Web booking engines

How to offer accommodation bookings on visitscotland.com

To offer accommodation bookings on your visitscotland.com business web listing, you have to be working with a web booking engine that is integrated with our website.

A web booking engine (or property management system), is a web-based system that allows you to accept bookings online, either through your own website or through a third-party booking website.

These systems offer administration and management facilities, allowing you to add room availability and prices.

Selecting a Web Booking Engine

If you’re already working with one of our 14 providers, you’re ready to get started. If not, here are some questions to ask before you decide on the right provider.

-    Does the provider offer a booking engine for my sector?
-    Is there a setup fee, annual fee, or any other fees?
-    What are the rates of commission (if any)?
-    Do I need to host my website with the provider?
-    How is the booking system incorporated into my website?
-    What payment options can the provider offer visitors?  All major credit cards, or PayPal?
-    What customer support is available? Is it by phone/email/Livechat? What are support operating hours?

Take a look out providers’ websites for more information:

-    Beds24
-    Booking.com 
-    Bookster
-    Discover Scotland
-    Eviivo
-    Freetobook
-    Hop Software
-    Hostelling Scotland
-    LovetoEscape
-    freeonlinebooking.com
-    Private House Stays
-    Queensborough
-    Supercontrol
-    Vacation Rentals Scotland 

Once you are partnered with one of our providers, simply add the provider’s unique reference into the VisitScotland Extranet. Step-by-step instructions on how to do this are in the below download, and our Customer Services team are on hand to give you any support you require.