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Hemang B.
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🚀 Smart Stays – A Modern Hotel Booking System!

Hey fellow developers 👋,

I'm excited to introduce Smart Stays – Hotel Booking System, an open-source platform for seamless hotel reservations, built using React.js, Redux, and Tailwind CSS. Whether you're a student, a dev building SaaS, or anyone refining their skills with real-world projects, Smart Stays offers a rich, feature-packed client to explore and contribute to!


🌟 What is Smart Stays?

Smart Stays aims to deliver a smooth hotel booking experience for users. You can search, filter by location/dates/guests, register and log in, and manage your bookings—all in a beautiful, responsive UI. It's designed with clean code and full-stack extensibility in mind.


✨ Features

  • Modern hotel search and filter

  • Booking management – view, modify, or cancel reservations.

  • Responsive design – works great on mobile and desktop.

  • Secure authentication via Clerk.

  • Easy-to-follow project structure for contributors.


💻 Tech Stack

  • React.js, Redux

  • Tailwind CSS

  • Axios

  • Clerk (authentication)

  • Vite


🚀 Try It, Star It & Contribute!

Check out the codebase, see the live demo, and help make Smart Stays even smarter!

👉 GitHub Repo: Hotel Booking System – Smart Stays (Client)

Are you looking to practice React, Tailwind, or understand modern hotel systems? Clone the repo, submit issues, or open a pull request. Every contribution, big or small, is welcome!


🤝 How to Get Started

  1. Fork the repo.

  2. Follow the README instructions—set up locally in minutes!

  3. Build, improve, and share with the community.


📢 Why Star the Repo?

  • Shows your support for open-source projects.

  • Encourages ongoing development and improvements.

  • Lets other devs discover useful learning resources.


🛠️ Calling Backend/Database Contributors!

Smart Stays is currently focused on delivering a seamless frontend experience, but I need your help to make the backend even better! If you have experience with databases, authentication, or building robust server-side systems, your contributions would be incredibly valuable.

What help is needed?

  • Designing and implementing an efficient database schema
  • Developing RESTful APIs for bookings, users, and hotel info
  • Improving backend security and scalability

If you’re passionate about backend technologies—Node.js, Express, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, or any modern stack—please join in!

Open a discussion, create issues, or submit a pull request.

Let’s collaborate to make Smart Stays a complete, full-stack open-source project!


🙏 Acknowledgements

Special thanks to everyone who tries, stars, and shares Smart Stays. This project is open for feedback—drop your thoughts, create issues, or even collaborate!


Check out the code, leave a ★, and let’s build the future of hotel booking together!

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