| Calendar View |
Week
Month
Year
Room/Year
Navigation: Next, Previous, Today, or select specific date
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| Messages |
Today's Arrivals/Departures
Deposit reminders
Confirmation reminders
Thank you reminders
Expiring gift certificate reminders
New features news
Gift certificate requests.
Incoming online bookings.
Guest book entries.
Online surveys released by your association(s) (responses are confidential).
Association membership fee invoices.
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) news feeds.
Tour operator commission invoices.
Interface synchronization reminders
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| Scheduling and Booking |
Easy click from Calendar Views
From Guest View
From Availability search
Manually-entered
From Partner Agencies (via web service)
Cancellations (customized default fee setting)
Decrease/Increase reservation time (late check-in or early check-out)
Booking notes
Split bookings (allow for Group reservations and then split upon arrival)
Full search
Customizable Booking Fields
Specify referral agency (commissions to be paid)
Add tours from tour operators to your bookings
(NEW) Visual site map of your inn
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| Events |
One-time or recurring
Default price and date overrides
Default max people and date overrides
Track customers/payments
Integrate into web site
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| Room Pricing |
Default based on rate table
Rate table includes regular, weekend, and weekly rates, for low and high season
Special Rates during certain times of the year (customizable)
Price over-ride at any time
Room blocking
Customizable list of acceptable methods (Visa, MasterCard, etc.)
Apply taxes(yes/no)
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| Room Information |
Add/Edit Rooms
Default high/low-season prices (with regular, weekend, and weekly rates, as well as special rates)
Change sort order (for display)
Room Types (display reports and allow web reservations by room types)
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| Guest Management and Billing |
Create new/modify existing Guest record
Specify notes
Specify payment method/information
Full search
Provide receipts
Confirmation/Thank you emails
Customizable Guest Fields
Customizable Deposit policy
Add/remove Fees (Goods Sold, etc.) - Tax(es) applicable (yes/no)
Add/remove Discounts
Apply gift certificates
Booking of tour operator products
Display a world map of all your guests.
Display time-based world map (eg. where did the bookings come from in the last 30 days).
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| Packages |
Define businesses and products
Track commissions payable to you by businesses
Charges by businesses to you (add your own mark-up)
Add packages to your bookings
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| Guest Book |
Show/Hide guest book entries externally
Create/Review guest book entries
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Web Site Integration
(Provide these on your own web site) |
Guest Book Entry/Display
Mini-calendar (1 or 2 weeks at a glance)
Gift Certificate Requests
Accept Online Reservations (with automated e-mail and/or text messages)
Display a Visual Map (using Microsoft Virtual Earth) of your B&B location.
Display a Visual Map of all the cities in the world, that your guests have come from.
All features blend in to your web site, through the use of your web site's preferences (colors, etc.)
Events
Contact Form
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| Interfaces |
AvailabilityOnline
Google Calendar
InstantWorldBooking
 , used by (among others):
- apartmentinstantbooking.com
- backpackerinstantbooking.com
- backpackersofamerica.com
- bedbreakfastholiday.com
- bedbreakfastreservations.com
- bedbreakfasttraveler.com
- bnbinstantbooking.com
- christmasbandb.com
- got-beds.com
- gothostels.com
- hemispherehostels.com
- hostelearth.com
- hostelsandbeds.com
- hosteltraveler.com
- inntastic.com
- instantbackpackers.com
- instantbedandbreakfast.com
- instanthostels.com
- pilgrimreservations.com
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(NEW) MyAllocator.com, with updates to:
- HostelsClub.com
- HostelBookers.com
- Gomio.com
- Go2Hostels.com
- RatesToGo.com
- HotelAdvisor.com
- HRS.com
- Hotel.de (Hotel.info)
- Escapio.com
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| Advertising |
Create distribution lists (with unsubscribe option for guests)
Export address book to Outlook, etc.
Create/send formatted emails
Gift certificates
Offer Special Rates during certain times of the year
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| Expense Tracking |
Customizable Expense Types
Customizable Expense Accounts
Detailed Expense Tracking
Claimable Taxes Identification
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| Accounting |
Extracts (see General Features for details)
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| Reporting |
Sales
Bookings
Booking Lead Time
Length of Stay
Occupancy Rates
Payments Taken
Expenses
Taxes Paid/Claimable Taxes
Taxes Collected
Balance Owing
Commissions Paid/Referrals
By This Date comparison report (Sales, Expenses, etc.)
What-If scenarios
Gift Certificates
Sales Projections
Time-line of Debits/Credits
Historical bar graphs and pie charts of sales, expenses, occupancy, and commissions paid
Demographics - Guest origins - Sales and occupancy by country and/or state/province, for single/multiple years
Demographics - Repeat guests
Demographics - Guests with long stays
Display bookable tour operator products
Progression analysis (how far did guests go in your web-integrated reservation page)
Show commission invoices from tour operators
Online approval of tour operator commission invoices
Display commissions receivable from tour operators (for booking their products)
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| Community |
On-line chat
Buddy List (check availability at other B&B's / referrals)
Breakfast Club
Local Search (show map of businesses nearby)
Association - View announcements / coupons advertised by your association
Association - Respond to surveys (and view consolidated results)
Association - Online approval of invoices
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| Settings |
Establishment name
External web page URL
Customized Logo URL (included in confirmation e-mails, etc.)
Email signature settings (phone, host names, etc.)
Taxes apply (yes/no)
High/Low/Closed Seasons
Online bookings settings (Lead time days, Minimum stays, earliest/latest check-in, max guests per room)
Agency/Partner list
Receive text messages when partners / tour operators book or when online reservations are made via your web site
Update amenities information
Save your coordinates for visual map (using Microsoft Virtual Earth).
Add RSS (Really Simple Syndication) news feeds.
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| Administration |
Multiple users
Update/Read-only users
Miscellaneous requests (additional features, etc.)
Change/reset password
Update email address
Show geography-specific contacts / add your own
Upload capability of historical client/booking data
Web Site Statistics (see General Features)
Social Media (see General Features)
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| Other |
Hand-held access
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