What is online tour guide booking software?
Vev's tour guide scheduling software is like a flag or an umbrella, it helps you to never lose any participants. Literally, where a flag helps people to keep sight of you in a busy city, booking software helps people to book whatever tour they are interested in whenever they want. You will never lose customers for your tour again.
The booking software gives your touring business a destination on the web. Anyone can go here and look at the various tours you offer, the pricing, and the available times. And book directly from their own phone or laptop without you having to do anything!
Tour guide booking system helps you to organize your business, giving a clear overview of which tours are booked and by who.
With Vev you don’t have to pick up the phone to get participants
Free Tour Guide Software
Next to it being important that the tour reservation system is easy to use for both you and your customers, it should also not take a massive cut of your earnings. That's why we've built an amazing tour booking system for anyone to use for free.
Why, you might wonder, do you offer a tour booking system for free? Well, we have made it our mission to create an equal playing field between all types of tour operators. We believe that it was not fair that large tour operators could use the best tooling, while smaller tour operators were stuck choosing between using crappy booking systems or paying hefty fees.
So we decided to offer the best possible tooling (and continuously improving) for the lowest possible fee (free). Only when you want to have certain pro features, like running automated ads in your city, do we ask for a small fee. But you are never forced to pay, that is a promise.
“Save 2+ hours a week by using an online reservation system ”
How to best use tour scheduling software?
We decided to ask this question to some of the tour operators currently using our tour scheduling software. These are the 7 steps that they came up with:
- Create a page
- Add your tours, prices, number of slots, and available times
- Give your page some nice colors
- Share your link on social media
- Print out your QR code and hang it in spots where many tourists pass through
- See exactly how many people book which tours and prepare accordingly
- Check the monthly wrapped-email to see this month’s earnings
What is the best reservation software for tour operators?
We again asked the tour operators that use Vev as their reservation software for their opinion. But that was a bit ridiculous, this is the list they came up with:
- Vev
We could have known, it makes sense that they use us if they believe that we are the best. Anyway, let’s highlight some features that make us loved by many tour operators from all over the world.
- Super easy-to-use dashboard
- Beautifully designed booking website in your colors
- Automatic reminders to your customers to prevent no-shows
- Payment integration
- Monthly wrapped email showing how ticket sales are going
- All customer information easily accessible
“Don’t get interrupted during the tour, let your customers book their own time slots ”
Can the booking software also be used by small tour operators?
Yes, Vev booking software is used by tour operators big and small from all over the world. As mentioned before, it is our mission to equal the playing field, offering the best tooling to all tour operators.
Booking software will make even the smallest tour operator look super professional. It gives you all the things that big tour operators always brag about:
- A nice looking booking website on desktop and mobile
- Online booking possibility for your tours
- Online payments
- Email to your customers in your brand colors
- CRM for tour operators
- and so much more.
I think the time has come for you to just give it a try. Big or small, the tool is free to use, so why not give it a spin?
Run your city tour business on auto-pilot With your new toolset
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Sell
Marketing
Payments
Business
Learn
Software
Auto pilot
Overview
No-shows
Customers
Checkout fields
Configure your checkout to collect the information you need from your customers. From date of birth to pet names, Vev checkout form will provide the right fields for you.
Fields library
Choose from all the available fields for your business. Make them mandatory or optional—it’s all up to you. Need a new field? Request it directly from your page.
Fields Vev+
Add more specific customer information to run your city tour business even better. For instance add their date of birth, Customer ID, pet name and more.
Checkout
Checkout fields
Configure your checkout to collect the information you need from your customers. From date of birth to pet names, Vev checkout form will provide the right fields for you.
Fields library
Choose from all the available fields for your business. Make them mandatory or optional—it’s all up to you. Need a new field? Request it directly from your page.
Fields
Add more specific customer information to run your city tour business even better. For instance add their date of birth, Customer ID, pet name and more.
Sell
Offering
Decide what you offer at your city. Add descriptions for your city tours, add an image, and best of all set your own prices.
Your day at a glance
See exactly how much your city tour business makes, what your customers join most and even learn how they made their appointment.
Join again
In just a tap your customers become regulars. Get the best date and time for the next appointment. No upcoming appointment? You and your customers are reminded to join a city tour again.
Sell smart
Add options, durations, variations, preparation time, cleanup time and your duration to help your customers join.
Your duration
Some appointments don’t require your attention the whole time, so you can help another customer.
Join deadline
Decide the exact cutoff time for when customers can join a city tour, giving you full control over availability and scheduling.
Time suggestions
With Smart Suggestions, you can streamline your schedule by offering customers a curated selection of the best available times, making it easier for them to join. Alternatively, you can opt for Show All Slots, which highlights the most optimal time slots first but also allows customers to explore the full list of available options.
