Possibilities of an online reservation system for courses
If you offer courses or training, you know how important it is to have a reservation system. It can be difficult to manage bookings manually, and customers often have to call to reserve a place. This can lead to frustration on both sides. An online course booking system makes the booking process quick and easy for your customers, and it makes life easier for you too.
The reservation system for courses and training
An online reservation system is the perfect way to streamline the booking process for courses and training. I-Reserve is a leading provider of online reservation systems, and we are proud to offer our services to companies across a wide range of sectors. But what are all the possibilities of the i-Reserve reservation system for you as a provider of courses and training? Also check out our demo page for course reservations .
Benefits of an online reservation system for courses and training
We have already briefly listed a number of advantages, but we would like to go into this in more detail.
- The first major advantage is that the booking process becomes faster and easier for your customers. They can browse through your courses and training dates at their leisure and reserve their place with just a few clicks. There's no need to pick up the phone or send an email and wait for a response - everything can be arranged online.
- This also means it saves you time as you no longer have to answer phone calls and emails about reservations and course dates. All the information your customers need is available on your website, and they can make their reservations without contacting you. A non-binding way to obtain information without students having to book immediately.
- Another big advantage of using an online reservation system is that it helps you keep track of bookings and payments. When a booking has been made, you will receive an email with all the details. This way you can easily keep track of who booked which course and training and when the payment was made. You can also see at a glance whether a course is fully booked or whether there are still places available
- If you provide courses or training, you can also use the online reservation system for your planning. You can link a trainer or a location to a specific course or training. When scheduling a new course, the reservation system will see whether the location and trainer are available at that time. And not only that, you can also automatically reject registrations if the conditions you set are not met. For example, you can set a term for which payment must be made. If payment has not been made, the registration will be automatically rejected and a spot will become available for another student.
- Finally, using an online booking system makes it easier to cross-sell your courses and training. You can add additional products and services to the booking, such as accommodation or transport, and your customers can easily add these to their reservation. This is a great way to increase your income!
Integrations
An online reservation system makes it easy to connect with other systems that may be important to your company. It is also possible to connect with various tools i-Reserve The most popular are the calendar link, accounting link and the link with a payment provider. These links can help with business operations such as processing payments, automatically processing invoices or managing reservations in your agenda or that of your trainers and/or teachers.
Calendar link
If you have activated the calendar link , the reservation for a course or training will automatically be placed in a chosen calendar. Will the reservation be changed or canceled? The reservation system then automatically sends notifications to Outlook and the reservation is adjusted in the agenda. So you only have to set up a connection once and you and your trainers are always up to date! Another big advantage? You always have your reservations at hand, easily in your mobile phone. The calendar link works with Google calendar and Outlook, among others.
Accounting Link
Our accounting link is also widely used. The link with an accounting package such as Exact or Visma ensures that the invoice data is sent to your accounting package. This means you no longer have to manually enter reservation data into your accounting package.
Payment provider
And finally, the linking of the online reservation system to a payment system . By making this link you keep your reservations and payments clear and students can pay for their course or training directly online. i-Reserve you have the option to connect to the payment providers Buckaroo, CardGate, Ingenico, Mollie and Stripe.
The i-Reserve reservation system is suitable for all sectors and companies
You may have noticed that there are many types of online booking systems available, but not all of them are suitable for use in all sectors. Therefore, when looking for an online reservation system, it is important to consider the needs of your business and find a system that is designed to meet those needs. For example, if you have a course-based business, you need a reservation system that allows customers to easily find, book and pay for courses with associated dates and locations. If you run a sports business, you need a booking system that allows customers to book and pay for playing time or training sessions. And if you have a leisure business, you need a system that allows customers to book and pay for activities such as bowling or laser tag. But you may want to combine various activities and/or sectors. Do you have a holiday park where you rent out accommodations and also offers you the option to book activities such as a dinner or an activity? By finding an online booking system that is specifically designed for your business, you can be assured that it will meet all your needs.
I-Reserve's online booking system is modular, meaning we can tailor it to your specific needs and the needs of your business. From online reservations for online courses to virtual tickets, from gift vouchers to subscriptions, from e-tickets to surveys, we have a module that can help you with your business. And we are always improving and expanding our booking system, based on feedback from our customers. So you can be sure that you get the best possible solution for your business. Plus, you only pay for the modules you need, so you don't have to waste money on features you'll never use.
Implementation of the reservation system for courses
Now that we have shown you the benefits of our course reservation system, we would like to talk about the implementation on your website. Many customers dread this in advance, because I am not that technical. And that's probably not possible on my website. But implementing the i-Reserve reservation system on a website is above all very simple and simple. We will create a domain for you on which our reservation system will be installed. The system is completely tailor-made for you and your company. We will then place a "book now" or "reserve now" button on your current website. This button is linked from your website. It doesn't matter whether this is a Wordpress, Jimbo or Prestashop website. Of course, the created domain will have the same styling as your website, so customers will not notice that they are on a different website. They then go through the entire reservation process and everything is automatically entered into your i-Reserve environment.
It is also possible to fully integrate the i-Reserve reservation system on your website. For this purpose, data is retrieved from the reservation system and placed on your website using API calls. An API is a software interface that allows two systems to communicate with each other. This may sound a bit technical, but an API is actually nothing more than a system that requests information from the reservation system, receives an answer and puts it on your website. Of course, you don't have to integrate this completely yourself, we will help you with this.
Try i-Reserve now for 30 days
You can manage everything from one reservation system and automate as much of the process as possible, leaving you time for more fun things. With our smart online reservation system you can keep track of course reservations, customers and payments and send emails and invoices in your own corporate identity. You offer customers insight into available courses, so that they can reserve, pay and manage registrations online. Also show customers which courses are available and let them sign up for a waiting list if a course is full. So why not give it a try for 30 days? You'll be surprised how much benefit an online course booking system can bring to your business.