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How Luxury Hotels Can Design Experience-Led Stays
Design experience-led luxury stays guests choose. Learn how to package, structure, and sell immersive hotel experiences that increase booking value.
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How to Sell Out Your Yoga Retreat
Learn how to sell out your yoga retreat by converting interest into confirmed bookings with this guide.
Hotel SEO: The Ultimate Guide to Driving Direct Bookings in 2026
Learn the essentials of hotel SEO to rank higher on Google, attract more guests, and increase direct bookings without relying on OTAs.
From Bookings to Biodiversity: Our Team Visit to Poland’s Forever Forests
Bookinglayer visits Las na Zawsze in Poland to explore how forest protection, sustainability, and hospitality can work hand in hand.
8 Key Ways to Make Booking a Retreat Easier for Guests
Boost conversions and improve your guest experience by making the retreat booking experience easier for everyone.
Top Airbnb Competitors: 10 Alternatives to Airbnb in 2025
The top Airbnb competitors can help you increase bookings and reach niche markets. Learn about the best alternatives to Airbnb in this article.
Effective Marketing Strategies for Boutique Hotels: Highlighting Eco-Friendly Stays
Boost bookings with sustainable marketing! Learn how boutique hotels can attract eco-conscious travelers with green initiatives & SEO tactics.
The 10 Best Online Travel Agencies: The Top OTAs to Connect to in 2025
Discover the best online travel agencies. These OTAs will help you reach a wider audience, boost revenue, and gain online credibility.
The Art of Personal Branding and Why It Is Important for Retreat Owners in 2025
Personal branding is key for retreat owners looking to stand out, build trust, and attract guests. Learn strategies to craft a strong brand and grow your retreat business.
9 Stats That Show the Benefit of Selling Activities and Accommodation
Discover 9 stats on the benefits of bundling activities and accommodation. Boost revenue, attract guests, and stand out in hospitality!
Why Bookinglayer Is More Than Just a Hotel Booking Engine
Bookinglayer offers all of the essential hotel booking engine features you rely on, plus many unique tools to level up your business.
Retreat Menu Ideas: How to Create a Nourishing Retreat
Create a nourishing retreat menu with tips, sample ideas, and insight from an experienced retreat chef. Learn how thoughtful meals enhance the guest experience.
How to Host a Retreat: A Guide to Retreat Planning
If you want to run a retreat business, follow these 12 simple steps on how to host a retreat. We'll also cover useful tools for hosting retreats.
How to Build a Great Retreat Itinerary
Building a great retreat itinerary takes careful planning. Check out our sample retreat itinerary and top tips for a standout retreat schedule.
9 Types of Retreats: Their Purpose, Benefits, and More
Retreats are popping up everywhere, but no two retreat offerings are the same. Discover the most popular types of retreats here.
How to Start and Grow a Wellness Retreat Business
Are you ready to start a wellness retreat business? Check out these tips from budgeting to marketing your retreat.
Access Surf OTAs with Ease: Explore Bookinglayer Connect Partners
Bookinglayer Connect allows you to connect with surf travel platforms efficiently. Discover our trusted partners.
The Most Important Features of a Retreat Booking System in 2024
Not every booking system will satisfy your business's needs. Before selecting a retreat booking system, make sure it has these 12 features.
Hotel Upselling: Tips for Upselling Hotel Stays
Hotel upselling leads to more revenue and happier guests. Unlock the secrets of hotel upselling techniques in this article.
Decade of Success: How Surf Maroc Has Thrived With Bookinglayer
As Surf Maroc celebrates 20 years in business and a decade of using Bookinglayer, Co-Founder Ben O'Hara shares insights he has gained along the way.
A Guide to Direct Bookings: How to Increase Direct Hotel Bookings
More direct hotel bookings mean more revenue. Learn practical ways to increase your hotel's direct bookings in this article.
Guest Feedback: Why It's Important and How to Get It
Learn about the value of guest feedback for your hotel. We'll break down how to collect feedback and the best ways to use it.
What Is a Hotel Reservation System? Types, Benefits, and Features
Learn what a hotel reservation system is and what features you should look for, as well as how Bookinglayer can benefit your business.
The Four Core Software Components of Bookinglayer
At the heart of Bookinglayer there are four core software components: the Booking Engine, Backoffice, Payment Form, and Customer Portal.
Bookinglayer Team Trip 2023
Our 2023 Team Trip was one for the books! Learn about our adventures and insights from Morocco.
Supporting Cleaner Waters: Bookinglayer and Sungai Watch Collaboration
Through 1% for the Planet, Bookinglayer teamed up with Sungai Watch to install a new river barrier in Bali.
