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Important CC Info For Your Business

Instant World Booking is a recognized leader in credit card collection for hotels, hostels, and lodging worldwide, and offers the widest range of collection options with an integrated booking engine for hotel websites.  Because of this experience we get a lot questions from hotel managers on how to deal with difficult and unpleasant problems with credit card collections.  Here’s one question we recently received from a lodging partner regarding a reservation they accepted directly:

I had a situation recently where a scammer paid me with a credit card and then the rightful owner of the credit card reclaimed the money. This left me with a big overdraft and i am still trying to clear it. Is there no insurance against this sort of thing? When i approached my bank (bbva in Spain.) they said there was nothing they could do as there was no signed credit card receipt from the person who made the reservation. This person is a recognized scammer and I had an e-mail from him confirming the reservation which I showed to the bank and they just ignored it.  Who is wrong?

Unfortunately, in this situation, the customer is right.  In fact, the customer is always right in these situations since credit card companies protect the cardholder first.  In a fraud situation, there is nothing you can do to recover the loss, and this can be considered a cost of doing business with credit cards.

If you want to avoid having to deal with this type of online fraud entirely, consider using Instant World Booking’s reservation booking engine on your website.  Instant World Booking offers the most flexible and comprehensive set collection options available among any online provider today.  Any deposit amount can be collected by credit card for your website reservations.  Additionally, you will not have to deal with any disputes since Instant World Booking handles everything.  An even greater benefit is the Full No-show and Cancellation Protection offered with every hotel website booking engine.

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Update All Channels Instantly When You Receive Bookings

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Updates All Channels Instantly When You Receive Bookings

Don’t spend hours updating multiple sites when you receive a reservation on Booking.com, Expedia, HostelWorld, HostelBookers, BBPlanet, or others … Get IWB Channel Manager now.

Not only can you manage your calendar on over 150 booking sites simultaneously, but now you don’t have to waste time updating for reservations. This means incredible time savings and efficiency for you.

Here’s how it works:
IWB Channel Manager connects to your calendar on all your booking sites. There’s over 150 channels to choose from, sites like Booking.com, Expedia, Hotels.com, even HostelWorld and HostelBookers, etc. You only manage your calendar once, and all channels are updated automatically. It’s that easy. Let’s say a reservation arrives from Booking.com, or any other site. No worries, your calendar is automatically updated on all sites. Get IWB Channel Manager today, and start saving time.

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Why IWB Channel Manager?

  • Less than $14 per month
  • 4 free months when you sign up for a year
  • More than 150 booking sites, plus the GDS, all included
  • Free signup for IDS/GDS sites, reaching 450,000 travel agents worldwide
  • All major hostelling sites included, HostelWorld.com, Hostelbookers, etc.
  • Incredible savings of time and money by updating your calendar only once
  • Automatic updates for incoming reservations
  • Multiply your exposure with premium sites like Booking.com, Hotels.com, Expedia, Orbitz, and many more

If you haven’t tried IWB Channel Manager before, now is the time. Eliminate hours and even days of work each month. Get listed on as many popular booking channels as you want, and boost prodcutivity at the same time. And, if you already use a channel management service, stop overpaying and switch today.

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IWB Channel ManagerAccept Credit Cards from Your Website

Get a new Booking Engine for your website that accepts credit card deposits of any amount.

Yes, deposits of any amount, from 0% to 100% at the time of booking. Without real-time calendar bookings on your website, you’re losing 85% of your website visitors. Without deposits, you’ll lose from cancellations and no-shows (Ask us about our Full No-show and Cancellation Protection).

Instant World Booking has the lowest price, guaranteed. No exceptions.

Whether you want to accept credit card deposits or not, we have a plan for you. Just contact us for a personalized price quote. If we can’t reduce your current cost, we’ll give our booking engine away for 1 year at no cost.

IWB’s Booking Engine is a “killer app”!
Wikipedia definition: a killer app is any computer program that is so necessary or desirable that it proves the core value of some larger technology. A killer app can substantially increase sales of the platform on which it runs.

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More Reasons to Use IWB for your Website Booking Engine

There are many reasons to choose IWB for your Booking Engine. We offer more deposit options than other services. We can collect any deposit level you want from your guest, up to 100% up front. In addition, we can set it up to collect no deposit, but still provide you with the credit card billing details for confirmation. If you’re going to maintain availability on Instant World Booking, it makes sense to consolidate your services. The other services are alright, but have definite limitations. Here are some examples. With some booking engines, it takes up to 5 steps for the guest to complete a booking. This is too long, and some users will be put off by it. Our Booking Engine will provide a much cleaner user experience, and get the guest’s booking confirmed quicker. Second, other systems may not be multi-lingual or multi-currency. Ours is. This is a big drawback if you’re presumably accepting bookings worldwide on your website (which is a must these days). If you were to use our Booking Engine, you’ll certainly get more international bookings, the one’s your current Booking Engine is probably losing.


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October 2011 Newsletter – Instant World Booking

Don’t Overpay – Save 75%
IWBFrontDesk.com can save you on Property Management and Front Desk software costs.  Get your Free Trial today.No business can afford to overpay for anything these days. IWBFrontDesk offers a replacement for many property management systems, including RezOvation ®, Webervations ®, SuperInn, Resnexus ®, Hostel Power, HostelMate, etc.
What’s your advantage? IWBFrontDesk costs 30% to 75% less than competing services. Compare and save.

