Travel and Hospitality App Solutions2018-10-01T12:40:43+00:00

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MOBILE APP DEVELOPMENT FOR TRAVEL AGENCIES

With travel and hospitality industry going online, mobile app development for travel agencies and hospitality industry is now a necessity. This is opening a wide spectrum of services for the booking and renting of various travel related services & therefore we incorporate various agile methodologies and revenue models of development for the travel booking and renting platforms.

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Understand Travel And Hospitality Niches in detail

The coming sections will describe in detail about major niches in mobile app development for travel agencies and hospitality industry, namely Vacation Rental App Development, Hotel Booking App Development, Travel Portal Development and On-demand Car/ Truck/Boat Booking App Development.

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VACATION RENTAL APP PLATFORMS

HOTEL BOOKING PLATFORMS

FLIGHT / BUS / TRAIN / CAR BOOKING TRAVEL PORTALS

ON-DEMAND CAR/ TRUCK/ BOAT BOOKING PLATFORMS

Vacation Rental App Development

When we undertake mobile app development for travel agencies, especially Vacation Rental App Development, famously known as Bed & Breakfast platforms, we keep in mind the registration modules for the hosts and the guests, search for the place, listing of the property, registration for both the hosts and the guests, calendar integration, secure payment gateways, and similar other services providing an end to end app solution.

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Target Audience of Vacation Rental App Platform

Age

The target audience for vacation rental platform is the ones with the age of 25-40 years. Apart from this, the people with the age of 45-55 years are the second most involved audience for this portal.

Demography

A vacation rental platform mostly works well for the US audience. While Asian countries are pacing up with the numbers, UK audience is elevating towards the bed and breakfast portal.

Technology

Vacation Rental App development should facilitate going through the pictures of the rental, neighborhood, street view, and the amenities and experiences. Thus, web apps hold an upper hand in the venture rather than the Android and iOS technology.

Gender

Most of the bookings done on vacation rental platform show a whopping dominance of the females than males.

Revenue Structure of Vacation Rental App Platform

Commissions

Commissions from the hosts, service charges from the guests.

Surcharges

Surcharges in case any one of the host or guest cancels the booking.

Comprehensiveness of Vacation Rental App Platform

User Management

Vacation Rental App Development should take care of the management of booking, sharing contact details of the guests and hosts, booking of experiences, the safety of the guests, insurance for the hosts, managing the transfer of the fund to the hosts.

Cancellation

Handling the cancellation from the host side or from the guest side, deducting the amount of the commission from the booking amount should conveniently form part of the vacation rental app development.

Business Easiness of Vacation Rental App Platform

Marketing

Since the hosts are involved as the front stakeholder in Vacation Rental platform, the word of mouth publicity can be done by them thereby providing them with the ease to marketing.

Analytics

In Vacation Rental App, analytics and reports can help the admin to look for the opportunities for the expansion.

Modules for

Vacation Rental App Development

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Sign in/Sign up for Host and Guest

When vacation rental app development takes place, two separate sign up and sign in i.e for the hosts and the guests should be kept in mind.

Become a Host

The eligibility criteria for the host are to be defined when Vacation Rental App Development takes place. Once, the host fulfills the criteria, they can list out the property on the platform.

Search for the Place

Vacation rental app development must be done with an on-site search option. An option to search for a vacation rental property should be provided for the users.

Listing of Property

While vacation rental app development is done, a systematic way to list the property of the host is provided, with an easy way to add all the amenities and in-house facilities.

Calendar Integration

The calendar integration is provided so that the guests can see the dates of availability and make the booking. Providing the calendar integration for the hosts when vacation rental app development takes place, helps the hosts to block bookings for the days the guests make reservations with them.

Number of Guests

While vacation rental app development takes place, the guests are given the option to specify the number of guests – dividing them into adults and children.

Categorizing

The categorizing of the property on the basis of the condo, boathouses, farmhouses, apartments, rentals, etc are kept in mind when vacation rental app development is done.

Booking for Experiences

Providing the option to view the experiences and book for the same from the platform itself.

