How does Inn Style’s embedded booking engine differ from our competitors?

Written By: Madelaine Herman

Published On: May 4, 2023

Trying to decide what embedded booking engine is best suited for your business? Have a look below at some of the features which set us apart from our competitors.

So, what is an embedded booking engine?

An embedded booking engine is an online platform that enables guests to book rooms directly through the property’s website. The property management system allows property owners to manage their room inventory, rates, and reservations from a single platform which is then displayed to the guest through the booking engine.

The embedded booking engine is integrated with the property’s website, and it allows guests to search for available rooms, select the room type, view the room rates, and make a reservation.

Inn Style’s embedded booking engine is designed to simplify the booking process for both the guest and the hotel, as it provides a seamless and efficient experience for booking rooms online. The major benefit of our embedded booking engine is that it allows properties to increase their online visibility, improve their online reputation, and generate more direct bookings.

Embedded booking engine

There are several benefits of having the Inn Style embedded booking engine for both the property and the guest:

Increased bookings: With our embedded booking engine, properties can increase their online visibility and reach a wider audience, leading to more bookings. Guests can easily search for available rooms and book them in real-time, without contacting the property directly.

Streamlined booking process: The Inn Style embedded booking engine simplifies the booking process for both the guest and the property’s staff. Guests can quickly search for available rooms, view room rates, and make reservations, while the hotel staff can easily manage room inventory, rates, and reservations from a single platform.

Cost-effective: Our embedded booking engine eliminates the need for hotels to rely on third-party travel agents and online travel agencies (OTAs) such as Booking.com, Expedia or Airbnb to drive bookings, which can result in lower commission fees and higher profit margins.

Improved guest experience: An embedded booking engine provides guests with a seamless and efficient booking experience, which can lead to increased guest satisfaction and loyalty.

A few great features that Inn Style offers in our embedded booking engine:

Optional Extras

Provide your guests with the option to upgrade their stay and elevate their experience, creating the opportunity for your guests to book extras with their stay is an excellent upsell opportunity for you to increase revenue.

Waitlist

If your accommodation is fully booked, your guests can now choose to complete a simple form to join a waiting list for the dates they have selected. Capturing booking intent and future business, maximising your overall occupancy.

Gift Vouchers

Gift Vouchers are a great way for you to increase booking revenue and secure stays for the future. This feature supports the cash flow of your business by helping you secure revenue and future stays. Guaranteed revenue and customer retention all in one feature, simple.

Testimonials

Online testimonials can be a successful marketing tool for property owners as they help establish confidence with new guests and promote repeat business through the booking journey.

Inn Style’s online testimonials can benefit your property by increasing bookings, providing insight, building credibility and differentiating you from your competitors.

Secret Codes

Accommodation owners can be closed to the general public, but guests who have a special code can still book a stay. This feature allows accommodation owners to limit their bookings to a select group of guests who have been given a special code.

Promos

Everyone loves a special offer! Setting up a Promo for quieter months or days of the week will entice your guests to book. Promos are very easy to set up on Inn Style, you have a few options on the kind of promotions you can run and these are: Last Minute, Early Bird and a Free Night.

Eyecatchers

Ever felt that you wanted to draw your customers’ attention during the booking process? Then Eyecatchers are here to help! You can use them for anything you want to promote to your guests such as selling Gift Vouchers, advertising upcoming events, or restaurant and bar opening times.

Stripe and Payments

When using Stripe as your preferred payment method on Inn Style, it allows you to accept payments from clients anywhere in the world in a matter of minutes. Balance payments can be collected automatically through an email with a payment link attached for convenience for both you and your guests. The relationship between Inn Style and Stripe is fully SCA compliant.

Overall, our embedded booking engine is a powerful tool that can help property owners increase their revenue by taking direct bookings and sharing less margin with channels.

Any Questions?

If you have any further questions, please do reach out to us via the chat facility within Inn Style or email team@innstyle.co.uk.

If you are not yet an Inn Style customer and you would like some more information or would like to chat with one of our sales team members click here.

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