Coming soon, you’ll also have the option to restrict bookings to Top of the Hour times, giving you even more control over your schedule and helping you cluster appointments efficiently.
Hide items
Hide city tours so you can only join them for your customers.
Marketing
Get reviews from customers
Effortlessly collect reviews from your customers, which will soon appear directly on your page for everyone to see.
Share your link
Add your link to your website and socials. A link in bio could boost the appointments of your city up to 40%.
Personalize emails
Create personalized emails for appointments to engage clients and strengthen your business.
Add Vev to your website
Add Vev to your website with two options: a popup booking button or a fully embedded booking widget for seamless customer acquisitions.
Cover your city tour business
Add a cover to your header that matches your city. Impress your customers of your city tour business even more.
Join with a QR-code
Make it easy for your customers to join city tours by placing your QR code on flyers, business cards, stickers, posters, or any other visible spots in the city. With just a quick scan on their phone, they can access your services effortlessly, no extra steps needed.
Policy
Set up a clear policy that outlines your terms for bookings, cancellations, refunds, and any additional fees. Defining these guidelines helps manage customer expectations and reduces the risk of disputes.
Page description
Write a catchy slogan or description that highlights what makes your city tour business special. This helps your customers share and recommend you to others.
Show your colors
Set the tone for your page by choosing colors that represent the city. These will create a cohesive look across your page, tools, and emails, aligning everything with your unique brand.
Social handles
Add the profiles of the city from Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X, and your website to connect with customers and expand your online reach.
Payments
Get paid ahead
Have your customers pay ahead for their appointment. Only if you want to, you're the tour guide, and you are in control.
Deposits
Have your customers put down a deposit to get their appointment. This has proven to reduce no-shows.
Tap to Pay on iPhone
Accept contactless payments with only your iPhone. No extra terminals or hardware needed.
Scan to pay
Let your customers scan your QR for you to get paid. Vev will keep track of who has paid for their city tour so your city tour business administration is always up to date.
Discounts
It's easy to give your customer a discount on their city tour. Choose a percentage or fixed amount. Whatever works best for your city tour business.
Add amount
Add a percentage or fixed amount to the price of the appointment, in the simplest way possible for you as a tour guide.
Save costs, no extra payment devices
No need to fill in the amount again. Or sync, connect and pay for that extra device in your city. Simply use your phone to have customers pay for their city tours on the spot.
Refunds
Choose if customers who've paid ahead will automatically be refunded when their appointment is cancelled.
Payments work out of the box
Payments are set up very easy. So you can get paid out of the gate.
Policy
Set up a clear policy that outlines your terms for bookings, cancellations, refunds, and any additional fees. Defining these guidelines helps manage customer expectations and reduces the risk of disputes.
Business
Your overview of city tours
See exactly who will get what city tour, and at what time the appointment is due.
Your opening hours
You decide when the city is open (or closed) for appointments.
Choose a time and date
Let your customers pick a time that suits them best, while you stay in control by deciding how strict or flexible your scheduling rules are.
Add your breaks
Plan when you want a fixed break. Looking for more flexibility? Turn on smart breaks.
Add 'Me time'
Got a personal appointment? With just a tap you can block time off. This way customers can't make an appointment.
Exceptions
Want to stay open on public holidays or take a well-deserved vacation? You’re in full control of the city’s hours.
Join deadline
Decide the exact cutoff time for when customers can join a city tour, giving you full control over availability and scheduling.
Daily exports
Access your sales records by day—whether it’s historic data, today’s sales, or future bookings.
Capacity
Set up the number of customers you can have at the same time.
Sync to your calendar
Automatically sync (one way) your appointments to your personal calendar app.
Ahead of time
Set up your booking horizon, this let you define how far in the future customers are able to join city tours.
Your duration
Some appointments don’t require your attention the whole time, so you can help another customer.
Notifications for you
When your customer makes an appointment, cancelation or change you will receive a notification.
Time suggestions
With Smart Suggestions, you can streamline your schedule by offering customers a curated selection of the best available times, making it easier for them to join. Alternatively, you can opt for Show All Slots, which highlights the most optimal time slots first but also allows customers to explore the full list of available options.
Coming soon, you’ll also have the option to restrict bookings to Top of the Hour times, giving you even more control over your schedule and helping you cluster appointments efficiently.
Exports
Export data from the city effortlessly on a monthly or yearly basis. Get detailed insights into all your appointments, including tax details, providing you with everything you need to stay informed and in control.
Learn
Your month wrapped up
Every month we email you analytics of last months' appointments, cancelations, most popular city tours and revenue. This way you know exactly how your city is doing.
Your day at a glance
See exactly how much your city tour business makes, what your customers join most and even learn how they made their appointment.
Software
Works on every device
Vev works on phones, tablets, computers and more. If you have internet in your city then you are good!
