The best restaurant and bar POS for safari and tented camps.
In a camp the bar is often "on the house" or charged to the tent. The till still matters: it records what was poured so the bar store and the costs stay honest. Here is what to look for, and how Tivuzo does it as part of one back office.
The best restaurant and bar point of sale (POS) for safari and tented camps covers tables and bills, split and transfer, charge to room, mobile money and card, stock out of the outlet store and offline selling, and handles what is specific to safari and tented camps: charge to tent, or zero-priced drinks on all-inclusive; premium drinks charged as extras; offline selling on satellite internet; bar stock counted against sales. It should share one database with the rest of the back office so nothing is typed twice. Tivuzo includes it with the PMS, POS, procurement, stores and accounting for $13 per user per month.
What safari and tented camps need
In a camp the bar is often "on the house" or charged to the tent. The till still matters: it records what was poured so the bar store and the costs stay honest.
- Charge to tent, or zero-priced drinks on all-inclusive
- Premium drinks charged as extras
- Offline selling on satellite internet
- Bar stock counted against sales
The full checklist
Beyond the specifics above, any restaurant and bar point of sale (POS) for a safari camp should have:
| Must have | In Tivuzo |
|---|---|
| Tables, open bills, splits and transfers | ✓ |
| Charge to room onto the guest folio | ✓ |
| Cash, card, mobile money and split payments | ✓ |
| Staff pick their name and enter a PIN | ✓ |
| Each outlet takes stock from its own store | ✓ |
| Keeps selling when the internet drops | ✓ |
| Closing counts by payment method | ✓ |
| Shares data with the rest of the back office | ✓ One database: PMS, POS, procurement, stores, accounting |
Why it should be part of one system
When the till is joined to the PMS and stores, charge to room lands on the folio, sales take stock out of the outlet's store and revenue posts by outlet and payment method. Read one system vs separate systems.
What it costs a safari camp
At a typical safari camp the people who log in are the camp manager, reservations, storekeeper, bar and the office accountant: 5 users, $65 a month or $624 a year, with every module included. See pricing.
Read more
The module in detail: hotel restaurant and bar pos. For safari and tented camps: safari camp software, and pms, procurement, inventory and stores, accounting. Restaurant and bar POS for hotels, lodges, guest houses and B&Bs, serviced apartments, boutique hotels. By country: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Guides: Bar stock control, Food cost percentage, Guest folios and billing.
Restaurant and bar POS for safari and tented camps: questions
Should an all-inclusive camp still ring drinks through a till?
Yes, at zero or as complimentary, so the bar store and drink cost per guest night are right.
Is POS included in Tivuzo's price?
Yes. Every module is included for $13 per user per month; there are no add-ons and no fees per room.
Does Tivuzo work for small safari and tented camps?
Yes. A safari camp pays only for the people who log in; switch on modules as you need them.
Does Tivuzo work with weak internet?
The restaurant and bar tills sell offline and sync later; the rest needs a connection, and light use works on mobile data.
What does Tivuzo not do yet?
No live channel manager, booking engine, door-lock integration, payroll or country e-invoicing links.
Last updated by the Tivuzo team.