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Hassle-free set-up in just minutes.
Just enter Promo Code FALL2011 to begin your free trial.IWBFrontDesk not only offers a lower cost than other providers, but you also get all the features you need from a Property Management System (PMS) for 1 month at no cost. A better solution for Hotels, Hostels, B&Bs, and more, IWBFrontDesk offers availability calendars, guest management, reservation management, multicurrency accounting & billing, and much more.

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Accept Confirmed Reservations and Credit Cards from your website

Get a new Booking Engine for your website, fully integrated with IWBFrontDesk, or your current front desk system. Accept credit cards of all types, and collect any deposit amount, in any currency. Instant World Booking offers more service and payment options than any other provider. So why not switch now? Better yet, we guarantee a lower cost than you’re paying now for an online reservation system. That’s right, a better price for better service. This is our best-price guarantee. Compare today and try us.
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Payments Services
Need convenient credit card services?  Need a flexible system for collecting from any card anywhere in the world?  Need to collect from your customers for no-shows or cancellations? Instant World Booking offers a one-of-a-kind payments system for travel companies. No bank applications, credit approvals, or merchant accounts required. Get your credit card virtual terminal today.		 Get More Online Bookings
Hotels, Hostels, Bed & Breakfasts, Apartments — list your property on our leading network of 100+ travel websites, and get tons of free exposure, unlimited photos, translations of your content, etc. Better yet, increase your website’s exposure with links to your homepage from dozens of Instant World Booking sites. There’s no cost to list. Get your free listing today.
 

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June 2011 Newsletter – Instant World Booking

You’re Paying Too Much for Your Website Booking Engine

How do we know?

Because Instant World Booking offers the lowest cost online reservation system available for any accommodation website.

Fact. Our booking engine offers a lower cost, and even more pricing options, than any other system. So look no further.

Did we mention that IWB’s Booking Engine also comes with more payment and deposit options for your guests than other providers? Contact us today with your current provider and pricing. We guarantee we’ll beat any price.

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IWB Front Desk Coming Soon
Do you need a winning property management system, without paying a high price?IWBFrontDesk is an alternative to front desk systems like RezOvation ®, Webervations ®, SuperInn, Resnexus ®, Hostel Power, HostelMate, etc., but with one major difference. At a price starting at less than $20 per month, you save 30% or more over most competing services. Want to pay less? You can’t afford not to try it.

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More Ideas to Increase Profits

Channel Manager
Now is an excellent time to join Instant World Booking.   Why?
Beginning soon, our new Channel Manager service will enable you to feed your calendar directly to all the top hostel booking sites and GDS/IDS booking sites. That’s right, manage your calendar only once. You need to already be an IWB member to take advantage of this new service.
 

Instant World Booking offers more choices to increase your business and save money.Travel Agent Commissions
Travel Agents earn instant commissions of 25% on all bookings. No complicated sign-up or applications.Payment Services
Collect for no-shows and cancellations. It’s easy to accept credit cards from your guests for any travel-related expense. No merchant accounts, no bank applications.

Online Reservations for your Website
Get Full Protection for No-shows and Cancellations. We guarantee a lower cost than any competing service. Receive incentives for switching today.

14 Reasons to Join IWB for Free
Adding your hotel, hostel, B&B, or property chain is free. See 14 reasons to sign up today.

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3 Ways to Increase Profits with Instant World Booking

Instant World Booking for Booking Engines, Payments, and Marketing

You may already know that advertising your hotel, hostel, or B&B on our leading network of travel websites has no cost. After all, more traffic is better than less, right? However, you may not know that we are the only full-service reservation service that also offers the cheapest booking engine available for your website, and also a complete payments system.

Booking engines for your website        Payments systems

1. Add your property at our website. If you’re not yet taking advantage of free marketing on our network, chances are your competition is. With over 10,000 active listings worldwide, other properties in your region or city are already increasing their reservations with us.

2. Check out our booking engines for your website. We’re so confident that our booking engine is cheaper and better than your current provider, we’re even offering a rebate of up to $200.00 if you switch now. Save money and get better service and technology. With no commitment or obligation when trying our service, you can’t lose.

3. You may already accept credit cards from your guests, but if you’re looking for a new and economical way to charge credit cards for reservations, cancellations, no-shows, and extras, look no further. IWB Payments offers an economical and alternative payments solutions for travel services.

Increase reservation profits and save money today.  Contact us today.


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Introducing IWB Payments – A new kind of Payment System for Hotels

Every once in a while, we introduce a new service that is so revolutionary, we can’t wait to tell you about it. IWB Payments is one of those services. Why is it revolutionary? Because no other service provider offers it.In short, IWB Payments offers you the ability to accept credit cards from your guests for any service. You don’t need a merchant account, credit card machine, or gateway. You don’t need all the costs that come with other merchant services and payment systems.

IWB Payments is a unique payment system offered only by Instant World Booking. It is unlike any service offered by competitors. How? You can accept credit card payments for any travel-related service, including rooms, meals, activities, etc. Charge customers up front as a deposit or as a final payment. For cancellations and no-shows (when your guest fails to arrive), you can now collect a cancellation fee according to your policy.

IWB Payments even allows you to charge your customers for reservations originating from other sources. Consider this: Even if a reservation was confirmed from another service, like HostelWorld or BedandBreakfast com, you can charge your guests here for the reservation and related travel costs. No other provider offers such convenience, which is so important to your guests.

To read more about IWB Payments, view the following pageplease check out the following page:

http://www.instantworldbooking.com/payments-systems.php

To comment or ask questions about this new Payments System for hotels, hostels, and bed & breakfasts, you may reply to this post.


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