Stop with administration - do what you really like
Posted on Thursday, April 3, 2025By: Erik Kroon, founder LeisureKing and leisure entrepreneur since 1996
The start: doing business with an Excel file
In 1996 I started organizing outdoor activities on the Veluwe. The start was great: being outside, giving people a fun day, inventing new things, exactly why I wanted to become an entrepreneur. In the beginning I just added the administration. My father invariably said, "Boy, administration is part of the job." But honestly? I didn't like it at all. Fortunately, my sister took over many of those tasks: sending invoices, making schedules, preparing confirmations and keeping everything neatly organized in Excel.
Everything arranged automatically
These days I have LeisureKing for that. Online reservations are processed and paid automatically, invoices are sent, and when an iDEAL payment is made, everything jumps to green immediately. No more hassle with bank statements or reminders. Emails also happen automatically: from confirmations and parking info to discount codes for your next visit and review requests. That saves time and contact moments.
Understanding numbers in seconds
The numbers are now clear at a glance. I can immediately see which activities are popular, what my turnover is and how much capacity I still have. Thanks to the link with our accounting program, everything is also processed neatly. This now saves us two full-timers per year.
Also more efficient on location
On location works just as easily. In our climbing forests guests check themselves in, receive a tape with a time slot and agree to the terms and conditions. In the rental store, an employee sees what he needs to set up at the push of a button. In the past you had to wait and see if it would get busy, now you know for sure and can make adjustments in time.
Save or grow? It can be both
Whether you want to cut costs or earn more: with LeisureKing, you can do both.