Online Trading Voucher and Restart Grants

If you have a B&B or Guesthouse you can bring your IT uptodate and prepare yourself for the future using the various government supports currently on offer such as the Online Trading Vouchers ie https://www.localenterprise.ie/Discover-Business-Supports/Trading-Online-Voucher-Scheme-/ or Restart Grants http://www.failteireland.ie/grant-plus-for-b-and-bs

A typical small accommodation provider can avail of all of the below for 2376€ + VAT

What we can offer;

• Website Design (Creation and Hosting and Maintenance. Mobile Responsive and Multi Lingual).

• Channel Manager (To manage rates and availability on Booking.com/Expedia etc)

• Booking Engine (With PCI Compliant Credit Card Storage)

• Diary (Manages your Reservations)

Give Gerry or Andy a call

ROI 074 97 06666

UK 0208 099 4261

Some typical websites;

https://www.thetowerhousebnb.com

https://www.thebutterbean.ie 

http://www.thearchclifden.com

http://www.ryansriverlodge.com 

https://www.danlinehansbar.com 

More Detail;

Website Specification

• Mobile enabled.

• Multi-lingual up to 5 languages.

• It must score 50 or above on Google Website Speed Tester for the MOBILE SITE.

• Will contact a Secure Cert.

• A 'Badge' that appears automatically on the homepage when rooms are available tonight.

• Content controllable by you (ie have a Content Management System).

• Content editable from a mobile phone.

• 'Lazyloading' capability to improve download speed

• A Privacy Policy.

• A Cookie Policy.

• Metatag Management Centre.

• Editable 'popups' on the website homepage.

• Connected Google Analytics Account.

• Provision of a SEO Targetted SiteMap.

• Blog for News and Events.

• Provision for the addition of widgets (ie TripAdvisor reviews etc).

• AUTOMATICALLY displays Special Offers added to the Booking Engine.

• Show room rates in graph format (a la Ryanair)

• Rapid Images storage technology (commonly known as a CDN)

• Links to your social media sites

• Marketing Campaign 'opt-in/sign up'

Booking Engine Specification;

• Mobile enabled.

• Rooms displayed by cheapest price first.

• Booking Engine embedded prominently on the homepage of the website.

• Allows Should display a message if rooms are available today (to encourage booking conversion).

• Displays rooms and rates with a minimum stay longer than the day search (to encourage longer stays).

• Displays alternatives if there are no rooms available for the quantity of adults searched.

• Displays alternative days if there is no availability for the day searched.

• Displays a message if no rooms are available (ie Contact us to join our waiting list etc).

• Ability to prioritise the display of a Special Offer to the top of a Booking Engine.

• Special Offers are highlighted when displayed.

• Ability to add content to the Booking Confirmation (How to find us etc).

• Can provide room prices in different currencies.

• Allows larger images of the room to be visible when clicked.

• Displays full room descriptions.

• Is provided multi-lingual.

• Allows rooms to be sold in different rate plans (ie Room Only or B&B).

• Requires guests to confirm the Terms and Conditions.

• Offers guests the option to opt-in/out of the Marketing program.

• Facility to measure performance using Google Analytics.

• Facility to measure Google Adwords Conversions.

• Provides guests with a clear Booking Confirmation.

• Provides guests with a method of cancelling the reservation.

• Booking Engine is displayed with a clear 'https' (Secure).

• Allows Gift Vouchers to be purchased.

• Facilities the creation and redeeming of Promotion Codes.

Marketing Support will include;

• Addition of Google Analytics

• Site Map Submission

• Metatag Optimisation

• Google Webmaster Account Creation

• Submission of Google Sitemap

• Creation of Favicon

• Creation of Google Places Account

• Web Content Updating

• Creation of Offers

• Site Translation using Google Translate

Property Management System – PMS

• Contactless Checkin and Checkout (*Recently Released due to Covid 19)

• Daily Cashflow Management

• Revenue Reports

• Cloud based PMS

• Generates Bills and applies payments

• Housekeeping Lists

• Breakfast Lists

• Inhouse Lists

• Drag and Drop Reservation Management

• Room Upgrade/Extra Charges

Channel Manager

• Connects to as many as 11 OTA’s (Online Travel Agents).

• Automatically retrieves reservations.

• Automatically manages rates and availability.

• Allows for Channel Prioritisation to reduce commission costs.

The Software will include;

• Secure Cert ('Locked/Secure' Symbol for website.

• QR Codes (For assistance with Covid-19 Compliance ie Allowing the easy download of property instructions onto guests mobile phones.

Along with;

• Free Support

• Free Training

• NO Fixed Contract

• NO Setup fees

Etc, etc