Learning How To Make a Hotel Booking in Tour Operations Business
In this video, we assist you with a deep insight into how to make a hotel booking in Tour Operations. Securing a hotel/lodge booking for your confirmed safari is very vital and our tourism experts highlight key steps from checking the availability of space, holding provisionally, and confirming.
Learn the best way to secure a hotel booking in Tour Operations for your clients at your own pace by following these steps:-
*Know number of guests & preferred rooming.
In this case, you may have 2 pax but are interested in 2 singles from the usual know rooming as 1 double/twin room. Rooming, in this case, can be a single room, double/twin room, triple room, quadruple room, family room, etc.
*Know number of guests & preferred rooming.
Room categories can be a standard room, deluxe, executive room, club room, superior room pool villa, Lake view facing, gold course facing, Virunga suite-at One &Only Gorillas Nest Lodge, Forest King room, name it. It is important to check availability based on the room category that guests prefer to stay in.
*Specific dates of stay.
This s so significant and in case you receive a request with no specific date, please try to ask your client about specific dates to enable you to check availability accurately. In this case, 3rd of July arriving in Uganda for a safari, meaning you will start checking from the 3rd of July onwards. Without dates, it is difficult to find availability.
*Holding space provisionally.
This is the first step to securing a booking by holding it provisionally as you get started working on your itinerary. It helps you work out your quote well assured that rooms are available and held safely. Holding a room/s provisionally has no penalty and you will not get an invoice for it.
*Upon confirmation of the booking.
Yes, now we have the booking and of course the business from our clients, we can now write again to the hotel to go ahead and confirm the provisional and issue an invoice. In case the booking is not confirmed, feel free to ask the hotel/lodge to release the provisional booking.
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