Step-Inn Hotel Management System

Step-Inn is a full-stack hotel property management system (PMS) built with Django 5.2 and Vue.js 3, designed to streamline hotel operations from booking to checkout. The platform delivers a complete solution for hotel management including room inventory control, guest registration, booking management with automated status updates, housekeeping task coordination, invoice and service management, and comprehensive revenue analytics. The system features two separate frontend applications: a management dashboard (PMS) for hotel staff and a public-facing website for customer bookings. The backend leverages Django REST Framework to deliver a robust RESTful API managing rooms, bookings, guests, services, invoices, housekeeping tasks, and analytics, featuring JWT authentication, role-based access control (Admin, Manager, Receptionist, Housekeeping), automated booking status updates via Celery tasks and cron jobs, and detailed API documentation. The system supports multiple room types (single, double, suite, family, deluxe, presidential) with real-time availability tracking, comprehensive booking lifecycle management (pending, confirmed, checked-in, checked-out, cancelled, no-show), multi-source booking tracking (website, booking.com, Expedia, Agoda, phone, walk-in), and dynamic pricing with tax calculations. The management dashboard features a modern Bootstrap 5 interface with FullCalendar integration for visual booking management, Chart.js visualizations for revenue analytics and occupancy trends, real-time dashboard with key metrics (occupancy rate, current guests, pending tasks, daily revenue), housekeeping staff management with task assignment and WhatsApp integration, detailed booking workflow with check-in/check-out processing, service and invoice item management with automatic calculation, and guest profile management with booking history. The public website enables customers to browse available rooms, check real-time availability, complete multi-step booking process, and view room details and amenities. Key features include automated booking status updates based on check-in/check-out dates, role-based permissions for different staff levels, housekeeping task management with staff assignments and status tracking, revenue analytics with daily/monthly breakdowns and multiple chart types, calendar view with room filtering and status visualization, invoice generation with service charges and tax calculations, and comprehensive guest management with VIP status and preferences. The application is production-ready with SQLite for development and PostgreSQL support for production, WhiteNoise for static file serving, CORS middleware for frontend-backend separation, Gunicorn WSGI server configuration, comprehensive error handling, and scalable architecture supporting Celery for background tasks and Redis for caching.