15 Tips for Running a More Sustainable Hotel
Running a sustainable hotel is more important than ever. Check out simple and more sustainable tips for creating an eco-friendly hotel.
12 Most Important Features Your Online Booking System Should Have
Choosing booking software can be a hard decision. Learn about the 12 must-have features that your online booking system should provide.
Bookinglayer Insights: The 5 Most Underrated Advanced Features
Do you know the key benefits of Bookinglayer's most underutilized Advanced Features? These tools help you unlock more bookings and simplify operations.
What Is a Channel Manager? How to Fill Rooms Faster with Less Admin Work
Learn what channel managers do and how they can help you get more bookings, with less admin work. Learn about Bookinglayer's channel management software.
Bookinglayer Insights: Our 5 Most Popular Advanced Features
Bookinglayer's Advanced Features help take your guest services, operations, and online booking system to the next level. Discover our top features in this article.
How Joining 1% for the Planet Benefits Your Business
Discover the financial and social benefits of joining 1% for the Planet.
Transform the Guest Experience: Tips and Strategies for 2023
Learn how to improve your guest experience. Increase revenue and keep guests coming back with these simple tips.
The 10 Best Platforms for Teaching Yoga Online
The emergence of live yoga classes online is making yoga more accessible and more popular. Discover the best platforms for teaching yoga online.
6 Signs Its Time to Use a Booking System for Small Businesses
Look out for these signs when deciding whether or not you need an online booking system for your small business.
8 Ways to Grow Your Business With an Online Booking System
Discover the top 8 ways an online booking system can grow your business. From 24/7 bookings to upselling opportunities, learn how to increase sales and efficiency.
The Best Pre-Arrival Guest Communication Tactics
These pre-arrival guest communication strategies will help you increase overall guest satisfaction and avoid misunderstandings.
Bookinglayer Joins 1% for the Planet
This year we became members of 1% for the Planet, a global network of businesses, nonprofits, and individuals working together for a healthy planet.
Why Welcome Home Emails Are a Great Marketing Tool and How to Write Them
Welcome home emails, or post-stay emails, are the messages sent to the guests after their stay. The optimal timeframe for these messages is three to seven days after check-out. With this approach, you allow your guests to settle into the post-holiday reality again.
Google Analytics Tips for Travel Business Owners
Use these simple tips to make sure you're using your Google Analytics data to the fullest. Discover how you can apply this knowledge for your travel business.
Add Multiple Images and Amenity Icons to Your Packages and Rooms
Eye-catching pictures can help your guests decide to book a room or a package. With this in mind, we've recently addressed a common feature request to add multiple images to products in the Booking Engine.
How to Use the New Planner
The Planner shows you the number of guests, and optionally their names, per inventory item in one handy view. With a filter per inventory type, you can show all the activities you provide and their guests for a range of days.
Discover the New Version of the Booking Engine
For most of our customers, the Booking Engine is the most important feature that we provide. Using the Booking Engine they can capture a direct booking via their website and pay fewer commissions to OTAs.
Bell Tents, Yurts, and Treehouses: What Glamping Businesses Are Doing Right
There are many reasons why glamping sites are popular nowadays. Captivating views, cozy interior design, and unusual types of accommodation are just some examples of things that encourage travelers to go glamping. In recent years, the glamping trend has been growing, and it’s accelerating quickly.
Digital Waivers for Your Travel Business
Learn what digital waivers are and why they might be important for your business. Check if you should ask your guests to sign a liability waiver upon the check-in.
How to Handle Cancellations in Bookinglayer
If a guest is not able to make it to your place and needs to make an amendment or cancel their reservation you have a number of different actions that you could take.
2020 Travel Trends and What They Mean for Your Adventure-Based Business
The travel industry has been growing year by year for some time now. Travelers’ expectations and preferences are changing. As a business owner, how can you adapt to the current travel trends? How to offer your guest the best experiences?
Why We Embrace Slow Growth
Bottom line Bookinglayer is a tech company and usually, tech companies raise lots of funding to scale to big numbers as fast as possible. Here is why we’ve chosen a different approach and embraced slow growth.
Opening a New Location? These Are Your Options With Bookinglayer
When you are in the process of opening an additional location for your sports camp or retreat business, you might want to know how to structure it within your Bookinglayer reservation system. This article highlights the options that you have.
A Guide for Organizing Yoga Retreats
In this guide, we highlight the different steps to organize your next yoga retreat. From preparing what your program will look like, to budgeting costs and marketing your retreat.