Family Hotels
Your family hotel. Your guests. Fewer worries.
Lobbiq takes care of the routine — so you have time for the hospitality that made your hotel special in the first place.
Sound familiar?
The ground is shifting.
Everything that worked for your hotel for twenty years is under pressure at once. The same staff costs more every year. Minimum wage rises, pay structures follow. Regulations multiply. Around you, colleagues are closing or selling. Not because the guests stopped coming — but because the operation is no longer sustainable. You're working harder than ever just to stay where you are.
Your time goes to routine.
"What's the wifi password?" "Where can I park?" "Can I check in early?" You answer them with a smile — ten times a day, fifty times a week. Then the late arrival who calls at 10 PM. The Booking.com message that needs a reply within the hour. None of it is hard — but it never stops. And at the end of the day, you wonder where your time actually went.
Your guests changed. Your hotel hasn't yet.
The hospitality industry was built on being there for every guest. A warm welcome, a personal chat, a helpful recommendation. But a growing number of your guests don't want that anymore. They want to check in on their phone, find everything in one place, and handle things on their own terms.
They're not unfriendly — they just grew up differently.
Meanwhile, your loyal returning guests still expect the personal touch. You're trying to serve both — with a hotel that was designed for only one.
A different perspective
“Hospitality was always about being there for your guest. But a new generation of travelers doesn't want you there — they want to handle things themselves, on their own terms. Your loyal guests still expect a warm welcome. Now you need to deliver both — without doubling your workload.
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— Harry, Founder · Boutique Hotel Margretha, Zandvoort
What changes
Four things Lobbiq does for your hotel.
Not what your guests see — but what changes for you.
Messaging
You won't be disturbed in the evening anymore. All routine questions are answered automatically, in your guest's language.
Replaces
Sending messages yourself, answering the same questions over and over. Your time.
Smart Locks
You don't need to be at reception for every arrival. No more lost keys, no emergency calls for late check-ins.
Replaces
Physical keys, manual code management, being tied to the front desk.
Guest Portal
One place you set up once. No more questions about house rules, breakfast times, or checkout.
Replaces
Printed folders, loose QR codes, paper breakfast forms.
Team Dashboard
Everyone on your team sees the same thing. No more "didn't I tell you about that?"
Replaces
WhatsApp groups, paper lists, verbal shift handoffs.
Lobbiq handles everything around your guests' stay — from the first message to checkout. So you keep time for the things that deserve your personal attention.
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Why Lobbiq
Others solve one part. Lobbiq connects everything.
Guest communication, access control, guest portal, and team coordination — in one platform. Without replacing your existing PMS.
hotelkit
✓
Tasks, housekeeping, handovers
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No guest messaging, no smart locks, no guest portal
HiJiffy
✓
AI chatbot for guest communication
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No smart locks, no tasks, no housekeeping
straiv
✓
Digital check-in, ID verification
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Check-in only — no messaging, no locks, no portal
Built by a hotelier
Built in Zandvoort. Tested with real guests. Every day.
Lobbiq wasn't designed in an office. It was built by a hotelier, for hoteliers. Harry runs Boutique Hotel Margretha in Zandvoort — 6 suites, 9.0 on Booking.com — and uses Lobbiq every single day. What doesn't work for real guests doesn't make it into the software.
Check the reviews on Booking.com →9.0
Booking.com
70%
time savings on routine
8/10
choose self-check-in
Honest pricing
No hidden fees. No setup costs. Calculate your price.
And what does one employee cost?
€2,800 – 3,800/month for one front desk FTE
Without Lobbiq
3 FTE: €9,600/month
Someone calls in sick: crisis
Owner works 7 days as fallback
With Lobbiq
2 FTE + Lobbiq: €7,016/month
Someone calls in sick: Lobbiq covers the routine
Owner can take a day off
Potential saving
~€2,600/month = ~€31,000/year
Rooms: 30
30-room example. Progressive tiers: rooms 1-19 at €15, 20-29 at €13, 30-39 at €12, 40+ at €11.
See it in action — on a real hotel.
We'll show you Boutique Hotel Margretha live, on our phone. 15 minutes. No slides, no pitch deck — just the real product.