Managing your booking engine
Set up and enhance your booking experience.
By Michelle1 author25 articles
- Curated rates displayCurated rates streamline the booking experience by automatically presenting the lowest-priced offers from predefined rate groups to guests during their search.
- Length of stay upsell modal windowSet up automated upsell prompts to encourage guests to extend their stays with better per night pricing options.
- Room upgrade pop up option on checkout screenThis feature showcases available higher category room types with images, persuasive messaging, and pricing differentials to help generate additional revenue while providing guests with superior accommodations.
- Calendar rate display optionsSet up rates to appear in your calendar during guest date selection to enhance the booking experience.
- Calendar date format and displayUnderstand how calendar displays adapt to different languages settings in your booking engine.
- List viewSet thresholds to control how many room and rate offers display by default in your booking engine list view.
- Enhanced detail pageEnable streamlined two-column display for room and rate detail pages in your booking engine.
- Metasearch connectivityUnderstand how metasearch engines display your hotel rates and connect guests to your booking channels through the CRS.
- Property description guest preferencesSet up guest preference options that appear on your booking engine and call center applications to enhance the guest booking experience and inform property preparation.
- Calendar driven shopping experienceConfigure the calendar driven shopping experience for your CRS booking engine to display availability, room details and rates on a single screen as an alternative to the traditional booking engine.
- Multiple room streamlined booking optionInstead of the cart-based approach, guests can specify room quantities and occupancies at the start of the booking.
- Control add to cart modal displayConfigure the add-to-cart modal during booking to showcase relevant add-ons and increase revenue opportunities.
- Floating checkout sidebarKeep key booking details visible as guests scroll through the checkout process to encourage seamless conversions.
- Multi-currency booking functionalityEnable guests to book and confirm reservations in different currencies beyond your property's default currency.
- Multi-currency display onlyShow international guests room and add-on pricing in their preferred currency during the booking journey.
- Privacy or cookies consent managementConfigure cookie consent options through CRS functionality or integrate your existing website consent manager to maintain compliance while optimizing guest booking experiences.
- Rate rounding and displaySet up rate rounding and comma separation options to customize how prices display to guests.
- Reduce clicks to bookStreamline your booking process to reduce steps by up to 50%, improving booking speeds, increasing conversions, and enhancing the guest experience.
- Additional guest names on reservationsThe additional guest names feature allows properties to collect up to nine additional guest names per reservation through the booking engine and voice application.
- Configure CRS booking engine layout and field optionsYou can configure multiple design elements and booking flow options within the CRS to create a seamless brand experience for your guests.
- Booking engine property description, branding configuration controls and settingsCustomize your booking engine's appearance, layout, and booking flow to match your property's brand and optimize guest experience across different devices and booking paths.
- Configure CRS booking engine availability screen for the full booking engineIf desired, two different configurations ā A and B settings - allow you to create and enable two different booking journey layouts to test and assess performance by splitting theā¦
- CRS booking engine best practices with direct booking links and variablesPlace guests directly in the booking engine from your website, landing pages, or emails using customized URLs with specific search criteria.
- Direct link to a rateIt might be necessary to have a direct link to a rate, outlined is how to get the link.
- Direct link to a roomIt might be necessary to have a direct link to a room, outlined is how to get the link for a room.