bweni
For hostel owners

List your hostel. Reach the students near you.

Set your own prices. Manage rooms, beds, and bookings from one dashboard. We handle search, hold-and-pay, receipts, refunds, and disputes. You get paid on payout day, minus a flat commission per booking.

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What you get

Everything to run a hostel — except the bedsheets.

Listing in seconds

Photos, room types, bed counts, amenities, gender served, institutions. Edit any time.

Real-time availability

Beds free up automatically when a tenant checks out. No double bookings.

Bookings dashboard

Holds, deposits, confirmed, checked-in, checked-out. One screen for the whole semester.

Hold + deposit + rent

We collect the 24-hour hold, the deposit, and recurring rent. You don't chase money.

M-Pesa + card

Students pay how they want; you receive a single payout in your bank or M-Pesa till.

Disputes desk

A real Bweni person resolves disputes within 72 hours. You don't mediate alone.

Waitlist + rollover

If your hostel fills up, students join a waitlist. 30 days before semester end, current tenants are asked to roll over.

Sojaly visitor mgmt

Premium tier comes with Sojaly visitor management built-in. Lower tier toggles it on if you want.

Commission & payouts

Flat commission per booking. No listing fees.

Listing is free. We take a flat percentage of each booking when rent clears. Payouts go to your bank or M-Pesa till on a schedule you set.

Mid-term refunds: we offer prorated refunds to students if you opt in. Optional, and switchable per-hostel.

Listing fee
Free
Commission
Flat %
Payout cycle
Weekly
Min KYC
ID + bank
Verification

List free; verify when it's time to get paid.

We don't gate listing. You can put up your hostel today and start collecting bookings. Verification kicks in once you want payouts enabled — that's when we ask for the documents.

STEP 1

National ID

Or passport. The legal owner or designated caretaker.

STEP 2

Proof of ownership

Title deed, lease, or a caretaker letter from the owner.

STEP 3

Bank or M-Pesa

Where payouts land. Account name must match the ID.

Tell us about your hostel and we'll get you listed.

Most owners are live on the marketplace within 48 hours.

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