Online Travel Booking Systems Review & Tips to Increase Bookings | Travel Business Success #69 with Tourism Tim & Oskar Bruening
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Have you considered online travel booking systems in the past but still haven’t gotten the hang of it?
Are these travel booking systems right for your business? What are the costs?
Would you like to learn how you can structure your online booking platforms for more sales?
Do you have important questions about tour reservation systems?
Then you are definitely in the right place with Tourism Tim Warren, host of Travel Business Success Podcast and Oskar Bruening, who is the Founder and CTO of Peek Pro, a top online travel booking systems, who grew up with a passion for travel, arts, and technology.
Oskar Bruening, Co-Founder Peek Pro
Why Are Tour Reservation Systems So Important to Increase Your Bookings?
Travel booking software and online travel booking systems have proven to be quite effective in raking in new customers and maintaining existing ones in the travel and tourism business sector. These tour reservation systems can make bookings easier and faster, increase sales conversion and bookings and revenues by making the payment process hassle-free. Plus most online travel booking systems can give your travel business a real insight into your operations with its great analytical tools.
In today’s world, if you do not have travel booking software integrated into your travel website, travel shoppers may not trust that you are a reputable and modern operator. This may lead them to book with a competitor who does have an online travel booking systems.
A study posted by Go Gulf proves that people stay online, surf the net several times daily and even into the night. This is just one of the many reasons why your tourism business needs a travel booking software to ensure that you can accept and also handle the booking needs for your clients at any time of day and night.
More About Oskar Bruening – Online Travel Booking Systems Expert
Over the last two decades, Oskar has been building software at top Silicon Valley technology companies with a strong focus on SMB and Enterprise Security. Oskar has B.Sc. and Master of Engineering degrees from MIT and also holds a fine arts degree from the San Francisco Studio School. Currently at Peek, Oskar runs the product team, working closely with tour operators dedicated to building the best-in-industry Tour Reservation Systems for the tour and activities space.
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Online Travel Booking Systems Highlights – Travel Business Success #69
- Learn about what factors should be considered when moving to online travel booking systems and the best practices to use in these platforms?
- How to get more of your customers to book online.
- What major mistakes do people make when moving to a tour booking platform?
- I hear I should be getting 50% mobile bookings, but I only get 20%. My website is responsive and mobile optimized. What am I doing wrong?
- What can be done with email and booking software to increase bookings?
- The importance of dynamic pricing and how a tour operator can maximize it for their benefits.
- Some online booking systems have monthly fees and some have convenience fees, learn how an operator can juggle these options effectively.
- Do you need the online booking software if you offer multi-day tours?
- The importance of having a mobile-optimized and very responsive travel website.
- What’s the best way for private tours to use booking software? Do you even need it?
- Learn the benefits/cost of making tours bookable on Expedia or Viator.
