Domos El Tabo: bookings on autopilot
How a glamping business with 206K Instagram followers went from managing every booking by chat to guests booking, paying, and getting answers on their own — 24/7.
At a glance
- Client
- Domos El Tabo — glamping domes on the Chilean coast
- Audience
- @domoseltabo · 206K followers
- Scope
- Direct booking engine with online payments · Admin panel · AI WhatsApp assistant
- Stack
- Next.jsReactTypeScriptPostgreSQLPrismaWhatsApp APICloudflare
- Delivered by
- Francisco Dev — 100% remote
206K followers is a great problem to have —until every booking lives inside a chat thread.
Before the system, the operation ran the way most successful lodging businesses do:
- Availability questions arriving at all hours through Instagram and WhatsApp — including nights and weekends, exactly when people plan their trips
- A calendar kept by hand, with the risk of double bookings every busy weekend
- Payments confirmed manually, one by one
- Hours every day spent answering the same questions: dates, prices, what’s included
The business wasn’t broken — it was growing faster than a human inbox can handle.
Three pieces, built to work as one
Direct booking engine
Guests pick their dates, see real availability and prices, and pay online on their own. No back-and-forth, no middlemen, no commissions to third-party platforms.
Admin panel
One calendar, always up to date. Payments, guest history, and bookings in a single place — zero double bookings, and the owners run everything from their phones.
AI WhatsApp assistant
Answers availability, prices, and frequently asked questions instantly, 24/7, in the channel guests already use — and hands the conversation to a human when it matters.
How it was built
The same process every Francisco Dev project follows:
- 01
Free assessment
Understanding where the hours were actually going.
- 02
Free visual mockup
The client saw the system’s design before paying a dime.
- 03
Development with weekly written updates
No disappearing for weeks.
- 04
Onboarding & support
Training, how-to videos, and a warranty period.
What changed for the business
Guests book and pay online on their own — no phone calls, no spreadsheets.
Zero double bookings — one calendar, always in sync.
Instant answers, 24/7 — the AI assistant absorbs the repetitive questions; the team focuses on the guests.
Direct bookings, no commissions — the business keeps what platforms would take.
Want this for your business?
Same process, your operation: free assessment → free visual mockup → fixed quote. You see everything before committing a single dollar.