For Hostel Owners & Operators

Become a Partner at HostelPalika

Run your hostel from one place: rooms, residents, rent and food. Your residents and their parents get an app of their own.

Hostel dashboard
The hostel dashboard on a laptop and a phone

Get your hostel more popular

What changes when students can find you and residents pay from their phone.

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More enquiries once your hostel is listed

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Faster to fill an empty bed

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Less time chasing rent

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Parents who trust a hostel they can see

Everything you need to run your hostel

A fully integrated platform for hostel owners, staff, residents, and guardians.

Everything on one screen

Open the dashboard and see how your hostel is doing today.

  • Beds filled and beds empty
  • Who has paid this month and who has not
  • New complaints and requests waiting for you
The hostel dashboard on a laptop and a phone

Rooms and rates

Add your rooms once and set one rent for each sharing type.

  • Single, two, three or four sharing
  • Empty beds are counted for you
  • Your public page always shows the same rates
Rooms and bed rates by sharing type

Register a resident in minutes

Add a new resident from your phone, step by step.

  • Room, rent and joining fee in one go
  • Admission fee and deposit on one bill
  • They get their own login the same day
Registering a resident, step by step, in the app

Know who is moving in

Scan the resident's card and check their details before you save.

  • Name, photo, age and home address
  • Where they are from and what they do
  • One person can live in only one hostel at a time
Confirming a resident's identity after scanning their card

Set your fees once

Write your fee card and every month's bills are raised on their own.

  • Months follow the Nepali calendar
  • Change rates from a future month, old bills stay as they were
  • Import your eSewa or Khalti statement to match payments
The fee schedule and statement reconcile

Money goes straight to you

Residents pay into your own eSewa, Khalti or bank account.

  • Add your wallet and bank QR once
  • Each bill has its own reference code
  • Every payment shows who paid and for which month
Payment setup with eSewa, Khalti and bank accounts

Every rupee in one list

All payments and bills for the month, in one place.

  • Paid, part paid or due, next to each name
  • Cash and online payments together
  • Totals for the month counted for you
The hostel's transactions list

An app for your residents

Residents see their room, bill, food menu and notices on their phone.

  • This week's menu and today's meals
  • Report a complaint with a photo
  • Night check-in and an SOS button
The resident portal dashboard

Residents pay from their phone

No more chasing rent at the door.

  • Pay by eSewa or Khalti
  • Or send a payment screenshot for you to confirm
  • The receipt stays in their app
A resident's fees and payments

A digital ID card for every resident

Each resident gets an ID card with a QR code in the app.

  • Photo, room and hostel on the card
  • Staff can scan it to check who someone is
  • Nothing to print or lose
A resident's profile and ID card

Parents stay in the loop

Parents get their own login with just what they need to see.

  • Fee status and receipts
  • Food menu and hostel notices
  • Night check-in summary and emergency contact
The guardian portal on a laptop and a phone

Your own hostel page

Every hostel gets a public page students can find and share.

  • Photos, rates and facilities
  • Students call you or send an enquiry
  • Reviews from people who lived there
The app's community feed beside a hostel's public page

Students find you on the map

Your hostel shows up on the map near their college.

  • Distance and walking directions
  • Price and rating on each hostel card
  • Open your page straight from the map
Hostels on the map with walking directions

Show up where students search

Verified hostels appear in the app's top picks and nearby lists.

  • Search by city, area or college
  • Compare hostels side by side
  • A verified badge builds trust
The app's home screen with top picks, popular cities and nearby hostels

Ready to bring your hostel online?

List your property, manage residents, and give everyone their own portal — all from one place.