Booking for Places

Offering the options to search for the places and destinations and prompting the travelers to book from the platform itself.

Featuring the Properties

When the hosts pay for the subscription, their properties can be put into the feature list.

Featuring of Experiences

When the host of the experiences pays the subscription charges as specified by the admin, their experiences can be featured.

24X7 Customer Support

Integrating the feature to provide an overall customer support for the hosts and the guests.

Insurance for the Host's Property

Providing the options for the insurance of the host’s property.

Verification of the IDs

The verification of the ID of the host should be done once they provide their government proof.

Linking to Social Media Accounts

The account of the hosts and the guests should be linked to the platform so that they can verify their identity.

Multiple Currencies

Allowing the access to multiple currencies, so that the travelers can make the payments in a hassle-free manner.

Multiple Languages

Providing the support to multiple languages so that the travelers can make their bookings effortlessly.

Revenue Structure

The management of the commission can be done by the admin in a way that the revenue is managed.

Listing Detail Page

The hosts should be provided with an option to list out the properties along with the related images, policies, and amenities.

Wishlist

Allowing the users to create a separate list of the destinations they would like to visit in future.

Neighborhoods

Providing the feature for the travelers to view their neighborhoods and the streets.

Contact Sharing

After the booking is done, the hosts and the guests should be provided with an option to share the contact so that they can discuss further about the arrival.

Review and Ratings for Both the Host and Guest

When vacation rental app development is done, a feature for reviews is attached where the guest and the host are able to rate each other and on the basis of those reviews, their value can be known to all.

Hotel Booking App Development

When we talk about mobile app development for travel agencies and hospitality industry, the business of the hotel booking is quite comprehensive amongst all, with a lot of features and booking modules. Moreover, such platforms are not dedicated to only hotels but also exhibit the related features to book for the experiences and similar amenities. Accordingly, we stand tall to develop the frontend, backend, and user-friendly features.

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Target Audience of Hotel Booking App Platform

Age

On the basis of the general Internet population, college and young adults exhibit over-representation in the portal.

Demography

Due to more engagement by the US audience, more of hotel booking app development is seen more than the rest of the world. Whereas, the audience of UK and Australia is pacing up after the Asian audience for such a platform.

Technology

The desired mode of operation to book hotels has been online and through mobile apps. IOS and Android apps provide the perfect ecosystem to launch one such module.

Gender

Relative to the general research carried out, males extensively use such platforms for hotel booking and leisure stay.

Revenue Structure of Hotel Booking App Platform

Commissions

The commissions from the flight listings and the service charges from the travelers.

Cancellation Charges

The cancellation charges can be obtained in case the traveler cancels the booking and from the flight booking company, if at all the flight/ bus gets cancels based on various circumstances.

Comprehensiveness of Hotel Booking App Platform

Reservations

Handling the reservations of the flights/buses, showing the number of seats and the ones that are booked, and creating specialized discounts and deals for the loyal travelers.

Booking Management

Handling the upgradation of seats, current booking, updates of the features in the application, managing the cancellation from the traveler and the owner’s side.

Business Easiness of Hotel Booking App Platform

Platform Independent

Ready adoption of the platform and easy listing of the flights/buses by the owners.

Easy Acquisition

Impressive revenue model and ease with the customer acquisition.

Modules for

Hotel Booking App Development

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Search Hotels

While Hotel Booking App Development takes place, allowing the travelers to search for the hotels online from the page on-site is a must-have feature.

Check in/Check out

Providing the users with the option to enter the check-in and checkout dates for their stay must be taken care during hotel booking app development.

Number of Rooms

During hotel booking app development, the users should be provided with an option to specify the number of rooms that can accommodate the number of travels and the number of rooms.

Extra Amenities

While hotel booking app development, providing the option for the users to select the extra amenities if at all they need it is a good thing to go with.

Member Pricing

An option is provided for the travelers to subscribe to the membership plans through which they can avail discounts.

Last Minute Reservation

Allowing the travelers to make the last minute reservations of the hotels through a separate booking feature with a bit more price should be considered while hotel booking app development.

