Master Your Availability with Instant Book & Advance Notice
Every day, potential customers visit BoatBooker searching for their perfect water experience. When they find your listing, they’re faced with a choice: book now or keep looking. Without immediate confirmation, many will choose the latter.
Research shows that modern travelers make quick decisions. When forced to wait for booking approval, up to 30% of interested customers will simply move on to competitors offering instant confirmation. The good news is that this problem is completely solvable.
Instant Book: Never Miss a Booking Again
Think of Instant Book as your tireless booking assistant – it’s working 24/7 even when you’re out on the water, fixing your boat, or catching some sleep.
Instant Book highlights your listing in the search results for your location, giving you a unique advantage over the competition. This visual indicator, combined with a ranking boost given to each IB listing, significantly increases your listing’s visibility.
Customers appreciate the convenience of immediate confirmation, which fits their expectations in today’s on-demand economy. For you, this means fewer administrative tasks and more time focused on delivering exceptional experiences rather than managing reservation requests.
Advance Notice: Flexibility Meets Control
Advance Notice settings complement Instant Book by letting you define exactly when automatic bookings are acceptable. This critical feature balances maximizing bookings with maintaining operational control.
Here’s something interesting: nearly half of all BoatBooker reservations happen less than three days before the actual tour date. That’s a huge opportunity if your notice period is short enough to catch these last-minute bookers!
You can tailor your settings to fit how you run your business. Need more prep time on weekends? Set a longer notice period for those days. Slower during certain seasons? Shorten your notice time to capture more spontaneous bookings when you need them most.
Making it Work for You
Getting the most out of these features is easier than you think:
Start by taking an honest look at your operation. If you need two days to prep for tours, set a 48-hour notice period and enable Instant Book for anything beyond that window. It’s that simple.
Don’t be afraid to adjust your settings as seasons change. Swamped during summer? Maybe extend your notice period a bit. Trying to fill empty slots in the off-season? Shorten it up and catch those spontaneous bookings.
Whatever you do, ensure that you update your calendar regularly. That’s the only way Instant Book will truly be useful.
When you combine Instant Book with the right Advance Notice settings, you create a positive cycle: better visibility → more bookings → higher ranking → even better visibility → even more bookings. It’s like having your marketing and booking systems working together perfectly.
The best part? Setting this up takes about five minutes of your time. A small tweak to your booking settings today could mean significantly more customers on your boat tomorrow. Worth a try, wouldn’t you say?
