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 [...]
BedBreakfastTraveler.com is pleased to announce that we now interface with BnB Manager. A special discount is being offered to Instant World Booking clients for trying the BNB Manager service (see details below). BnBManager has created a feature-packed yet simple-to-use small accommodations management system. Offering state of the art security, functionality, and usability, BnBManager makes managing your [...]
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 [...]
How secure are online bookings these days? Everyone knows how online booking works. A small deposit is collected from the traveler at the time of booking. Our advice is that the optimal deposit amount to collect for a booking on your own website is 35%. Why 35%? Research shows that one-third of the booking amount [...]
I just read the comment that was posted to our previous Blog entry, suggesting that Instant Online Booking is not for everyone. While this is an important topic that will be addressed in future blog posts, I think it is useful to comment at this time. Let me emphasize that Instant Online Booking IS for [...]
I have visited many bed and breakfasts around the world, and have had the opportunity to speak with many innkeepers about their marketing efforts. Not that there’s any competition from one region to the next, but I’ve seen a definite advancement in Europe in the use of online marketing techniques over the U.S., or North [...]
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