Works out of the box
Vev comes loaded with everything needed for the city right out of the box. And based on your usage it learns and gets better.
Free software updates
Vev gets better every day, and every upgrade is automatically added. No need to upgrade or install. Every month you receive an overview of the updates for the city.
It's your data
It's your data. The customer information is yours. Vev doesn't sell, resell, target or advertise with the data from your city tour business. Of course not!
Works everywhere
Vev is translated in English, Dutch, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish, Polish, Hungarian, Romanian and Czech. With more coming. It also supports over 100 currencies.
Auto pilot
Emails
Every appointment, cancellation, change and reminder is automatically sent to your customers. Emails are sent in your style so they feel familiar to your customers.
Appointment reminders
On the day of the appointment, your customer receives a reminder from you. It's send automatically and includes all the information of their city tour.
Your month wrapped up
Every month we email you analytics of last months' appointments, cancelations, most popular city tours and revenue. This way you know exactly how your city is doing.
Share your link
Add your link to your website and socials. A link in bio could boost the appointments of your city up to 40%.
Bookkeeping
Make your administration of the city run smooth.
Plus, a lot more
There's a lot more coming in Vev+ that will make doing business even easier. But we keep those under wraps for the moment.
Personalize emails
Create personalized emails for appointments to engage clients and strengthen your business.
Item suggestions
Creating the right mix of city tours is essential to attract and retain customers—but it doesn’t have to be complicated. Our suggestions are here to guide you every step of the way. With personalized recommendations based on industry trends and your city tour business, you can quickly set up a winning selection of offerings. Let us help you create the perfect lineup so you can focus on growing your city tour business.
Overview
Calendar view
See all your city tour guide appointments in a calendar view.
Your overview of city tours
See exactly who will get what city tour, and at what time the appointment is due.
Your day at a glance
See exactly how much your city tour business makes, what your customers join most and even learn how they made their appointment.
Today's customers
Your daily overview of customers. Showing you exactly who's you will see today, and an easy way to let you join again.
Delivery overview
See exactly where and at what time you need to deliver city tours. Everything shown on an interactive map to make it crystal clear for you!
Notifications for you
When your customer makes an appointment, cancelation or change you will receive a notification.
Sync to your calendar
Automatically sync (one way) your appointments to your personal calendar app.
Your month wrapped up
Every month we email you analytics of last months' appointments, cancelations, most popular city tours and revenue. This way you know exactly how your city is doing.
No-shows
Appointment reminders
On the day of the appointment, your customer receives a reminder from you. It's send automatically and includes all the information of their city tour.
Policy
Set up a clear policy that outlines your terms for bookings, cancellations, refunds, and any additional fees. Defining these guidelines helps manage customer expectations and reduces the risk of disputes.
Change the time
Customers can change the time of their upcoming appointment as long as the cancelation deadline hasn't passed.
Add to Calendar
Customers can add the appointment to their calendar. This way they receive a notification before their city tour. The address, travel time and link to their confirmation page can be found in the event details.
Add to wallet
After customers join city tours, they get a pass for their digital wallet. When added they get a notification on their phone at the right time. The pass contains all the details like; date, time, location, total cost, payment details and link.
Emails
Every appointment, cancellation, change and reminder is automatically sent to your customers. Emails are sent in your style so they feel familiar to your customers.
Customer details
For tour guides it's super handy to have all the details of customers at their finger tips. Allowing you to send a text, call or email whenever you need.
Cancelation deadline
Set a deadline for when customers can cancel for free, giving you more control over your schedule and protecting your time. When a cancellation is made, customers will automatically receive an email with a link to easily schedule their next city tour with your city tour business, ensuring a smooth and professional experience.
Customer history
See exactly what city tour your customer joined before.
Customers
Fields
Add more specific customer information to run your city tour business even better. For instance add their date of birth, Customer ID, pet name and more.
Get reviews from customers
Effortlessly collect reviews from your customers, which will soon appear directly on your page for everyone to see.
Customer list
See or find your most valuable customers. This lets you build relationships and get more appointments.
Edit customers
Edit customer details, merge and remove to keep your customer list up to date.
Customer details
For tour guides it's super handy to have all the details of customers at their finger tips. Allowing you to send a text, call or email whenever you need.
Add notes
Add notes about your customers. These notes show up around the appointment, so you can pick up the conversation with your customer where you left off last time.
Today's customers
Your daily overview of customers. Showing you exactly who's you will see today, and an easy way to let you join again.
Join again
In just a tap your customers become regulars. Get the best date and time for the next appointment. No upcoming appointment? You and your customers are reminded to join a city tour again.
It's your data
It's your data. The customer information is yours. Vev doesn't sell, resell, target or advertise with the data from your city tour business. Of course not!
Customer history
See exactly what city tour your customer joined before.