Bookit.co.nz online booking system

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Bookit.co.nz online booking system

• NZ made site
• New Zealand based team, owned by Trade Me, the
  largest e-commerce site in the country.
• BookIt has over a decade of experience handling
  online bookings for the New Zealand tourism
  industry.
• Work with over 3,500 tourism businesses
  nationwide, from one man companies to some of the
  nations most established tourism businesses.

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Why BookIt?

• BookIt has proven experience, providing solutions
  for many of New Zealand's leading tourism
  companies. The technology is second-to-none, and
  widely praised within the tourism industry for
  the efficiencies it brings to the booking and
  settlement process.
• BookIt take care of the credit card processing
  and simply credit your bank account.
• Great reporting functions and it's easy to use.
  It will even allow you to authorise your booking
  function to be used on other sites!

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Included functions

• BookIt is able to handle rates, displaying
  specials, assigning discount codes, payment and
  settlement terms, cancellation policies, multiple
  currency payments, partial payments, on request
  and real time bookings.
• The BookIt system also handles add-ons (like
  pick up locations or inclusions like lunches),
  along with any other data your business needs to
  collect from customers.

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You Have Full Control

• With this system YOU have full control. You
  choose the following ways to conduct business
• 1. Real Time Availability
• Provides travellers with up to date information
  on the availability of your product or service
  and enables them to make instant bookings online
• or
• 2. Confirmation
• Works on a request basis. You'll receive an email
  alerting you of a booking request that you simply
  accept or decline.
• Some operators start off with the confirmation
  option and then move onto real time availability
  (which is a more automated system). It really
  depends on your business - it's up to you. You
  can change options at any time.

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Mobile, tablet and social media friendly

• Over half of all Kiwi mobile users have a smart
  phone or tablet device, so being bookable on more
  than a desktop PC is vital.
• BookIt is mobile friendly, and you can even take
  bookings through your business's Facebook page!

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Retain the look and feel of your website

• BookIt is customisable, both to match the look
  and feel of your website and mobile site, but
  also with the level of data you require from your
  customers.
• The system collects all the data you need from
  your customers on just one booking page.

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Increase your web presence

• BookIt doesnt just work on our site. It is used
  by 100 resellers, including over 80 of New
  Zealands Regional Tourism Organisation network,
  and Travelbug.co.nz, the website with the most
  places to stay in New Zealand.
• Not interested in being resold? Just let them
  know when setting up.

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Benefits For You

• Reduces the risk of losing a booking from
  customers ready to book now
• Generate confirmed sales from massive traffic
  from international and domestic travellers
• Additional exposure and details for your product
  offering, including availability and pricing
• Saves you time and effortby not having to deal
  with enquiries regarding availability
• Provides immediate information to customers,
  anytime of the day or night
• Excellent BookIt reporting including the ability
  to gather feedback from travellers who have used
  your services
• The system takes care of processing credit cards
  (inc Amex and Diners), cancel refunds etc and the
  net amount for any bookings are transferred to
  your nominated bank account, usually within 48
  hours of the traveller's arrival

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Specials and discount codes

• BookIt gives you full control over your pricing.
  Whether you want to have the same price all year
  round, or a different price every day, they can
  make it happen.
• You can also use discount codes feature to offer
  trackable discounts and offers to defined groups.

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Building a customer database

• You can choose to gather email addresses for the
  purposes of post-booking email marketing and
  promotions.
• BookIt makes it easy by enabling a permissions
  check box for the traveller to authorise you to
  send them offers and follow-up communications.

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Add-ons and cross-sell

• With over 3,500 NZ tourism operators on board,
  BookIt provides a unique opportunity to offer
  other products to your customers in the booking
  process and earn commission on successful
  bookings.
• Or use the add-on feature to upsell your own
  products.

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Cloud based bookings

• Your rates, inventory, payment information and
  booking data is accessible anytime you jump
  online. No paperwork is required!
• BookIt has a complex level of reporting with over
  15 reports available, including sales, arrival
  data and customer feedback reports, and all are
  downloadable.

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What Does It Cost? No setup costs, monthly fees
or contracts

• The setup is FREE and a 10 commission only
  applies for confirmed bookings.
• BookIt has no monthly fees, and with their
  success-based model you only pay when you get
  bookings. No bookings means no fees so they work
  very hard to make sure the system delivers you
  bookings, or they dont get paid!

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Already use another booking system?

• We realise that you may have your own booking
  system, or use other ones such as bookabach,
  however by adding booking capability to your
  website listing you will be adding a new and
  proven way for travellers to book with you.
• As the setup is free you have nothing to lose and
  everything to gain. You can simply assess which
  booking systems work for you over a period of
  time.

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Support

• 7 days of NZ-based support
• All support staff are based in Wellington and are
  available every day via phone or email. The
  customer support team know the needs of NZ
  operators and are committed to giving you fast,
  efficient and friendly service with a smile.
• If you have any questions regarding this please
  don't hesitate to call on 0800 14 65 49 or visit
  the website bookit.co.nz for more information.

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Trust, safety and security

• Trade Mes Trust and Safety team is an elite
  force battling scams, phishing attacks and
  working hard to stop bad guys in their tracks.
• They also use automated anti-fraud measures and
  all funds are held in trust.

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Bookit Registration Process

• Go to
• http//business.bookitsecure.com/pub/signup.aspx
• To register your business.

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Registration continued...

• Once registered, BookIt will then make contact
  with you and provide a login and password so you
  can load your details, prices etc. You can add as
  many options in as you wish (which is handy if
  you conduct a wide range of tours for instance).
  You can be operational within days!