All-rounder PMS Software with fantastic online channel integration and automation

Overall RMS has increased our efficiency, after some initial adjustments during the integration phase. The comprehensive reporting capabilities provide valuable insights quickly and easily, and the online 2-way integration cuts down manual booking input and admin considerably, along with the payment gateway integration for processing payments. Will definitely recommend to other Serviced Apartment providers looking for a modern, cloud-based PMS with efficient channel integrations and customisation options for various setups.

Pros

The best part about the software is having everything in the one place to create, confirm, and process bookings including sending correspondence accessible anywhere from any device. The ability to connect an online payment gateway has greatly increased productivity and efficiency to allow staff to process payments quickly and easily without leaving their desk. The online channel connection is seamless and has reduced a lot of manual staff input for OTA reservations.

Cons

While the integration team have been great, there are still a few things we require to be able to satisfy our full accounting reporting requirements quickly and efficiently for our business set up. Granted, it does differ to some other properties, however we do require a few enhancements for this to be efficient for us.
The online booking engine, while cost effective and easy to use is quite limited and does not do much to compete with OTA's to enhance the property's direct bookings - this is potential room for enhancement.

RMS is a pretty easy to use software given the amount of features it provides its customers.

At the end of the day, it does the basic functions which is to be able to book reservations and take payments.

Pros

Easy to learn

Has about every feature one would ever need

Visually pleasing and easy to follow.

Love the menu search function.

Cons

Customer support is hit or miss. Some are great and others are awful, so it's very frustrating. You should have people specialize in certain functions and then route calls accordingly. System is too big for everyone to know everything.

The timing/money for customer reports is just absurd. Even making an "enhancement" to a report that's already out there is a ridiculously long process. You should have a division of your development team dedicated to this so the requests don't take so long.

All reports should have the option to run as rate type as opposed to just site type. Not everyone designates specific sites as specific rate types, so it's hard to run your business.

Should be able to batch reports to schedule to send to users as opposed to each one being it's own email.

Occupancy report needs more options: ie: reservation status.

Should have a yearly user conference in the US.

RMS9+

Having used RMS now for more than 11 years the experience has been a good and happy one. The support is 2nd to none and I have always had a good and helpful response from all the support staff. It would have to be a very dynamic and vastly different system to get us away from RMS.

Pros

The software is user friendly and fairly self explanatory. Holding past guest details is critical and being able to go back and analyse and review past periods is very important. The ease with which most things are able to be done is a big plus and the suitability for multiple users makes it a valuable reservations tool.

Cons

Ideally it would help if we could correct errors easier and delete invalid information that is out of date such as rates, users, room types etc. Unfortunately this cannot be done once the rate has been used meaning that we now have dozens of rates (literally) that we no longer use but cannot delete from the system.

RMS Software is an Essential Management Tool for the Accommodation & Tourism Industry

RMS offers a very high standard of easy to use software and most importantly an excellent support team that are always by your side. The best part of operating in the hospitality cloud is having piece of mind knowing that all data is safe & secure with RMS, & no software back ups are required RMS takes care of it all freeing up value time for Management to get on with running their operation in the busy accommodation & tourism industry. Thank you to all of the RMS Team, proud to partner with a Great Australian product from the Land Down Under.

Pros

RMS Software is excellent for the accommodation industry the extremely large data base is a must for repeat Guests to offer a more personal experience & is also a great security tool for keeping track of problem Guests.

Cons

Group bookings can be tricky however RMS has a great support team.

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Overall it has been one of the easiest program to use.

Pros

Easy to in and out of accounts. The Customer service is great.

Cons

Having to go through Google Chrome to log on. Before we had an icon and through that Icon we went to the the software, now we press on the Icon and the it goes through Google Chrome and it is annoying. I keep on closing the software by error because when I open a search page not related to RMS and then close it, I keep on closing the RMS page as well, It was better when it was a stand alone button.


Also there seems to be a problem with emailing tax invoices to customers, sometimes it goes blank.

There are also to many steps to go through now to print a tax invoice. Customers seems to get a bit edgy to wait for more that a few seconds.

Couldn't be happier!

Excellent. It has been frustrating at times, but is running extremely well for us now. We have 2 operators here and because it's on the cloud, I can access the bookings from anywhere in the world on my phone.

Pros

That all our campsites, and accommodation could be listed separately, linked to our website and to other booking agents.
The reports are excellent. I have been asked to change to different software, but the RMS reports can't be matched.
The software is constantly improving.
I have records over the last 10 years.
It's easy to change bookings as information comes in.

Cons

People have reported problems with doing online bookings, but we can't see why.
It takes a while to learn how to use it.
Some of the setting up is complicated.

GREAT SUPPORT AND FOLLOW

It is so nice to be able to have the same person to deal with 90% of the time as they know how you operate and we can fully understand one another

Pros

Great backup support in such excellent time

Cons

Just the different layout of what I have been used to for years

had a few minor changes all handled by Angie Bernard - AWESOME EMPLOYEE...worth her weight in gold !

works great with our RV Resort reservations

Pros

software is good...most interested in the customer service !! Anytime I have had any issues they have been taken care of by Angie. I have been involved since the beginning with selecting RMS and have worked with and still have access to and talk with Todd Sabo occasionally . I believe you all use our property and set-up as a model for prospective clients

Cons

can't really say anything bad about the software...every once in awhile it glitches out but it's software !!!

