Next week it will be nice and cold again. That's good news, because then it will be possible to skate again!

The local skating rinks do have a challenge then. Because yes, of course, we are still in corona time.... That means visitors are allowed to enter by predetermined time slots. And of course, that's where LeisureKing can help! With LeisureKing, visitors can easily register via your website or Facebook page. You decide how many visitors are welcome within the time slot. After registration, your visitor immediately receives an email containing a QR code, which you easily scan in the LeisureKing app. This way you know exactly who is coming to skate in which time slot, and it never gets too crowded.

Because of our unique No Cure - No Pay principle, you have within 24 hours already a free LeisureKing ticket system are on your website, fully set up. Let us know if we can help you. Calling is fastest and can be done by calling 088 730 76 76. But e-mail us at bart@leisureking.nl or sign up directly may of course.

It looks like the vacation parks and campgrounds are starting to fill up again. Are you ready for when the doors are allowed to reopen soon?

Set your booking margin to zero
At LeisureKing, we like to look at numbers, because measuring is knowing, of course. For example, we know that as many as 63% of tourists and day trippers only book within 10 hours of their trip. A lot of last minute bookings. Are you prepared for this? We see that many LeisureKing users have set the booking margin to 2, 3 or sometimes even 5 days. This means that you miss out on the chance of online bookings 5 days before the event starts. There goes your revenue... Yeah, but they just call me then, right? Well, if your neighbor's offer is bookable at that time, they'll look there before they call you. And then you lose customers, what a shame! So set your booking margin to zero and don't lose sales.

In addition, nowadays customers want to book and pay online, because otherwise they are afraid of missing out and not being able to do your activity. One more reason not to use a booking margin. Companies that use no booking margin have less phone, less no-show, less administrative handling and more guaranteed revenue.

Set up an automatic payment reminder
Do you ever find yourself distracted during an online purchase? So does your customer. At LeisureKing, we've come up with a smart solution for this: we remind customers if they haven't completed their reservation. For example, you can send an automatic payment reminder after 15 minutes, so the customer still pays for the reservation. This benefits you greatly, as over 30% of cancelled reservations are completed anyway.

If you send the payment reminder after a few hours or do not set it up at all, the disadvantage is that your availability is blocked and you miss out on revenue. So it is also important to consider when you want to automatically cancel an uncompleted reservation. Of course, you can set this time yourself.

Let customers pay for their reservations directly
Another way to increase your sales is to let customers pay for their reservations directly. 91% of LeisureKing users already do this. Smart, because you can be sure they will show up and the money will be in your bank account. And as we mentioned earlier, the customer also wants to book online and pay directly. Your customer wants to be sure that they have booked your activity. Moreover, customers often use upsell, and when they have already paid in advance they more easily spend extra money on a drink, bitterbal or other impulse purchase on the day itself.

So make sure now that you are completely ready when your doors are allowed to open again. Feel free to contact us to see if you have everything set up properly in LeisureKing. And did you know you can also follow courses and training with us? Ask about the possibilities.

It looks like it's going to be another busy summer. Many vacation parks report to us that bookings are already coming in briskly. These tourists all want to do nice things during their stay. And of course you are the person to help them with that!

On average 81% book online
You may have received many calls last year from customers asking if you still had availability. When you are full, this is very irritating. With our LeisureKing customers last year an average of 81% booked online. This ensures that you already have your money in the account, it prevents no-shows and it gives peace of mind. In addition, your customer can see on your website if you still have availability, so they don't have to call you anymore.

Many bookings in the evening
Most reservations are placed in the evening. As many as 63% of all reservations are made on average 10 hours before the outing starts... So many last-minute decisions, you don't want to miss out on those, do you? It is therefore very wise to make sure that your activity(s) can be booked online as soon as possible. Make sure you are easily findable and bookable online, even at times when you are closed. With LeisureKing, this can be arranged quickly. In your company's house style, neatly and conveniently on your own website. Already 385 companies have gone before you.

Online bookings through vacation parks
Do you have many vacation parks nearby? And can they easily place reservations with you? LeisureKing has several collaborations with vacation parks and systems of parks. So we can offer your offer to your partners. This way you reach a large audience and it costs you nothing, not even energy! You are also assured of bookings at times when you are closed.

Try LeisureKing for free
Are you interested in the system of LeisureKing, but do you want to have a look at the possibilities? You can get a free account with us to experience for yourself how it all works. No less than 30 days! You get access to all possibilities, and you can test it with your own offer. Really a personal account. Sign up quickly, and we will start working for you right away!

An even longer period of closed doors. Last Tuesday's press conference again gave little hope. Precisely during the period when money must be made, the doors remain closed. A difficult period when more money flies out of the drawer, than comes in. We understand that looking at a (new) booking system is not immediately what comes to mind. Yet it is precisely LeisureKing that can provide cost savings in these strange times.

With LeisureKing, you pay no fixed monthly fees and are not stuck with a subscription. Don't have any bookings and the doors stay closed? Then you also pay nothing for using our reservation system. No cure no pay, so fair.

We have also developed some great features that can still generate turnover during this period. For example, sell vouchers that the customer can spend with you at a later time. This voucher, with a unique discount code, is automatically sent from Leisureking and of course sold through your own website. After payment, the customer receives your unique voucher. Nice to give and nice to get. Offer your unique outing as a gift and, with a little help from LeisureKing, still generate turnover in these difficult times.

Want to know more about LeisureKing? Let us know and we'll schedule a time to show you our system with no obligation. That way we can discuss your needs and see how LeisureKing can help you. We would love to hear from you, so together we can make doing business fun again!

First of all, of course, best wishes for 2021! May this year just be nice and normal. We are really looking forward to it, because we have some great things coming up at LeisureKing.

But let's start with the latest update, because in December we made a few more improvements. One of them is about opening and closing time slots. You can now set that for a specific time period, instead of per block. So opening or closing a specific time block for an entire week is now just a click away. Handy!

Another new feature is the ability to determine the time between an online booking and the automatic cancellation when the booking is not paid. Previously, this was always 2 hours in between. Would you prefer an unpaid booking to be cancelled after half an hour, for example? Then from now on you can set that yourself.

There is also news in the field of payments. Together with our partner Pay.nl it is now possible to link all payments registered within Pay.nl to your accounting software. The payments are then automatically placed neatly in your accounting system. This works immediately with Exact, Yuki, Twinfield & E-boekhouden.

We kick off the year with some great new features. Would you also like to get off to a flying start and use these features in your own LeisureKing environment? Feel free to contact us. Then you can be sure that you are ready for a great year!