SimplyBook.me – Booking and reservations calendar vs VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS

SimplyBook.me is the easiest way to start collecting bookings on your WordPress website. The plugin will allow you to register your free account and immediately publish your booking calendar on the front-end of your site. With a few clicks, you can easily add your services and service providers, and design the most beautiful booking widget. You will be collecting appointments and reservations in no-time! Easy appointment scheduling Simple plugin onboarding and configuration Manage your calendar and bookings using the powerful mobile app (iOS and Android) Accept touchless payments via the app on your onsite checkout High email deliverability for reservation confirmations and appointment reminders. Create multiple services, providers, categories and locations Send email and SMS notifications to your customers for their bookings Add “Book now” buttons on your Instagram, Facebook and Google Business Profile Sell Memberships, packages & gift cards Manage bookings for Classes & Events Increase sales by offering products and service add-ons in the booking process Marketing campaigns by emails and push notifications Waiting Lists and “Make me look busy” features Offer Coupons and a Loyalty System to enhance brand loyalty Insights and statistics about your bookings, reservations, cancellations, workload and revenues Adjust time zone settings if you have clients in different time zones Create individual schedules for staff Create multiple users related to providers Accepting payments and/or deposits to confirm the bookings in the booking process Easily implement your booking widget with a Gutenberg block, Elementor Widget or a shortcode SimplyBook.me can be used for free up to 50 appointments per month. In addition, you can use one of the Special features for free! You will automatically be signed up for a Free 14-day trial, which allows you to test the Special Features without any restrictions, including advanced scheduling tools. Why SimplyBook.me? SimplyBook.me is an advanced online booking system that creates a professional booking widget on your WordPress site where your clients can book your services at any time. You will then have access to an admin interface where you can manage your bookings, calendar, and settings. On top of that you will get an admin app where you can manage all your bookings, handle appointments, adjust scheduling, and accept payments on the go. Thousands of clients all over the world have selected our booking system to make their business easy and comfortable to use (see our testimonials). SimplyBook.me provides users with a broad range of features so that you can tailor the system to your needs, irrespective of what industry you are in. For a more detailed understanding of the SimplyBook.me service, you can explore at the following link: https://simplybook.me/ This plugin is developed by SimplyBook.me, is ISO27001 compliant and utilizes its API to transmit and store all information, including settings and details of bookings, as well as other personal client data, directly on SimplyBook.me. Before using the plugin, we recommend that you familiarize yourself with the privacy policy and terms of use of SimplyBook.me at the following links: Privacy Policy Terms of Use This will help you better understand the terms of use of the plugin and ensure your confidentiality. This is the official SimplyBook.me plugin, developed by SimplyBook.me and Really Simple Plugins About Really Simple Plugins: Really Simple Plugins is the creator of most-used plugins Really Simple Security and Complianz. With a total of ~6 million installs, we focus on making the most user-friendly and easy-to-use plugins. We work with SimplyBook.me to make the most powerful booking system available directly in your WordPress dashboard. Benefits of the Online booking system Integrating an online booking system like SimplyBook.me is crucial for service businesses aiming to improve customer experience and extend their market reach. By enabling clients to book appointments outside of traditional office hours, an online scheduling and booking system increases accessibility and customer satisfaction. This system simplifies the entire appointment process, automates important reminders, and reduces scheduling errors, freeing up staff to concentrate on delivering superior service. Additionally, an online booking system offers powerful analytics that provide deep insights into customer behaviors and preferences. This data is essential for making informed adjustments to service offerings and planning effective marketing strategies. Last but not least it´s the best way to boost your sales by offering service add-ons and products for sale in the booking process, by sending tailored marketing email campaigns, offering coupons on less busy days, by prompting tips during check out and so much more, the options are endless!

Vik Booking for WordPress The famous Booking Engine and PMS online software for accommodations is now available also for WordPress as a native Plugin! If you are looking for a reliable reservation system for a Hotel, B&B, Villa, Apartments, Hostel or any similar accommodation, then you have found the right plugin. In fact, Vik Booking is a PCI-DSS and OpenTravel compliant hotel & vacation rental Booking Engine used by thousands of properties every day. This is the free version of the plugin, but you can upgrade to the Pro version at any time from your wp-admin section. Experience the power of a true and internal Booking Engine that competes with the best ones of the world! The Pro version is compatible with Vik Channel Manager, the first and only native Channel Manager for WordPress, listed as a Premier Partner of Booking.com since 2018 among the top 20 systems worldwide. Full API connections available with the most famous OTAs such as Airbnb, Expedia and Google Hotel for their new Free Booking Links! Beware of “fake” Channel Manager plugins that only offer unreliable iCal synchronizations with no private access to the OTA’s APIs. Vik Booking was born in 2010 for a different web-software (CMS) than WordPress, and that’s how it became famous. The same powerful framework is now (since 2018) at the service of all webmasters, designers and web-agencies that work with WordPress. It’s definitely the hotel reservation plugin that you, or your client, were looking for. Visit VikWP.com for more details. Interested in our full solution inclusive of the Channel Manager? Visit also E4jConnect. Some of the unique features Custom Rate Plans (Refundable, Flexible, Non Refundable rates). Rooms, Room Types, Listings and Sub-Units management functions. Availability & Pricing Calendars + Occupancy Overview. Bookings Management made right. Feature-rich back-end section for your PMS. Front-end customizable and self-hosted booking process. 12 different Views for the front-end (12 types of Shortcode for your pages) Compliant with any Pricing Model: Occupancy, Nightly, LOS, OBP etc.. Housekeeping features with Tableaux, festivities and room-day notes. Permissions/ACL Management functions for the various WP Users Roles. Multi-language support with built-in translation functions. Channel Manager compatible. We are a certified Channel Manager provider (E4jConnect). Google Hotel Ads certified for Free Booking Links. Driver-based pre-check-in system for guests data collection. Some of Pro version features Seasonal Rates and Rates Calendar with 1-click modification. Booking Restrictions: Min, Max LOS, CTA/CTD, forced Arrival/Departure week days. Custom Payment Gateways (over 60 available on VikWP.com). SMS Gateways for automated notifications. Custom Cron Jobs scheduling for automated tasks (reminders, invoices). Customers Management functions, sales channels and commissions. Graphs and Statistics. Custom Options, Extra Services, Extra Fees. Add, Remove or Switch rooms from existing bookings. PMS Reports with extendable framework (built-in services for various countries). Electronic invoices extendable framework compliant with Italy (Agenzia delle Entrate), Greece (myDATA ΑΑΔΕ) etc.. Guest registration functions and reporting: check-in, check-out, no-show. WhatsApp Business messaging integration with AI support (Channel Manager required). Our award winning solution of Booking Engine + PMS and Channel Manager is all you need on your WordPress website. Interested in, curious about the Pro version? You should take a look with your own eyes at the demo website to see what you can do with Vik Booking. Do not stop at the front-end though, make sure to visit the wp-admin section too. Front-end Demo Website Admin Demo Website