Making your product or event bookable online has many benefits for your business and your customers. Here are just a few:
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Great customer service - you are open 24/7 to receive instant bookings and your customers can clearly see availability and price upfront which cannot be achieved with a contact form.
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Reduced ‘no shows’ or lost income – you are getting a full commitment from the visitor to come to your attraction, tour or event including upfront payment.
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Timesaving - simplify the manual processes of taking bookings including returning phone calls or responding to multiple messages on social media. Many of the solutions come with management and communication tools to help manage bookings more efficiently.
Choosing your preferred ticket booking solution is for you to decide but there are opportunities to have bookings through your listing on the official visitor website and/or on your own website.
Below you’ll find a selection of potential providers, however, there is a wider choice of solutions on the market. We recommend that before you select, you first discuss the options available to you with the provider to clearly understand the commissions applicable and/or annual set up fees as well as being secure (for payments/data) and a good fit with your business need.
Regiondo Pro
All-in-one booking solution for tour and activity operators.
Eventbrite (commission based, free for free events)
An easy to set up service to help promote, manage and take online payments for your event. This platform is used for various events on the Island and allows you to plug a book button or event registration form on your own website.
ResDiary
A restaurant reservation and table management solution.
Add a ‘Book Now’ button to your product listing on www.visitisleofman.com
Once you have a successful online booking option on your website you can add a link from your product page to your bookings page via the external links tab. This will create a ‘book now’ button that links to your product in both list view and on your product page.
If you choose the solution integrated with www.visitisleofman.com, a ‘book now’ button will appear but the link will anchor to the booking widget on your product page.
