Meet Octo, your AI reservations agent

Answer every enquiry.
Win more direct bookings.
Free up your team.

Octo replies to guests in seconds on any channel, quotes your live availability and takes the booking. Day and night, while your team looks after the guests in front of them.

  • 93% handled without staff
  • Seconds to reply
  • 30+ languages
  • 24/7 all year round
Built for Hotels Aparthotels Serviced apartments Corporate housing Holiday lets
Why it matters

The difference Octo makes.

The same enquiry, on a Tuesday night.

Without Octo
  • 22:40 An enquiry lands. Two-bed, three weeks, from the 14th.
  • 09:15 Somebody opens the inbox the next morning.
  • 11:00 Availability checked, quote written, email sent.
  • 11:20 The guest booked somewhere else last night.

Lost, or won back through an OTA minus the commission.

With Octo
  • 22:40 The same enquiry lands.
  • 22:40 Octo answers, checks availability and sends the options.
  • 22:44 Guest picks one and adds a requirement. Answered.
  • 22:47 Booked, confirmed, and written into your PMS.

Won. Direct, at full margin, while everyone was asleep.

In practice

What the guest actually sees.

Those seven minutes, on the channel the enquiry came in on.

Octopus Apartments
Enquiry on WhatsApp

Guest: hi, do you have a two-bed in London for 14 March to 4 April? 2 adults and 2 kids 22:40

Octo: Thank you for your message. Happy to share a couple of options that fit your dates: Riverside, Shoreditch: two-bed, £185 a night + VATSee photos and details Kings Court, Chelsea: two-bed, £210 a night + VATSee photos and details Both rates include all utilities, free wifi and weekly cleaning. Which would you like to go ahead with? 22:40

Guest: Riverside please. Can the second bedroom have two singles for the children? And it needs to be invoiced to the company. 22:44

Octo: Both of those are fine. Before I put anything through, please check these details: Riverside two-bed, 14 March to 4 April 2 adults and 2 children, with two singles in the second bedroom £185 a night + VAT, invoiced to the company From here I can ask the team to call you to talk it through, or hold the apartment now and email you a secure link to pay and confirm the booking. 22:44

Guest: All correct. Hold it and send the link. It's for Nautilus Engineering, and the guest is Sarah Thompson. 22:45

Octo: Your apartment is held, reference 20260314-0042. I've emailed you the booking details and a secure payment link. The hold lasts one hour, and the booking is not confirmed until payment is received. 22:45

Guest: Just paid. 22:47

Octo: Payment received, and your booking is confirmed. Riverside two-bed, 14 March to 4 April, for Sarah Thompson, reference 20260314-0042. Your invoice and check-in details are on their way. 22:47

Enquiry to confirmed booking in seven minutes, with nobody awake. Every detail read back and checked first, no card details typed into a chat, and the booking written straight into your PMS.

One assistant, every channel

  • Web chat
  • WhatsApp
  • SMS
  • Email
  • Messenger
  • Instagram
  • Phone
What Octo does

Octo does what your
front desk does.

From the first message to the next booking.

Before they book

Answers the enquiry

Rates, availability, what's included, how to get there. In seconds, in the guest's own language, at three in the morning.

Quotes the stay

Checks your live availability, prices the dates and puts the options in front of the guest while they are still interested.

Takes the booking

Captures the details, confirms the stay and writes it into your PMS. Direct, with no commission going to anyone else.

Chases the payment

Deposit reminders, outstanding balances, the payment link sent for the third time. The follow-up nobody enjoys doing.

Around the stay

Gets the guest ready to arrive

Arrival instructions, parking and check-in times, sent before they set off. Plus the airport transfer or early check-in they hadn't thought to ask for.

Handles the changes

Extensions, early arrivals, late check-outs, cancellations. The back-and-forth that eats your team's whole morning.

Sells the extras

Parking, breakfast, an extra night, a later check-out. Offered at the right moment, not only when somebody remembers to ask.

Looks after the stay

Wi-Fi codes, maintenance issues, local recommendations, check-out instructions. The guest asks once and gets an answer.

After they leave

Follows up after checkout

Thanks the guest, asks how it went, invites the review while the stay is fresh, and offers the next booking direct.

