upfront licence are not what Little Hotelier is typically brought in for.
- What can FareHarbor do that Little Hotelier cannot?
- FareHarbor covers Availability and capacity, Customer checkout, Digital waivers, Manifests and dispatch. Little Hotelier covers Simplified front desk, Channel management, Direct booking engine, Payments.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
FareHarbor: What does FareHarbor cost?
No subscription. Around 6% is added to the customer checkout price, plus card processing, giving roughly 9 to 11% of booking value in total.
Little Hotelier: Who owns Little Hotelier?
SiteMinder. It is the small property product line of the same company that sells the SiteMinder channel manager.
FareHarbor: Who pays the booking fee?
By default the customer, shown at checkout. Operators can choose to absorb it into their own price instead.
Little Hotelier: What happens when the property outgrows it?
Most operators move to a fuller PMS and keep SiteMinder for distribution. Expect a data migration rather than a plan change.
FareHarbor: Who owns FareHarbor?
Booking Holdings, the parent of Booking.com, Priceline and Kayak.
Little Hotelier: Does it include a channel manager?
Yes, built on the SiteMinder network, which is the main reason to choose it over other small property tools.
FareHarbor: At what volume does a subscription tool become cheaper?
Broadly once annual bookings exceed a few hundred thousand in value, at which point 6% dwarfs a fixed monthly plan.
Little Hotelier: Can one login manage several properties?
Each property is a separate subscription and the multi-property view is thin, so operators of more than two or three properties usually look elsewhere.
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