Edu blog - IdoBooking online reservation system

Dynamic price management can significantly increase profits in short-term rentals, although it often raises concerns among owners who value control over their prices. Tools such as PriceLabs combine advanced data analysis with customizable parameters. With IdoBooking's integration with PriceLabs], you can implement Dynamic Pricing, ensuring automatic price synchronization across all booking platforms. In this article, we describe implementation strategies that will help you benefit from automation with full control.

In the rapidly evolving short-term rental industry, the key to success is the ability to adapt quickly and maximize profits. We understand that managing multiple properties in different locations can be challenging, especially when you need to monitor prices, availability, seasonality, and competition simultaneously. That's why we are excited to announce the new IdoBooking integration with PriceLabs – one of the most powerful dynamic pricing tools available on the market.

Increasing the number of direct bookings allows for maximizing revenue and building lasting relationships with customers while simultaneously reducing costs associated with intermediary commissions. Below, we present detailed direct booking strategies for users utilizing the IdoBooking channel manager and reservation system.

Do you want to increase the visibility of your accommodation and fill the gaps in the season? With IdoBooking, you can easily integrate your listings with Airbnb and enjoy more bookings. Did you know that IdoBooking is one of the few Channel Managers that allows you to publish listings on Airbnb without leaving the application? In this article, we'll show you step-by-step how to do it.

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.