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Reservation System Overview
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Commissions
Low
Flat Yearly Usage Fee
Easy
to use for customers and innkeepers
We
handle all of the set-up and maintenance
In today's "online" world,
secure online reservations systems are increasingly becoming a necessity
for large and small operators alike. These systems were once only the province
of large global booking companies that, if you could join, charged up 15%
commissions -- a very hefty chunk out of your bottom line. Today though
Digital Storm offers a secure online booking system
powered by Webervations
and specifically designed
to meet the needs of smaller independent B&Bs and Inns. Innkeepers pay a very reasonable
annual fee for use of the system (C$120 annually) and no commissions.
Our secure online availability
and reservations system offers several very valuable features to our
clients. Firstly, and most importantly, your
websites visitors (i.e. your potential customers), will be given the information and
opportunity they need to ease
and smooth the buying decision and process. They can instantly and
very easily access your availability calendar (24/7/365) and then reserve
their room including - the secure transmission of sensitive credit card
information to you! Additionally, many innkeepers today are reporting that
not only are their guests reserving their entire vacations online, when
possible, they are actually avoiding reserving places that don't offer the
convenience of online availability calendars and secure online reservation
capability. The whole process of emailing or faxing back and forth or
coordinating telephone calls over multiple time zones is avoided.
If customer satisfaction alone is
not enough to warrant the system, consider that as an innkeeper, the
efficiencies of communication derived from an online booking system
benefit you as well. Depending upon the settings chosen during the installation
of the system on your site, a reservation
can be completely handled by you in about 2 minutes (see the Webervations
Operation page). Best of all you pay no commissions
- only the C$120 per year after set-up and maintenance! Digital
Storm's set up charges are billed at our hourly rate. For a typical 5 bedroom B&B with a fairly simple
rate structure, the charges are generally between C$200 -C$300 which includes a one-hour consult/training
session with you or a staff member in the day
to day operation of the online system. Updating and maintenance are
also billed at our hourly rate.
If you are serious about internet
marketing and attracting new reservations, improving customer satisfaction
and saving yourself time, we highly recommend installing a secure internet
based online reservation system as soon as possible.
Proceed to Secure
Online Availability and Reservations System Set-Up Page.
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