Holiday Activities

An option can be provided to the travelers to make the bookings from the platform itself, not only restricting to the bookings of the hotels.

Deals

A separate feature should be provided wherein the users can view the details of the best deals on the hotel booking and can claim the same.

Manage Listings of Hotels

Allowing the feature for the admin to manage the listings of hotels and make any updates and changes in the policies form an important part of the hotel booking app development.

Discover

Hotel booking app development must encompass the option to the travelers to discover the hotels with their specific needs according to their choices and preferences and specific needs.

Customer Support

Hotel booking app development must incorporate the feature which allows the customer support round the clock for any queries regarding the booking made or any inconvenience caused to the travelers.

Cancellation

One of the important feature to take care when hotel booking app development is done is to provide the travelers with an option to cancel the booking made.

Refund Management

On the basis of the cancellation policies of the platform and the hoteliers, the travelers should be able to claim the refund and the same is to be managed while hotel booking app development.

TRAVEL PORTAL DEVELOPMENT

When we are in charge of mobile app development for travel agencies, we take care of the whole of travel portal development i.e for the flight/bus/ train platform. We handle the daunting task to incorporate various features of registration, preferences, extra amenities and preferences, last minute reservation, deals and discounts that serves the purpose for both – the booking firm as well as the travelers.

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Target Audience of Travel Portal App

Age

On the basis of the general Internet population, college and young adults exhibit over-representation in the portal.

Demography

The audience of US shows more engagement in the booking of such a portal. While the audience of UK and Australia is pacing up after the Asian audience for such a platform.

Technology

For booking the flights/ bus, the best usage the audiences make is of Android and iOS technology and web app are suitable for the admin to make the management of the platform.

Gender

In the travel portal development industry, when the general research was carried out it was shown that males extensively use such platforms for the booking of their travel and trips.

Revenue Structure of Travel Portal App

Commissions

The commissions from the flight listings and the service charges from the travelers build the revenue structure of travel portals.

Cancellation Charges

The cancellation charges can be obtained in case the traveler cancels the booking and from the flight booking company, if at all the flight/ bus gets cancels based on various circum stances.

Extra Charges

Charging extra for the window seats, on the luxury provided to the travelers, and their food choices also for a part of the revenue structure in travel portal development

Comprehensiveness of Travel Portal App

Reservations

Handling the reservations of the flights/buses, showing the number of seats and the ones that are booked, and creating specialized discounts and deals for the loyal travelers.

Booking Management

Handling the upgradation of seats, current booking, updates of the features in the application, managing the cancellation from the traveler and the owner’s side.

Business Easiness of Travel Portal App

Platform Independent

When travel portal development takes place, it should be made such that there is a ready adoption of the platform and easy listing of the flights/buses by the owners.

Easy Acquisition

Impressive revenue model and the ease with the customer acquisition leads to the high demand in travel portal developemnt.

Modules For

Travel Portal Development

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Search for Flights/ Bus/ Train

Travel portal development starts with providing for the travelers to search for the flights/bus/ trains online from the page on-site.

From-to Destination

Providing the travelers with an option to enter their place of start to place of their destination is an essential part in travel portal development.

Number of Travelers

While travel portal development takes place, the travelers should be provided with options to specify the number of co-travelers and accordingly travel will be planned.

Extra Preferences

Allowing the users to select their seat as per their preferences is a feature to be taken care of when travel portal development happens.

Member Pricing

An option should be provided for the travelers to subscribe to the membership plans through which they can avail discounts for their mode of traveling.

Last Minute Reservation

Travel portal development must allow the travelers to make the last minute bookings for the flights/ bus/ trains through a separate booking feature with a bit more price.

Deals

A separate feature should be provided wherein the travelers can view the details of the best deals on the flight/ train/ bus booking and can claim the same.

Customer Support

A feature for any queries regarding the booking made or any inconvenience caused should be incorporated when travel portal development is done.

Cancellation

The travelers should be provided with an option to cancel the booking made for their flight/ bus/ train.

