Small Hotel Bookings Software

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Small hotel bookings software

In the competitive hospitality industry, and with increasingly time saving advantages for those using online systems, small hotels that leverage technology to streamline operations will get more bookings. Online booking software is a game-changer for small hotels (as well as large ones), offering a seamless reservation process for guests and efficient management tools for owners.  The time you save can even give you more time to enhance your guest experiences!  With an intuitive interface, small hotels booking software helps you focus on guests and their needs, rather than on repetitive administration tasks.

Is Your Software Helping , or Hindering Your Hotel?

In a small hotel, it can be tempting to buy what seems like a cheap off-the-peg bookings system to handle reservations, and tweak it to fit your needs yourself. But this can work against you if you are not experienced, it can be highly time-consuming to get all your details onto the booking system and unless you can dedicate time and space for it, means it will take you longer to benefit from your bookings software and lose revenue.

Help With Bookings With Support From Our Team

Worldwide Webdesign design booking systems to match your needs, offering software systems for small hotels which can be tailored quickly for you.  We do the initial concentrated effort of setting it up for you, and help you through a smooth transition to using the features. If you have any questions or problems after that, our team are available to help you.  We offer support via email, often out-of-hours, or support in person, 9-5pm weekdays, from our offices in Eastbourne. You will not suffer the frustrations of online bookings systems where you are paying for features you do not really need, or make a lot of extra charges when you want to upgrade, or chatbots that take you round in circles when you have a problem, but real people, on your side, dealing with any issues.

Other Advantages of Small Hotels Booking Software

Search engine optimisation (SEO) is crucial for small hotels to increase their online visibility. Worldwide Webdesign has a number of SEO-friendly features which we integrate into our hotels booking software packages. These can help your hotel rank higher in the local search engine results, drawing more visitors and potential customers to your websites. We will check your existing content, and rewrite pages for you if necessary, optimising page titles, meta descriptions, and content with relevant keywords. Again, many amateur web enthusiasts rush into this in the beginning but lose interest, or get it wrong in the long run, confusing the search engines which then direct visitors to better optimised sites - losing you bookings.

Another Key Advantage of Booking Software;

Managing reservations from multiple channels in one convenient centralised system is done in real time. This not only simplifies the bookings process but also improves room inventory management, reducing the risk of overbooking and ensuring that no opportunity for a reservation is missed, even if you have multiple people making bookings, or handling bookings.  Reporting tools give managers valuable insights into booking trends, to help make informed decisions about efficient use of their resources for the future.

Increase Bookings with Effective Marketing

Moreover, with our advanced packages, Worldwide Webdesign’s small hotel bookings software often comes with built-in marketing tools to help hoteliers promote accommodations online. These can make it much easier to get regular and effective email marketing campaigns going, offer guests special deals to fill up your empty rooms, and loyalty program tracking. By engaging better with guests through these channels, small hotels can catch up with previous guests, contact new ones, building lasting relationships and encouraging repeat bookings.

With Worldwide Webdesign’s mobile friendly websites, even the small hotels bookings software has mobile-responsivity built-in. This ensures that guests can easily make reservations on-the-go, even as they travel, on their smartphones or tablets, which is increasingly becoming the preferred method of making bookings. A mobile-responsive design also contributes to better SEO, as search engines favour those websites that provide a good user experience across all devices.

Bookings Protected From Fraud

Lastly, with cyber attacks increasingly causing trouble in many sectors, locking down your guests’ details with online security is a top priority for all hotels using online bookings systems. So you can be assured that our small hotels booking software offers secure payment gateways and adheres to data protection regulations. This gives guests confidence and peace of mind when making bookings - because the last thing any hotel needs is a bad reputation in this regard. This commitment to security will be highlighted in your hotel’s SEO strategy, emphasizing the safety and reliability of booking online directly with the hotel, which can be a sticking point for some guests.

Lastly, every step of the way, your small hotels bookings system will send automatic emails, reminders and update your schedules so that everyone, from the manager to the hospitality team, knows when and how to get rooms ready for guests! And not only that, a manager (or those authorised to view) can view every detail online from a smartphone, 24/7.

So why not talk to us about our small hotels booking software?

Find out more about how it not only improves operational efficiency but also supports a robust online presence through effective search engine optimisation. This is the combination for future growth; it is essential for small hotels looking to thrive where booking online and giving guests a great experience at an optimum price, is the key to boosting your occupancy and giving the kind of exceptional service that has guests returning again, or recommending your hotel to their own contacts.