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“Don’t ever turn down free advertising. Marketing has a ‘cumulative effect’. In this case, less is not more. More is definitely More!” The “cumulative effect” is even more valuable if the source of advertising is costless. To learn how it works, read: http://www.instantworldbooking.com/blog_iw/2010/10/cumulative-effect-online-marketing/Link to this post!
Instant World Booking features an advanced XML API, enabling accommodations to easily use XML feeds to: Get Calendar Availability/Allocations Set Calendar Availability/Allocations Retrieve Bookings Our latest version 2.1 was released today, and includes the capability to download bookings/reservations right from the system. This version effectively completes Instant World Booking’s upgrade to a fully functional Calendar and Bookings [...]
ASSD Hotel Property Management System is one of the latest PMS systems to interface with BedBreakfastTraveler.com (Instant World Booking). If you currently use a 3rd party PMS or Channel Management System, or any Calendar Management System for your B&B, contact them today to tell them you want their system to feed BedBreakfastTraveler.com (IWB). Perhaps you’re using one of the [...]
In a nutshell, the Travel Promotion Act is: “A bill to establish a non-profit corporation to communicate United States entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the United States.” International travelers are an important customer in the US travel industry. Visits to the US are below 2000 levels, and this has a [...]
Your bed and breakfast’s website is one of your most valuable assets. Like all of our assets, we wish to grow their value. But how can we do this, even in a down economy? Your website and the traffic it brings is an asset you can grow anytime. One of the most important value “drivers” of [...]
If you’ve been reading our Intelligence for B&Bblog, you know that BedBreakfastTraveler.com believes in transparency, especially when it comes to pricing of services for your B&B. Occasionally, we profile other services which compete with ours. We don’t care so much that mentioning competing services basically amounts to free advertising for those services. We’re more interested [...]
St. Augustine is widely regarded as the quaintest and most historic town in Florida. If you’re looking for a little sun as well as a stay in a Victorian or historic bed and breakfast, St. Augustine will not dissapoint. Check B&B reservations in St. Augustine. For more about bed and breakfasts in St. Augustine, see: [...]
At BedBreakfastTraveler.com, we frequently get asked how our pricing compares to BedandBreakfast.com. We’re going to answer that question. In this global economy, margins mean everything to B&Bs and inns, and BedBreakfastTraveler.com (operated by Instant World Booking) can really make a difference to your bottom line. BedandBreakfast.com is a great service, and we would never recommend [...]
Our analysts have been searching high and low on the internet for the types of credit card processing that bed and breakfasts use. Services like Securepay or RezOvation are touted. RezOvation does not actually provide credit card services, but facilitates links to external merchant processing solutions. But why are these solution so expensive? Read on [...]
Post your Bed and Breakfast videos on BedBreakfastTraveler’s Blog: http://www.bedbreakfasttraveler.com/blog_bb/category/bed-and-breakfast-videos/ Now, BedBreakfastTraveler.com invites you to post your videos on our blog. This is an excellent way to increase your online marketing presence. It’s free, and you do not need to have a listing on the Instant World Booking service. See instructions below. Video on the internet [...]
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