Increase your direct bookings with a booking engine, commission-free.
We’re a Google Hotels connectivity partner. Drive your ad traffic directly to RoomRaccoon’s booking engine.
Boost direct bookings, eliminate commissions
We empower hoteliers with a booking engine that’s customizable and ready to connect to your website – zero added commissions.
Process seamless online payments 24/7
Process pre- or full payments right through our booking engine. Payments are quick, secure, and powered by RaccoonPay.
Maintain accurate rates
and availability
Keep your reservation calendar synced across all channels to accurately display your rates and availability and easily manage rate parity.
Provide the fastest, smoothest direct booking experience
With real-time availability and a seamless 5-step booking process, guests can enjoy a consistent, personalized brand experience that tops OTAs.
STEP 1
The guest specifies their stay dates and number of guests, including adults and/or children grouped by age.
STEP 2
The guest can select the most suitable room or multiple rooms based on the available rate plans.
STEP 3
The guest can also conveniently choose to include add-ons like a bottle of wine or a flower bouquet to personalize their stay.
STEP 4
After selecting "book now," the guest is directed to a secure payment page to complete the payment process. If the guest has stayed with you previously, the system will recognize them and can save time by automatically filling in their details.
STEP 5
The guest receives a booking confirmation email with information about their upcoming stay.
Popular Premium Upgrades
More exciting tools to level up your operations. Set up your property for success with tools and features that drive better-performing businesses and guest engagement.
Multi-property booking engine
Show your availability across multiple
properties from a single screen.
Showcase all your properties on a single booking engine page. The convenient dropdown menu lists your property locations, maximizing occupancy across your entire portfolio.
Raccoon Price Checker
Spotlight your direct booking rates.
The nifty price comparison widget shows your active rates on popular booking channels (Booking.com, Expedia, Agoda, and Airbnb). This way, guests know they’re getting your best deal directly.
Hotel Website Builder
Build & publish your website effortlessly.
RoomRaccoon’s hotel website builder allows you to customise one of our stunning hotel-tailored templates to quickly and easily get your website live. Explore our range of services available.
White-Label Booking Engine
Maintain a consistent brand experience.
We offer white labeling services to remove RoomRaccoon branding from the booking engine and all associated documents so you can create a brand-centric booking experience.
Actively encourage direct bookings with revenue-generating features.
RoomRaccoon's booking engine not only captures online bookings but actively boosts direct bookings through a range of features engineered to turn lookers into instant bookers.
Dynamic pricing
Apply dynamic pricing scenarios that automatically adjust the pricing of select rate plans based on room availability and the lead time to check-in.
Discount codes
Activate discount codes redeemable through the online booking engine. Promote the offer on your website to encourage direct bookings.
Add-ons & upsells
Provide added value for direct bookers by offering add-ons like a bottle of wine or spa treatments. Add-ons are bookable through the booking engine.
Rate plans & packages
Enjoy the freedom to promote custom rate plans and package deals that work for your property, like breakfast rates, early-bird rates, Valentine’s Day packages, and more.
Alternative dates
Sold out for a particular date range? Our booking engine automatically suggests the closest alternative dates to increase your direct booking conversions.
Group bookings & negotiated rates
Do you work with third parties like travel agents or wedding planners? Make booking negotiated rates easier by sharing a custom booking engine link with our Room Allotment feature.
Brewhalla processes 70% of its bookings via RoomRaccoon's booking engine and offers guests an extensive range of add-ons to enhance their stay and increase spending.
Personalize communication
Wow your guests with instant confirmation emails that include all the important booking details. Personalize the template to match your brand.
Award guest loyalty
Treat returning guests like VIPs by showing their preferred rates and preferences matched to their profile and auto-fill guest details to expedite the booking process.
Increase mobile bookings
Increase your mobile conversion rates with our responsive booking engine design that adjusts to smartphones, tablets, and other smart devices.
Track e-commerce conversion
Integrate tracking for Google Tag Manager and Facebook Pixel in the booking engine to track and monitor specific e-commerce actions and booking conversions.
Maintain rate parity
Maintain rate parity with the help of our integrated channel management software, which allows you to quickly and easily update pricing per channel.
Accommodate international travelers
The RoomRaccoon booking engine features a language and currency converter, creating a familiar booking experience for all prospective guests.
Booking engine appearance
and booking conditions
- Customize your booking engine colors and logo.
- Upload room photos and descriptions.
- Select the languages that you would like to be available.
- Set your payment conditions: pre-payment, full amount, or payable during online check-in.
- Customize the guest information fields by selecting the details you need.
A single platform to increase revenue, streamline operations & delight guests.
FAQs About Booking Engines
- User-Friendly Interface: An intuitive and easy-to-navigate online booking page for users to search, select, and book accommodation in 5 quick steps.
- Mobile Responsiveness: A responsive booking engine that responds to various screen sizes and works smoothly on smartphones and tablets.
- Online Payment Processing: Secure payment processing with the option to take pre-payments or full payments at the time of booking.
- Real-Time Availability: Provide up-to-the-minute availability information, ensuring prospective guests can see current occupancy and rates.
- Multi-Currency, and Language: Cater to a global audience by offering language options and displaying prices in multiple currencies.
- Discount Codes & Rate Comparisons: Enable promo codes and rate comparisons to encourage prospective guests to book directly.
- Commission-Free: Ensure that your booking engine provider does not take a cut of your direct booking revenue.
- Upsell Capabilities: Enhance your guests' experience and bring in additional revenue by offering them the option to include add-ons to their booking.
- Dynamic Pricing: Ride the wave of demand with pricing rules that adjust your rates in real-time. Maximize occupancy and revenue with an easy-to-implement smart pricing strategy.
- Integration with Property Management Systems (PMS): Seamlessly connect with a PMS for automated room allocation, inventory management, and real-time updates.
Track the e-commerce actions taking place on your booking engine. This includes:
- Hotel availability searches
- Adding or removing rooms and add-ons from the checkout cart
- Initiating checkout
- Logging in as a guest or travel agent
- Completed bookings
- And more!
Tag Manager is a tool that allows you to add and update tags for various purposes, such as conversion tracking, site analytics, and remarketing. To make the process more efficient, it's important to know the event names that are being tagged. These unique tags help you identify which events are being triggered and make it easier to connect your analytics platform to Tag Manager. By analyzing these real-time events through platforms like Google Analytics, you can refine and optimize your hotel marketing and spending strategies.
Please note that RoomRaccoon is not responsible for the set-up or management of your GA4 account to Tag Manager.
Hotel Booking Guide: A Guide To More Direct Bookings
Customize your booking engine to match your website. Select colors, upload photos of your rooms, and insert your logo for a seamless user experience. You can select preferred booking conditions like 50% pre-payments and the required guest information fields.