Refund Management

On the basis of the cancellation policies of the platform and the airlines/ bus portals/ trains, the travelers should be able to claim the refund and the same is to be managed.

On-demand Car/ Truck/ Boat Booking Platform Development

On-demand car/ truck/ boat booking platforms requires to be in sync with the real-time and so the rental platforms are to be designed such that it quickly picks up the service providers and the renters and connect them together in the same platform that can facilitate both the hosts and the guests and maintain the revenue structure.

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Target Audience of On-Demand Car/ Truck/ Boat Booking Platform

Age

The age group of 25-40 years is the target audience for on-demand car/ truck/ boat booking platform. Also, the audience with the age of 45-55 years is increasing on this platform.

Demography

An on-demand car/ truck/ boat booking platform works well for the US audience. While Asian audiences are increasing with the numbers, UK audience is elevating towards these portals.

Technology

Such on-demand car/ truck/ boat booking platform requires the integration of pictures of car/ truck/ boats and related experiences. Thus, web apps hold an upper hand for the platform rather than Android and iOS technology.

Gender

The on-demand car/ truck/ boat booking platform shows the supremacy of the males over females for the use of such a platform.

Revenue Structure of On-Demand Car/ Truck/ Boat Booking Platform

Commissions

On-demand car/ truck/ boat booking platform’s revenue is from the commissions from the hosts and from the service charges from the guests.

Surcharges

Another source of revenue for the on-demand car/ truck/ boat booking platform is the surcharge charged in case of anyone, either the host or guest cancels the booking.

Comprehensiveness of On-Demand Car/ Truck/ Boat Booking Platform

Booking Handling

Handling the booking of the rental, passing on the contact details of the guests and hosts, safety measures for the guests, insurance for the hosts, managing the transfer of the fund to the host etc. is handled on the on-demand car/ truck/ boat booking platform.

Cancellation Management

Managing the cancellation from the host side, handling the cancellation from the guest side, cutting the amount of the commission from the rental booking amount for the host and related process is taken care by the on-demand car/ truck/ boat booking platform.

Business Easiness of On-Demand Car/ Truck/ Boat Booking Platform

Ease Of Marketing

Since the hosts are involved as the front stakeholder, the word of mouth publicity is the main source of marketing for the on-demand car/ truck/ boat booking platform.

Analytics

The analytics and reports can help the admin to look for the chances of expansion.

Modules for

On-demand Car/Truck/Boat Booking Platforms

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Sign in/Sign up for Host and Guest

The on-demand car/ truck/ boat booking platform development allows the host and the guest to separately register and make searches accordingly.

Become a Host

The eligibility criteria for the host are to be defined during the on-demand car/ truck/ boat booking platform development. Once, the host fulfills the criteria he can list out his service.

Search for the Place

A feature added  to the on-demand car/ truck/ boat booking platform development is to make a search from the on-site page which is a must-have on the platform.

Listing of Amenities

The on-demand car/ truck/ boat booking platform development helps to lists the amenities along with the images of the rentals. These help the host to mention all the amenities and facilities can he can provide.

Calendar Integration

The calendar integration is provided during the on-demand car/ truck/ boat booking platform development so that the guests can see the dates of availability and make the booking. Accordingly, the calendar integration shows the date of bookings for the facility.

Number of Travelers

Providing the option to enter the number of the travelers so that the results will be shown accordingly.

Categorizing

The categorizing of the rental can be made on the basis of the model of the car/ boat.

Featuring of Rental

The rentals listed by the hosts can be featured once they propose to pay the subscription price.

24X7 Customer Support

Integrating the feature to provide an overall customer support for the hosts and the guests.

Insurance for the Host's Property

Providing the options for the insurance of the host’s property.

Verification of the IDs

The verification of the ID of the host should be done once they provide their government proof.

Linking to Social Media Accounts

The account of the hosts and the guests should be linked to the platform so that they can verify their identity.

Multiple Currencies

Allowing the access to multiple currencies, so that the travelers can make the payments in a hassle-free manner.

Multiple Languages

Providing the support to multiple languages so that the travelers can make their bookings effortlessly.

