F&B billing for the owner at the desk.
Folio is F&B billing built for guest houses and lodges — 5-to-25 room properties, often owner-operated, where the person taking the order at 10pm is also the person doing accounts on Sunday. Simple, fast, cash-friendly, and no monthly bill.
Four things enterprise POS gets wrong at this scale.
A guest house does 3–15 F&B orders a day, is often single-staffed, runs mostly on cash, and cannot afford software that needs training, IT support or an internet contract. Enterprise POS is a mismatch on every dimension.
The tool has to disappear
Owner-operators don't do software training courses. The software has to be usable on day one, by whoever happens to be at the desk when the order comes in — including a family member covering a shift.
Cash is still the default
Not every guest house takes cards. UPI is common, but cash still dominates. The software has to make cash change calculation, cash-in-hand tracking and end-of-day cash reconciliation trivial.
The internet is a bonus, not a base
A hill-station guest house may lose internet for a whole afternoon. The billing system cannot depend on it. Cloud POS that queues everything for later sync is a lie — if the counter is jammed, the sync doesn't help.
The software cost has to be one line
A 12-room guest house cannot justify a monthly SaaS bill on top of internet, electricity, staff wages and licence renewals. Every extra recurring line is a fight with the accountant.
Guest house today. Boutique hotel tomorrow.
If your property is growing — more rooms, more staff, formal bookings, C-Form, housekeeping schedules — Slate steps in as the full front-desk and management system. Folio keeps running for the F&B side. You never outgrow the stack.
Free installation, onboarding wizard and staff training included. Refer another guest house → flat ₹1,500 off, credited immediately.
Ready to try it at your property?
Message us and we'll install Folio, run onboarding and walk you through it — free for the first week.