Offering Online Booking

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When you buy a premium or basic entry you have the option to accept online bookings by linking your page directly to the booking engine of your choice.

Partners
On your behalf, we’ve reviewed the available range of online accommodation booking engines, and have chosen the following three as our preferred partners.  Each has different features and strengths. At least one of them should match your requirements:

All have user friendly back office features for you to update your details.

Booking.com (formerly Active Hotels) www.booking.com
o Appropriate partner for serviced accommodation of 5 rooms or more.
o Requires you to give at least one room on allocation
o French and German language versions of booking form.
o Commission payable on bookings – rates supplied on request

For enquiries / to register go to
www.booking.com/general.html?tmpl=docs/hotels

Late Rooms  www.laterooms.com
o Appropriate partner for serviced accommodation of any size, large or tiny
o No room allocation required to register (Late Rooms will phone accommodation to check availability)
o Additional option of offering late availability at discounted prices.
o French and German language versions of booking form
o Commission payable on bookings – rates supplied on request

For enquiries / to register go to http://www.laterooms.com/ayh/index.php3?lang=eng

Holiday Bookings Online to  www.holiday-bookings-online.com
o Appropriate partner for all types of self catering accommodation
o Annual registration fee £70 for first property (plus £20 for each subsequent property) 
o No commission is taken on bookings.
o For enquiries / to register go to www.holiday-bookings-online.com

Register with your booking partner
When you complete the booking form for your entry on welcometoscotland.com, just tick to indicate your preferred online booking partner, and return the form to us.

So that we can enable online bookings and link your page on welcometoscotland.com to your preferred online booking partner, please click on the appropriate link below and register with your booking partner.

o Bookings.com (formerly Active Hotels) Appropriate partner for serviced accommodation of 5 rooms or more.

o Late Rooms  Appropriate partner for serviced accommodation of any size, large or tiny.
 
o Holiday Bookings Online  Appropriate partner for all types of self catering accommodation

Alternatively….
If you already have a good relationship with an online booking company and are satisfied with their allocation and other back office / administration systems, we would be happy to link your page on welcometoscotland.com directly to your preferred booking engine.  Simply give us their contact details on the booking form for your entry on welcometoscotland.com, send it to us, and we will do the rest.
** Note for ease of use by French and German speaking customers, you may wish to check whether your existing partner offers a foreign language booking form.