Revenue Structure

The management of the commission can be done by the admin in a way that the revenue is managed.

Listing Detail Page

The hosts should be provided with an option to list out the rentals along with the related images, policies, and amenities.

Contact Sharing

After the booking is done, the hosts and the guests should be provided with an option to share the contact so that they can discuss further.

Review and Ratings for Both the Host and Guest

The guest and the host should be able to rate each other and on the basis of those reviews their value can be known.

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How your Idea can Impact on the type of Market

Before commencing the project of mobile app development for travel agencies, we keep in mind what domain is the web application about and will fit in best for – whether for bed & breakfast booking platforms, hotel booking platforms, flight/bus/train/car booking travel portal, on-demand car/ truck/ boat rental platforms.

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Impact Of The Business

When we undertake the mobile app development for travel agencies and depending on the type of their Travel and Hospitality Industry, i.e whether they are looking for a vacation rental app development, hotel booking app development or flight/ bus/ train booking, on-demand car/truck/boat booking platform or a complete travel portal development, we define the entire flow of the application and brainstorm for the functionality that complements the concept of the application.

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User Persona

Before taking up any project in mobile app development for travel agencies, we allocate quality time in learning the behavior of the user personas that will be involved into the application.

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Demand Based Marketing

On the basis of the choices and preferences of the users, we intensively manage the project of mobile app development for travel agencies that are sure to capture the attention of the users, thereby making the process of customer acquisition effortless.

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Functionality

On the basis of the functionality of the mobile app development for travel agencies, we come up with the features for the application which will work well for the travel and hospitality niche.

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Envision

Any industry or business requires a seed to be sown before it flourishes, and our seed of motive to be in mobile app development for travel agencies is the idea that clients bring to us for its development into a fully functional application that fulfills their vision behind embarking the project development.

Research

We believe in making our groundwork sturdy with extensive research on all the aspects related to the idea of mobile app development for travel agencies under consideration, as this research will be portrayed in the application that will be delivered at the end.

Clarity of functions

After conducting deep research on the idea of mobile app development for travel agencies, we come up with a list of functionalities that will be reflected in the application. All the features are listed in this stage, whether they are basic, advanced or suggested by us.

Strategy

This is the time when the techies enter the scene and the entire strategy is planned for mobile app development for travel agencies on the basis of the research and the features to be added into the application. This process is carried out into two stages: Design Strategy & Technical Strategy.

Branding

After planning the strategies for designing the front-end of mobile app development for travel agencies to the customer’s satisfaction, we focus on the creating brand awareness with the effective design and placements of brand logos, favicons, and taglines.

Design

In the journey of mobile app development for travel agencies, and to reach a fully-functional application, priority and detailed attention is given to the UI design for enhancing the appearance and UX for a feel-good factor of the application.

Database Architecture

For getting access to the data within instants related to the mobile app development for travel agencies, we employ practical database architecture that helps the application to provide content and viewing ability without a lot of buffer time.

Front-End Development

All the results of the above phases are poured in this stage to design the front end as per the design that is visualized and fabricated by the designers in the former stages. This gives birth to an impressive front end of the mobile app for travel agencies and which then goes into the next phase to become functional.

Back-End Development

Time to pour life into the front end developed in the previous stage. The backend is designed to control, handle, and manage the entire application, a function-rich backend is designed for the admin end, giving rise to a thorough mobile app for travel agencies.

Testing

Once the modules are done with the integration to form a complete mobile app for travel agencies, the testing of each function and module is undertaken. By making use of unit, regression and integration testing, bugs that pop-up is fixed and the maintenance of the application is done.

User Acceptance Testing/Client Review

Once the flow of the mobile app development for travel agencies is constructed, we re-validate the direction and aspects leading till the end, and hence, we are able to keep our promise of delivering the best mobile app for travel agencies in the market within the estimated time frame.

Deployment

After the entire project i.e when the mobile app for travel agencies is ready and confirmed by the client too, then comes the actual time for its deployment. In the deployment stage, the application is handed over to the client, configured and explained in detail.

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