Edu blog - IdoBooking online reservation system

We are proud that, for the third time, IdoBooking has been named an Airbnb Preferred Partner, i.e. listed in the Top 25 software in the world for property management services. IdoBooking is the only Polish service with a Channel Manager tool on the Airbnb list.

Increased flexibility in terms of pricing related to the number of people per room and differentiating by length of stay, are able to increase Booking.com bookings by 4% and increase revenue by an average of 3.5%. Find out how you can manage your pricing policy on your extranet and how to integrate these settings into your IdoBooking channel manager.

Tourists have already forgotten about the pandemic, making international travel popular again. According to Booking.com, as many as 70% of first high season lodging searches are for international travel. Learn what to do to get more bookings from foreigners, and how these settings work in conjunction with IdoBooking's channel manager.

On Booking.com, nearly 59% of bookings are made from mobile devices. Offering a special price to travelers who choose to search for accommodations via cell phone or tablet increases the click-through rate in search results - by as much as 3% on average. Learn more about Booking.com's mobile device discount and how to integrate this data in conjunction with IdoBooking's channel manager.

The IdoBooking booking system has once again distinguished itself with excellent integration with Booking.com for the fifth consecutive year, earning us the title of Premier Connectivity Partner. Our customers can rest assured - no overbooking is threatening them.

Do you manage flats, run short-term rentals or have a cleaning company? Keeping an eye on the whole process of cleaning your flats, communicating with your employees or keeping an eye on check-outs keeps you up at night? If so, be sure to watch the webinar recording.

Another year of hard work is behind us, which has resulted in winning the title of Airbnb's preferred partner for the second time. Once again, we are the only Polish service with a Channel Manager tool on the list of the world's best booking systems.

Artificial intelligence-based tools are changing our business reality on a daily basis. However, what does it look like from the legal side? Can accommodation descriptions, rooms and content be generated for social media using ChataGPT? Can an employee enter a list of customers into ChataGPT to receive a personalised marketing plan? Can AI support us with Customer Journey building or direct customer service?

The European Commission, together with the UOKiK (and other national authorities from the EU), has scrutinised online shops and booking sites for using messages and graphics in their interface that are designed to induce consumers to make a particular decision that is not necessarily in their best interests. Dark patterns can contribute to increased sales, but also loss of customer trust and penalties. How do you find the golden mean between an effective site that increases bookings and the guest's well-being?

The start of the year brings with it important changes concerning renting. Firstly, private renters will only be able to account for one form of taxation, which is a flat rate. Secondly, a total ban on depreciation of premises and residential buildings applies to all.

Check the top 5 tourism trends for 2023 and match your offer to get the most bookings. The first year without pandemic travel restrictions is behind us - check out which travel habits have changed irrevocably and which are back in favour.

The first post-pandemic year in which the accommodation industry was unaffected by the COVID-19 outbreak is behind us, but it was not an easy time - new problems were on the horizon: the war in Ukraine, rising prices for products and services and the energy crisis. On the other hand, tourists, after two years of isolation, dreamed of nothing but a successful holiday. Despite the difficulties, can we declare the past year a revival of the tourism industry? IdoBooking's figures show that yes.

As early as mid-January, pupils in the first provinces will go on winter holidays. The winter holidays will last practically until the end of February. If you still have rooms available on these dates, use our tips to get a booking.

As the largest booking site, Booking.com handles thousands of bookings from all over the world on a daily basis. With such a huge database, as well as numerous analyses and tests, it develops promotions that really work. However, in order to use them successfully and to control revenue, it is worth connecting all sales channels to one system. This is where Channel Manager, a tool from the IdoBooking booking system, comes in with a solution.

Are you sure you are storing and securing your visitors' data correctly? Do you know how to structure marketing consents, terms and conditions and privacy policies to comply with the law? Are you aware of the consequences that can be faced by accommodation establishments that do not comply with the principles outlined in the RODO? If you do not feel 100 per cent confident in these topics, watch the recording of our webinar, in which expert Rafal Malujda dispelled all your doubts in simple terms.

IdoBooking has received an extension of its Airbnb Preferred Partner status, keeping it among the top Channel Managers in the world. Analysing customer performance, we noticed that the rating achieved by our hosts is below average. Hence, we have prepared a guide with tips to improve your score.

When putting together an offer for your business and using a modern system, you can offer guests different payment methods for their booking. Which ones to choose and does this have any real impact on the number of bookings? These are questions that plague anyone starting their own tourism business.

Giving opinions after using a product or service is now a natural phenomenon. Increasingly, the opinion of other customers is guiding us when shopping or choosing a place to relax. Collecting reviews is no longer done by the owners themselves, but by dedicated services. Collecting positive opinions can increase the number of reservations in your facility, but what if there are also dissatisfied guests among the opinions?

Technology is evolving into every corner of our lives. On a daily basis, we use the benefits of modern tools to get what we want faster. The Internet provides us with all the necessary information, we instantly evaluate, compare prices and make purchases without any contact with the seller. Is it the same when it comes to booking accommodation?

'''Airbnb has announced that it will offer free short-term stays for up to 100,000 refugees from Ukraine. To do this, the portal needs your help. Refugee stays will be funded by Airbnb and donors and through the generosity of hosts. Find out on Airbnb how you can help and host refugees or make a donation.'''