250-858-7308
1-800-730-4790

After a two week stay, I think my wife and I saw it all; Racoon, deer, otter, seal, and every bird that came by during its migratory...
- Robert and Yulia
Your home was our first experience with staying at a B&B. We must say that we enjoyed it much more than a hotel. It was like a...
Above and beyond! The food, the hospitality, the accommodations. Everything was excellent. A great way to end our holiday-Relaxing!...
- Julie & Dan
It has been a slice outta a chunk of heaven. Fantastic views and wonderful breakfasts. Great to meet Dieter & Ashley and Alice...
- Fenna and Laine
What a beautiful setting and a wonderful place to relax and rest. We enjoyed our stay in room #1, the honeymoon suite for our 1 year...
- Michael & Laurie Picha
This place is dope. It's off Victoria so you get a nice feeling being away from the city. The rooms are perfect. The owner is cool and...
- Michael
We couldn't have found a more beautiful spot to finish our honeymoon. Thank you so much for the wonderful service. I can't wait to...
- Karl & Alix
We think that we will never see a B&B as lovely as thee.
- Sue and Mindy
What a delightful place! What a wonderful host! Our first trip to "lotusland" will not be our last! Thanks for the hospitality.  
- Jim and Sheila
Thank you for making it possible for us to spend these 5 days staying in this beautiful B&B. The view is awesome, very relaxing...
- Ed & Ruth

3.3: Property Management System setup | configuration | integration

BOOK DIRECT - Best Price

Cost: $ varies with each project

PMS - Property Management Systems, or HOS - Hotel Operating Systems, are used for hospitality accommodation management. They are computerized systems that facilitate the management of properties replacing paper-based methods that did not interact with OTA's and web based reservation systems.

My services here can be a combination of teaching you the basics about your choice of PMS, or a full setup and integration.

The starting place is choosing the correct PMS. Most often a hotelier / innKeeper chooses by price and/or after receiving a solicitation. It's become a very competitive market, however, price and a friendly voice will often lead to a compromised choice.

We will assist you with any PMS you choose, however, after trying 5 different systems over 5 years in 2015 we chose and continue to use Cloudbeds established in 2012, and owner of widely popular myAllocator.

Here is a list of our recomnended considerations (in no particular order) other than price when choosing a PMS:

  • Guest experience and usabilty by hoteliers / innkeepers
  • Stability - length of time in business
    (numerous PMS have gone out of business - some mid season)
  • Financial resources of company
    (if R&D funds are limited so will usabilty, improvements and performance)
  • Tech Support - 24/7 in your time zone
  • Channel Manager integration and interfacing capabilities with OTA's including Expedia and it's many affiliate sites such as Hotels.com, Booking.com, AirBnB ... etc.
  • Accounting functionality and financial reports
  • Website and Facebook integration
  • Mobility friendly
  • Cloud based instead of PC based software
  • Custom messaging
  • User level permissions for owners and staff

 

Dieter Gerhard

northStudio | StikkyMedia | QCollege | QAcademy | BirdsofaFeather | MarineEcotours

T: 250-391-8889
T: 800-730-4790
E: dieter@birdsofafeather.ca

 

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