Remembers every guest

A returning guest is not a stranger. Octo recalls their last stay, their preferences and their company details, on whichever channel they use next.

Sorts the paperwork

Booking confirmations, invoices, and the documents a corporate booker needs before their own finance team will sign anything off.

Ties up the loose ends

A charger left behind, a question about the deposit, a charge they don't recognise. Octo answers what it can and passes the rest to your team with the details.

In your control

Octo works inside
the lines you draw.

The worry with an AI talking to guests is that it says something you never would. So you decide what it can agree to, and you see everything it does.

Rules Octo follows
Never quote below your rate card
Never confirm a stay under the minimum
Never promise an early check-in
+ Add a rule
Rules it will not break

Write the lines Octo must not cross: your rates, your minimum stay, your check-in times. Anything outside them, Octo will not agree to.

Needs a person
Complaint about the cleaning

Guest is asking for money back. Outside what Octo can agree.

Read it Take over
Hands over when it should

Complaints, refunds, anything needing judgement. Your team gets the alert and picks the conversation up where Octo left it, with the whole history attached.

Live
22:47 Booking confirmed: Riverside, 14 Mar
22:43 Invoicing question answered
22:40 Quote sent: 2 options
22:40 Enquiry answered on WhatsApp
Nothing happens out of sight

Every conversation is there to read while it is still happening. Step in whenever you want, or leave Octo to it and read the summary in the morning.

Guest intelligence

See every guest who didn't book, and why.

Your PMS only sees the guests who booked. Octo sees everyone who asked, so your marketing and revenue teams can too.

Enquiries · last 30 days Example
412
Enquiries
138
Booked direct
274
Didn't book
Why they didn't book
No availability for their dates 34%
Over budget 23%
Under the minimum stay 17%
Wrong location 14%
Went quiet 12%
What the trip is for
Business 44%
Relocation 21%
Leisure 20%
Contractor work 15%

Extras taken: parking 29% · late check-out 17% · extra night 11%

  • Where guests come from

    Lead source and channel for every enquiry, not just the ones that turn into bookings.

  • What they wanted

    Dates, party size, trip purpose and budget, picked up as the guest talks rather than from a form they never fill in.

  • Why they didn't book

    No availability, price, minimum stay, location. The lost demand your PMS never records, and the gaps worth fixing.

  • Which offers work

    Take-up for every extra you offer, so you know what to put in front of the next guest, and when.

Integrations

Works with your existing systems.

Octo works alongside the PMS you already run. It doesn't ask you to replace it.

Property management systems

Connect your PMS to sync availability and property data, make bookings, handle extensions, and keep records up to date automatically. Live today with Res:Harmonics; other systems connect through their APIs.

Payments and finance

Send secure payment links, chase deposits and balances, and raise invoices in the tools your finance team already uses, so nothing is keyed in twice.

CRM and support tools

Route conversations, create tickets, and update contact records inside the tools your team already uses.

Messaging and email

Send notifications, escalation alerts, and regular summaries through your existing messaging channels. Connect your own domain and send from your address, not ours.

Document storage

Pull from your existing document library to teach Octo your property guides, policies and terms.

Anything with an API

If it has an API, Octo can work with it. And if we don't connect to your system yet, we build it in days, not months.

Also included

Built in from day one.

Your brand

Your name, your colours, your tone of voice. Octo looks and sounds like part of your team.

30+ languages

Every guest is answered in their own language, with nothing to set up.

Easy to keep current

Upload your guides, house rules and FAQs. Octo re-reads your website regularly, so a change reaches guests without retraining anything.

Secure

Encrypted in transit and at rest, with role-based access for your team. We never use your data to train AI models.

Getting started

Add Octo to the team.
Live in minutes, not months.

Running more than one property? Start with one, see the results, then roll Octo out across the group.

01

Show Octo around

Point Octo at your website and add your property guides, house rules and booking FAQs. Octo learns your portfolio the way a new starter would, only faster.

02

Give Octo the keys

Connect your PMS, your inbox and the channels guests already use. Octo works in your systems, under your brand, in your tone of voice.

03

Put Octo on shift

Watch every conversation live, step in whenever you want, and see exactly what Octo is handling. Octo gets better with each one.

Get started

Ready to put Octo on the team?

We'll show you Octo answering questions about your own properties. Or try it free, with no card needed.