* Prevent Missing Bookings
- Customers can book straight-away.
- No emailing back and forth, no need to ring or wait until the office is open.
- Your customers will know immediately which dates are available.
- Customers that want a confirmed booking are now more likely to book with you. * Email Payment Links
– Your email booking confirmations can now contain links to payment
providers such as Paypal and Nochex. This will enable overseas and
UK visitors to pay a deposit, the full amount, or the balance of
the rental cost. Providing an easy method of payment to overseas
visitors will certainly help to increase the number of overseas
bookings, and help to fill those "difficult to let periods". * Track Customer Payments
- Who hasn't paid? How much is outstanding? When the last reminder was sent?
- Send email reminders at the click of a button. * Make more effective use of your time
- Avoid taking numerous bookings over the phone, at inconvenient times.
- Your regular customers can use your web site.
- Separate casual enquiries from a definite requirement. * Manage Non Internet Bookings
- Receive a phone enquiry and book through the system on behalf of your customer. This keeps all bookings in one place, regardless of how the booking is made.
- Imagine yourself taking customer bookings using your laptop while you are on the beach in Barbados! * Improve your occupancy rates
- How many times do customers have to send emails, wait, correspond over the phone; just to confirm the actual dates
required? Your booking method via EBS will be like a breath of fresh air! Your customers will soon not only be
talking about how excellent your facilities are but also getting their friends and colleagues to look at your
approach to reserving bookings! The "It was a great cottage" conversation will now result in other interested
parties visiting your web site!
Other benefits
* Personalised – your business gets a visually appealing and personal calendar. * Professional - The calendar will also add a professional touch to your web site. * Simple set up - by adding a small link to your web site (this can be done for you). * Incredibly easy to use - by design, for you and your customers. * Control/Vetting - you decide if you wish to confirm the
booking, or decline it. * Peace of mind - by using the Excel download features you
can now take a backup of your valuable bookings information.
Other features
* Administration
– Excel downloadable details of all bookings/cancellations including
invoicing data which can be used to prepare your accounts.
– Compact one page Occupancy Report detailing free
weeks, allowing you to accept provisional phone bookings when on
the move.
– Provisional bookings are listed and can be confirmed at the click of a button.
– Your facility owner view of the calendar adds an extra information button, giving you one-click access to all of the bookees details.
– Notes section allowing you to record all special requirements of the bookee.
- Ability to close a facility online and re-open it when you wish to take further bookings.
- Maintain/update the descriptions of your facilities online as you desire.
- Upload picture updates to your facilities.
* Security
- all bookings are subject to your on-line confirmation/removal.
– booking patterns are used to prevent misuse of calendar, it would not be possible for a bookee to place numerous bookings on the calendar.
- accounts can be blocked.
Coming soon....
* Short Break Calendar
– Design work has already begun on this and the finished calendar
is expected to be completed during the 4th quarter of 2008. * Email Payment Links
– In addition to Paypal and NOCHEX, Google Checkout will soon be added. * Secure Online Payments
– Work will begin in the 4th quarter of 2008. Why not get ready
now by opening up an account with PayPal or Google Checkout?
* Other enhancements
– Many other enhancements to the booking calendar are released without additional charge.