Fantastic Customer Service.

I love the customer service, they are amazing, so quick, so good. Just the customer service alone is worth having this product.

Pros

It's reasonably easy to use and as the years go by I am learning more and more about it. The tutorials that the customer representative gives are most enlightening and I've learned heaps from those.

Cons

It crashes at least once/day. Generally the busy part of the day.

The reservation system is intuitive and easy to use.

No double bookings! Better accounting and front desk controls!!!

Pros

The real-time online bookings!! If a customer is booking a site or cabin online, it becomes unavailable to the front desk staff. This has eliminated double bookings! It is not clunky like campground manager.

Cons

The error messages after the developers install an improvement. I love the fact that they listen to their customers and respond to improve the customer experience but wish they would do more testing before rolling the improvements out.

Good program

We only really use the program to record the reservations other than that its a bit complicated when you don't have a lot of time to spend sitting in front of the computer going through the knowledge base to work out how things work.

Pros

Easy to use the basic functions
Easy to input reservation details and send out confirmations and registration cards.
Don't use the system for much more than that.
Go back to rms9 to set our rates as its a complicated process and haven't had the time to sit in front of the knowledge base and work it all out.

Cons

Lack of training when we up graded to RMS9+
Not easy to follow some of the help and knowledge base

Training is excellent. They go out of their way to help get setup.

Pros

Automation and Flexibility are so important. I can change the software to fit our company and not the other way around. Having the ability to change menus and pricing myself means the only thing slowing down my company is me.

Cons

When saving tickets, it takes 3 to 5 seconds, that's a lot of time for small-talk with customers. To print a receipt it can take another 30 seconds just to start printing. Time better spent helping other customers

Sunstrip Park Pty Ltd

As an over 50's lifestyle village, we don't use the online bookings components although I have in previous holiday parks. The utilities processing is fantastic on RMS as I can do all costs eg, service availability, usage and sewerage usage with just one process, could not do this with our old system. This has cut down my meter processing time by half. The owners are very impressed with this system.

Pros

We have recently installed RMS. I have used RMS in previous parks I have managed. I suggested RMS for this company as not only am I familiar with it, but compared to others I have used, RMS had the best features and support. Any requests that I have initiated have been answered on the same day.

Cons

The only thing I don't like is that when I do a site fee increase (we are an over 50's lifestyle village, and as such only have permanent residents)the receipt still shows the old site fee and then the current charge is the new rate. I would like to see this altered.

Highly recommended

Since going cloud based we have had a lot more flexibility, during our core business off season we can travel, or relief manage, anywhere we have internet access, and customers and guests don't know any difference.

Pros

RMS is easy to use, support has been great and prompt when needed, a lot better support than other FOH programs we have used when relief managing.
Currently enjoying the freedom of been able to work from where ever suits- home - office - travelling or relief managing, cloud has made our working a lot more flexible.

Cons

Keeping up with the improvements and options available! Good problem to have.

receptionist

excellent

Pros

assistance is only a phone call or email away.
Find it very easy to use.

Cons

erros when up grades are done.
screen freezes some time

RMS is always very helpful

Our rep is always such a pleasure to deal with and so very helpful. Keep up the great service

Pros

The service is always good and quick and nothing is a problem to her.

Cons

The updates and no advice that it has happened or if it is done on end of month

Great Product

Our accountant uses the Trust Accounting feature and he is happy with it

Pros

Easy to use once you get a hang of it
Like the restrictions we can place for public holidays
Like the home screen wallpaper change feature
Like the dashboard setup

Cons

Payments can't be split for group bookings
The old Tariff/OTA Mgmt needs to be merged with the new Tariff Manager feature
It should have an extranet for RMS Book now botton for reports purposes
"Rate From" information is incorrect on our website - It cant be fixed as per RMS support

Observations over time

We are able to monitor vacancies and offer deals to boost occupancy

Pros

very easy to use, i work using the booking sheet so that i have a graphic view of availability. The reports I use are easy to manage which helps with keeping track of rentals accounts

Cons

The continuous changes to the program are a nuisance. Every time something changes it affects the printing process. I have been using the program for 16 years and have seen a lot of changes some good but of course some bad. If it isn't broken don't fix it.....

So Simple but lots to learn

Pros

The ease of use. Simple enough to learn for nearly anyone. The help center is also available to do a quick search for a how to tutorial if needed. I also like the online booking and guest portal. This saves the office staff a bunch of time with reservations on monthly guest rent payments.

Cons

Overall there is little to dislike about the software. However, I would have to say there is a lot to it and that results in a lot to learn especially if you are the person performing the initial set up for a property. Some time a simple error can result in a feature not functioning properly or not at all. Lots of steps sometimes.

Easy to train staff on

Customer service can be very hit and miss and with extreme contrast. The product is easy to use and easy to train new staff with. The small changes that are frequently made are not always helpful and often seem to complicate previously clear tasks. Overall we will stick with RMS for now however it would be better if we could sell easily book tours, dinner and experiences with it.

Pros

practical and simple with flexibility...but this would not submit without the dots!!!!

Cons

frequent changes which have added more steps to simple tasks.