Case Study

How United Brothers Cut Six Weeks of Budgeting Down to One Day With Inn-Flow

Michael Hopkins

Inn-Flow · 十二月 04, 2025

United Brothers transformed its accounting operations by replacing slow, manual budgeting and month end work with Inn-Flow. What once required weeks of spreadsheets and heavy review now happens with clarity and remarkable speed.

Why it matters: Hoteliers often struggle with time-consuming accounting processes that slow decision making. United Brothers shows how a lean team can move faster, gain visibility, and support growth by adopting tools built specifically for hotel finance.

United Brothers uses Inn-Flow Accounting and Operational Budget 2.0 to automate budgeting, store documents with every transaction, speed up month end close, and eliminate manual spreadsheet work across its hotel portfolio.

Top 3 Core Objectives: United Brothers wanted to move away from slow, manual accounting work and adopt tools that would help them work faster, gain clearer visibility, and support their growing portfolio.

Reduce Manual Work: United Brothers wanted to eliminate time-consuming spreadsheet tasks and cut down on repetitive data entry that slowed budgeting and daily accounting. Their goal was to move to a system that handled more of the work automatically.
Improve Budgeting Speed: They needed a faster, more reliable way to build annual budgets without spending weeks gathering data and calculating trends by hand. The aim was to complete budgets in hours instead of months.
Strengthen Month End Accuracy: The team sought clearer visibility into supporting documents and cleaner workflows so month end close could be completed quickly and confidently. Consistency and accuracy were key as their portfolio continued to expand.

"For 2026, I built our entire budget in about a day. This upgrade is very impressive compared to the previous version."

Ashok Reddy

Corporate Accounting Manager

👍 Corporate Accounting Manager Ashok Reddy said that Ashok highlights how Inn-Flow transformed the speed and efficiency of budgeting.:

"For 2026, I built our entire budget in about a day. This upgrade is very impressive compared to the previous version."

⚖️ The selection process: During their research process, Ashok Reddy also researched Quickbooks (by Intuit), and ultimately decided Inn-Flow was the best fit for them.

Corporate Accounting Manager Ashok Reddy said, about their decision: "With Inn-Flow, I can close the books in one or two days after month end. It is much faster and more reliable than the manual process I dealt with in QuickBooks Desktop."

📈 The results: United Brothers dramatically accelerated their financial workflows with Inn-Flow. Budgeting that once stretched over six weeks now takes a single day, and month end close consistently finishes in one to two days with stronger accuracy and clearer visibility.

Completed a full annual hotel budget in one day
Achieved a one to two day month end close with consistent document visibility
Improved bookkeeping accuracy across the portfolio and increased confidence in financial reporting