hotelipp Review, Pricing & Features

Hotelipp is a WordPress plugin that turns hotel affiliate links from Rakuten Travel, Jalan, and other booking sites into clean, auto-updating card widgets.…

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Hotelipp is a free WordPress plugin built for travel bloggers who recommend hotels and need a faster way to publish affiliate links. Instead of hand-coding HTML for every hotel mention, users search for a property inside the Gutenberg block editor and insert a ready-made hotel card that automatically pulls in the name, photo, rating, and current affiliate links.

The base plugin aggregates links from major Japanese travel platforms, including Rakuten Travel, Jalan, Rurubu Travel, Yahoo Travel, JTB, HIS, Ikyu, Kinki Nippon Tourist, Tokai Tours, Yukoyuko Net, and Relux. Hotel data (price, rating, availability) refreshes automatically via API rather than requiring manual updates, and the cards are designed to adapt to popular Japanese WordPress themes such as SWELL, Cocoon, AFFINGER, and DIVER.

A paid PRO add-on (a one-time purchase, not a subscription) extends the plugin with click-through tracking on each booking link, promotional/sale badges on hotel cards, and support for international booking platforms (Agoda, Booking.com, Hotels.com, Expedia) via the Agoda API. The PRO version requires the free plugin to already be installed and is distributed as a manual ZIP install rather than through the WordPress.org repository. Hotelipp also ships a migration tool that converts cards from the older 'Tomareba' (Travelogue) plugin automatically. Using the plugin requires a free Rakuten Web Service API registration.

Key Features

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Free base version with no cost to install and start using
  • Aggregates affiliate links from 11+ major Japanese booking sites (Rakuten Travel, Jalan, Yahoo Travel, JTB, HIS, and more) into one card
  • Hotel data (price, rating, availability) updates automatically via API instead of requiring manual edits
  • Native Gutenberg block editor integration, no HTML/CSS coding required
  • PRO upgrade is a one-time purchase rather than a recurring subscription
  • Built-in migration tool for sites switching from the older Tomareba plugin
  • Confirmed compatibility with popular Japanese WordPress themes (SWELL, Cocoon, AFFINGER, DIVER)

Cons

  • International hotel support (Agoda, Booking.com, Hotels.com, Expedia) is locked behind the paid PRO add-on
  • Requires a separate free Rakuten Web Service API registration before it can pull hotel data
  • PRO version must be installed manually via ZIP file rather than through the WordPress.org plugin directory
  • Site and product content are Japanese-only, which limits usability for non-Japanese-speaking bloggers
  • Built specifically around Japanese domestic travel platforms, so it has limited value for bloggers focused outside that market

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