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title: Hostel Software: Dorm Beds, Bar, Payments | Tivuzo
description: Tivuzo for hostels and backpackers: dorm beds and private rooms on one planner, tours and laundry as extras, a bar tab on the bed and simple accounts.
url: https://www.tivuzo.com/hostel-software/
updated: 2026-11-03
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Hostel software

# Software for hostels and backpackers.

Beds rather than rooms, walk-ins at midnight, tours sold at reception and a bar that is the best margin in the building. Tivuzo runs all of it for a few users.

**What software do hostels and backpackers use?**
Tivuzo is hostel software: dorm beds as units on the planner, private rooms alongside dorms, tours and laundry as extras, plus bar orders, bar store with weekly counts and accounts that post themselves. It runs in the browser for $13 per user per month; a typical hostel with 3 users pays $39 a month.

## Module by module

### PMS for hostels and backpackers

Hostels sell beds as well as rooms, mostly walk-ins and online bookings, at low rates with lots of extras: tours, laundry, lockers, drinks.

- Dorm beds as units on the planner
- Private rooms alongside dorms
- Tours and laundry as extras
- Deposits for keys and lockers

### Procurement for hostels and backpackers

A hostel's margins are thin. Simple purchase records for the bar, kitchen and cleaning supplies show where the money goes.

- Bar orders
- Cleaning and linen supplies
- Cash purchases with receipts
- Supplier list with prices

### Inventory and stores for hostels and backpackers

The bar is often a hostel's best margin and its biggest leak. A bar store with weekly counts protects it.

- Bar store with weekly counts
- Linen per bed
- Cleaning supplies
- Kitchen basics if you serve food

### Accounting for hostels and backpackers

Hostels take lots of small payments in cash, card and mobile money. Reconciliation and a simple P&L matter more than complex reports.

- Many small payments reconciled
- Bar as its own department
- Tour commissions as income
- Monthly P&L

### Restaurant and bar POS for hostels and backpackers

The bar and café serve guests and walk-ins at night. A quick till with charge to bed and mobile money keeps the queue moving.

- Fast bar till
- Charge to bed
- Happy-hour prices
- Cash and mobile money

## Numbers to watch

| Number | Why it matters for hostels and backpackers |
|---|---|
| Occupancy, ADR, RevPAR | How full the dorms are and at what price. |
| Cost per occupied room | What each night sold costs to service. |
| Food cost % | Kitchen issues against food revenue. |
| Pour cost | What left the bar against what the till sold. |

## Who logs in, and what it costs

At a typical hostel the people who log in are the manager, reception and a bar or kitchen lead: 3 users, $39 a month or $374.40 a year. Waiters and bar staff can share a till with their own PIN. See [pricing](https://www.tivuzo.com/pricing/).

### The back office

Why one system beats four.

### All features

Every module, in every subscription.

### Getting started

From trial request to first guest.

## Hostel software: questions

### Can a PMS sell dorm beds?

Yes. Set up each bed as a unit of a dorm type, so beds are booked and cleaned individually.

### How can a hostel stop bar stock going missing?

Ring everything through the till, issue to the bar from a locked store and count weekly.

### How should a hostel record tour commissions?

As other income when you sell a tour for an operator, or as revenue and cost if you run it yourself.

### Can hostel guests run a bar tab on their bed?

Yes. Charge to room works for dorm beds too, settled at check-out.

### What does Tivuzo not do yet?

No live channel manager (Booking.com, Expedia, Airbnb sync), no booking engine for your website, no door-lock integration, no payroll and no country e-invoicing links.