Travel · head to head
Little Hotelier vs ThinkReservations
Little Hotelier
Travel
SiteMinder owned front desk and distribution system for properties under twenty rooms
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
ThinkReservations
Travel
Property management and booking system for North American inns, B&Bs and small hotels
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: 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.; ThinkReservations no pricing is published anywhere, so you cannot compare it against Cloudbeds or Little Hotelier without first sitting through a sales call and extracting a quote.
- They diverge on capability: Little Hotelier covers Simplified front desk, ThinkReservations covers Reservation calendar.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Little Hotelier and ThinkReservations actually diverge.
| Attribute | Little Hotelier | ThinkReservations |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | Web, iOS, Android | Web |
Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), 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 Little Hotelier
- Simplified front desk
- Payments
- Mobile app
- Guest communication
Only in ThinkReservations
- Reservation calendar
- Integrated payments
- Yield rules
- Reporting
Both cover
- Channel management
- Direct booking engine
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Little Hotelier
- A ten room guesthouse where the owner works reception and wants OTA sync without a separate channel manager contractnot ThinkReservations
- A hostel needing reliable Booking.com and Hostelworld connectivity more than deep property management featuresnot ThinkReservations
- A rural B and B replacing a spreadsheet and manual OTA extranet updatesnot ThinkReservations
- A small property already comfortable with SiteMinder support and wanting one bill for distribution and front desknot ThinkReservations
ThinkReservations
- A fourteen room inn moving off a spreadsheet and a phone diary that needs breakfast counts and minimum stay rules handled nativelynot Little Hotelier
- A B&B selling gift certificates and packages that wants them redeemable in the same system that takes the bookingnot Little Hotelier
- An owner of three small New England properties wanting one login and consolidated occupancy reportingnot Little Hotelier
- A campground or cabin operator needing nightly and multi-night rules plus OTA distribution without buying a separate channel managernot Little Hotelier
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
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.
ThinkReservations
- No pricing is published anywhere, so you cannot compare it against Cloudbeds or Little Hotelier without first sitting through a sales call and extracting a quote.
- The product is built for North American operations, so European tax handling, guest registration requirements and local OTA mix are not supported and it is effectively unsellable outside the region.
- There is no revenue management or dynamic pricing, so rates rely on manual seasonal and day of week rules that go stale unless someone actively maintains them.
- Payment processing is bundled, which is convenient but means the effective card rate is negotiated inside a software deal rather than shopped separately, and operators rarely check it against a standalone merchant account.
- There is no native point of sale, spa or restaurant module, so an inn with a dining room runs a second system and reconciles revenue by hand.
Pricing, plan by plan
Little Hotelier
On request- Little Hotelier$undefined/month
- Monthly subscription banded by number of rooms
- Booking engine and channel manager included
- Card processing charged per transaction
ThinkReservations
On request- ThinkReservations$undefined/month
- Property management system
- Direct booking engine
- Channel management to major OTAs
Which should you pick?
Choose Little Hotelier if
- You need simplified front desk.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want payments.
Choose ThinkReservations if
- You need reservation calendar.
- You also want integrated payments.
Questions people ask
- Is Little Hotelier or ThinkReservations better?
- Neither clearly leads. Little Hotelier starts at On request and ThinkReservations at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Little Hotelier or ThinkReservations?
- Little Hotelier starts at On request and ThinkReservations at On request.
- Does Little Hotelier or ThinkReservations run on more platforms?
- Little Hotelier runs on Web, iOS, Android. ThinkReservations runs on Web.
- What is Little Hotelier best used for?
- Little Hotelier is most often used for a ten room guesthouse where the owner works reception and wants ota sync without a separate channel manager contract, a hostel needing reliable booking.com and hostelworld connectivity more than deep property management features, a rural b and b replacing a spreadsheet and manual ota extranet updates, a small property already comfortable with siteminder support and wanting one bill for distribution and front desk. Of those, a ten room guesthouse where the owner works reception and wants ota sync without a separate channel manager contract and a hostel needing reliable booking.com and hostelworld connectivity more than deep property management features are not what ThinkReservations is typically brought in for.
- What can Little Hotelier do that ThinkReservations cannot?
- Little Hotelier covers Simplified front desk, Payments, Mobile app, Guest communication. ThinkReservations covers Reservation calendar, Integrated payments, Yield rules, Reporting. Both handle Channel management, Direct booking engine.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Little Hotelier: Who owns Little Hotelier?
SiteMinder. It is the small property product line of the same company that sells the SiteMinder channel manager.
ThinkReservations: How much does ThinkReservations cost?
It is not published. Pricing is quoted per property, generally scaled by room count, after a sales conversation.
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.
ThinkReservations: Is the channel manager an extra subscription?
No. OTA connectivity is part of the platform rather than a separately priced module, which is the main saving against a PMS plus channel manager pairing.
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.
ThinkReservations: Does it work outside the United States?
In practice no. Tax, payments and support are built around North America.
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.
ThinkReservations: Can it handle more than one property?
Yes, small portfolios are supported, but it is designed for a handful of properties rather than dozens.
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