Availability Online

RATING:

4.7

(79)

About Availability Online

The software provides a range of reservation form options, including flexible rate displays and reservation total calculations. Guests' credit card information is collected securely, then processed by the property owner using their usual method. Availability Online offers the options to restrict bookings to minimum night stays, add guest agreements and policies, and include add-on facilities to bookings. A widget is included on all booking engine pages to provide a range of accessibility tools for audio and visual support. Key features of Availability Online's Premium service include an iCal feed, enabling users to share availability information with third-party websites, such as AirB&B and VRBO. This service also provides links with TripAdvisor and TripConnect propert...

Availability Online Pricing

Basic Service: $125 per year Premium Service: $240 per year

Starting price: 

$240.00 per year

Free trial: 

Available

Free version: 

Not Available

Straight forward designs so guests can quickly and easily see what's available and book online.
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Availability Online Reviews

Overall Rating

4.7

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

5

Value for money

5

Functionality

4.5

Most Helpful Reviews for Availability Online

1 - 5 of 79 Reviews

Mitch

Hospitality, 2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed May 2021

Simple, Effective Online Booking Portal

Allows my customers to book online. Allows me to process reservations at times convenient for me. Love the software!

PROS

I was looking only for an online booking portal, nothing more. It's perfect, I love it.

CONS

There is nothing I like least about this software. I like it. If I could ask for one improvement, it would be a copy and paste mechanism to populate the Availability Calendar. From my reservation software, I can export my availability to a csv file. If I could simply copy and paste into the Availability Online - Availability Calendar, that would be dynamite. This would allow me to copy/paste subsets and custom views of my availability into the Availability Calendar.

Reason for choosing Availability Online

All of the others included reservation management software. I only wanted an online booking portal.

Reasons for switching to Availability Online

Webervations was discontinued.

Vendor Response

Thank you Mitch. We appreciate the awesome review!

Replied May 2021

Burt

Hospitality, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed May 2021

FoxFire Cabins - Log Cabin & Vacation Home Rentals in Texas Hill Country

Overall, this software provides exactly what my business needs, while still giving me the control over it's functionality that I desire as the owner, which is very much appreciated!

PROS

It was very easy to transition to and use! We can make changes when needed quickly and the customer support provided is usually fairly quick to resolve issues and answer questions.

CONS

Occasionally there have been a few glitches, but nothing too major. My biggest recommendation would be to show the "Unit Requested" in the Reservation pick-up list. Also, some more ways to search for archived reservations would be nice...for instance, the ability to search by customer name perhaps?

Reason for choosing Availability Online

I liked the flat yearly fee so that I knew what my costs were up front. I also like that they do not charge percentage based fees. I did not want to go under a large booking engine such as AirBnB, but still offer the ease of checking availability online for potential guests that these bigger companies offer. Availability Online allows me to operate on my own and greatly aids in the checking availability process for guests and the reservation making process for us!

Reasons for switching to Availability Online

RezTracker was no longer an option to use.

Vendor Response

Thanks for the awesome review and ideas Burt. We will discuss adding the Unit Name on the listing showing pending reservations. Also, you can search archived reservations by customer name. I'll send you an email with some instructions.

Replied May 2021

June

Hospitality, 2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

2

EASE OF USE

1

VALUE FOR MONEY

1

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

1

FUNCTIONALITY

2

Reviewed May 2021

Owner/Manager

We love it to keep our calendar and data organized. Safe and secure program. Great response if I have a problem.

PROS

When checking for new reservations it is easy to reply and they stay with the PC compliance. Secure and they let you know the protection of all the data.

CONS

On a busy day sometimes I forget to go to the calendar and check it off. It would be great if we were prompt. Also when I try to use the minimum stays it does not allow it to be consistant easy to put in.

Vendor Response

Hi June Thanks for giving us a 10 out of 10 recommendation. We will contact you with some instructions on how to easily update your min. night stay requirements.

Replied June 2021

Bob

Hospitality, 1 employee

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed May 2021

Availability Online User

I have been using Availability Online for many many years. I find Availability Online very affordable and easy-to-use. Other booking engines charge $40 a month or more to use their systems. Many of those nice to have options are over kill, cost more money and  are unnecessary niceties for small properties.

PROS

Unlike other booking engines with Availability Online you get all the guests information and process the guests information through your own credit card system. No third party seeing your guests booking details.

CONS

No problems. Availability Online is very responsive to technical questions.

Reason for choosing Availability Online

As a small bed-and-breakfast owner I appreciate the cost, simplicity, responsiveness and accuracy of Availability Online.

Vendor Response

Thank you so much Bob for your great review and comments. We are glad to hear Availability Online works so well for you.

Replied June 2021

Debbie

Hospitality, 1 employee

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed May 2021

Reasonably priced reservation system

They have great customer service, and have resolved any issue for me within the day.

PROS

It is easy to use, easy to connect to your website and I like the text feature the minute you get a reservation.

CONS

I have not used but one other system and it was actually similar. We are a small Inn and this suits us just fine.

Reason for choosing Availability Online

I can’t even remember the names of the ones I looked at. But I would say pricing and location (USA) were the biggest factors. I also did not want to be tied into Expedia or Travelocity for business - that is just not our model.

Reasons for switching to Availability Online

The other system sold out (and had actually built their system from this company) I made the switch because I needed a new system, they were in the USA and not tied to other European or large businesses.

Vendor Response

Thank you for the great review Debbie!

Replied May 2021