Tips to increase direct bookings to your campsite or glamping site
Do you want to take more direct online bookings and cut down on the commission you’re giving away? Online travel agencies (OTAs) can be very useful for upping your occupancy in the shoulder months. They can take the sweat out of your marketing efforts, dressing...
Five simple top tips to increase your direct bookings
1) Make sure booking online is simple and easy and make sure your website is mobile friendly 2) Offer prospective guests free upgrades and add-ons for booking direct 3) Give exclusive discounts to specific audiences through discount codes by email, Facebook, Twitter...
Glamping: going somewhere, fast
The outdoor market did once wonder if the glamping phenomenon would fall away just as quickly as it had risen. A simple analysis of the term camping in google searches shows that this is very much a fluctuating seasonal search term, but the term glamping...
Bosinver scoops top award for Family Friendly Accommodation of the Year 2017
Anytime Booking customer Bosinver has just won the Family Friendly Accommodation of the Year category at the 2017 VisitEngland Awards hosted at the Hilton Waldorf Hotel in central London. We are delighted for them - this national award is such an achievement, and it...
Adapting the way we work at Anytime Booking HQ
Leaner, quicker, smarter Agile at Anytime We've come a long way since our humble beginnings with only one developer. As the Anytime team and user community has grown, we are adapting the way that we work. Like many startup businesses, we have gone through...
Take me to church: the rise of champing
Camping is always marching on, always diversifying, always presenting something new. But who would have thought of putting camping and churches together? The Churches Conservation Trust, that's who. Take a disused church steeped in history. Take friends and...
Will you be providing mild camping next season?
A new camping industry trend has been identified by VisitScotland and is set to roll down the length and breadth of the British Isles over the next few seasons. Dubbed ‘mild camping’, it is a type of camping for people who want to experience the wild outdoors but in a...
The Tegstove by Tegology: a stove with serious charge
We met Spencer of Tegology at The Glamping Show this year and were immediately bowled over by his nifty bit of thinking that is set to change how campers think about stoves forever. Is it one of the coolest things we've seen for a while on the camping scene? Yes. Is...
The challenges of a holiday park: increased demand requires increased innovation
In recent years, the UK holiday market has been really up against it. Soaring fuel prices, the credit crunch and some pretty crummy weather saw holidaymakers tightening their belts and opting for cheap holidays abroad or staying at home altogether. However, the...
Every Word Means Business
This blog looks at the best ways to communicate with your guests in the digital era. It covers three key areas to give you food for thought: Making sure your website is working hard enough to best reflect the holiday experience that you are offering. Looking at...