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Debbie
Health, Wellness and Fitness, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed February 2023
Kennel Booker from a Person who is not techie
Business problems solved by using Kennel Booker:Inefficient booking process: Kennel Booker streamlines the booking process, reducing the time and effort required to manage appointments.Poor customer relationship management: Kennel Booker provides a robust customer management system that helps businesses track customer information, appointment history, and preferences, enabling them to provide better customer service.Limited mobile access: Kennel Booker offers mobile access, allowing businesses to manage their appointments and customer relationships from anywhere, at any time.Lack of appointment visibility: Kennel Booker provides a comprehensive calendar management system that enables businesses to view their appointments, schedules, and resources in real-time.Inadequate data backup: Kennel Booker provides automatic backup capabilities, ensuring that customer information, appointments, and other data are always secure and accessible.Benefits of using Kennel BookerKennel Booker streamlines the booking process, appointment management, and customer relationship management, freeing up staff to focus on other important tasks.Kennel Booker provides a robust customer management system that helps businesses track customer information, appointment history, and preferences, enabling them to provide better customer service. Increased mobility: allowing businesses to manage their appointments and other data are always there.
PROSUser-friendly interface: Kennel Booker has a straightforward and intuitive interface that makes it easy for pet care businesses to use.Customizable features: Kennel Booker offers a range of customizable features that allow businesses to tailor the software to their specific needs.Mobile access: Kennel Booker offers mobile access, enabling businesses to manage their appointments, schedules, and customer relationships from anywhere, at any time.Online booking: Kennel Booker allows customers to book appointments online, reducing the need for manual booking and freeing up staff to focus on other important tasks.
CONSLimited integrations: Kennel Booker may not integrate with other software that a pet care business is already using.Learning curve: Some businesses may need to invest time and resources in training staff to effectively use the software.
Elaine
Hospitality, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed August 2022
Best Bang for your Buck
Great customer service -[SENSITIVE CONTENT] and his team are very responsive and take customer feedback into account when making updates! The cost is fantastic, and a lot of features are customizable in the settings, from what individual pet spaces are called (runs, rooms, kennels, etc.) to what invoices and run cards look like. The built in email capabilities are awesome - that alone has saved us so much time.
CONSThe overall interface can be a little clunky from time to time, and periodically there are system glitches. They’re always solved quickly, but are frustrating nonetheless. Looking at the calendar from one month to the next isn’t possible without changing pages, which makes viewing reservations over those periods a little more challenging.
Reason for choosing Kennel Booker
Price and responsiveness were the main driving factors.
Reasons for switching to Kennel Booker
Our version was being discontinued and we had some frustrations with the software company.
Alastair
Consumer Services, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed August 2022
Software for Boarding Kennel's
Holding client information, ability to change bookings. Ability to customise Forms
CONSSoftware was updated and changed without warning which caused issues learning how to use after changes had been made.
Luci
Veterinary, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed November 2022
Great product for a small business that needs lots of information tracking.
Great.
PROSVery easy software to use. Great information database and features (labels, reports, reminders) for the pets in our care.
CONSSome features could be improved - but already of a great standard.
Reasons for switching to Kennel Booker
User friendly and the customisation available. More compatible.
Jennifer
Veterinary, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2022
The silent king of kennel software
Phenomenal. I spent a lot of time playing with it before I signed up. [SENSITIVE CONTENT] spent a lot of time answering my a million questions and still, when I forget something or don’t know where to find it, they’re always so helpful. You basically can adapt almost every aspect to cater to your needs. I couldn’t be more pleased.
PROSHands down, the ability to customize almost every aspect to fit your needs is by for the most important feature this software offers. Most all issues I encounter are resolved usually within the hour if not less. The programmers really listen to the needs of their clients and they take suggestions and often implement them. I can’t imagine using any other software.
CONSThe inability to send customers our waivers to sign via email without them having to log into their account and/or request a service. Who knows, they may have fixed this but last I asked they hadn’t. This is important for my older clientele who are not really keen on the use of technology. I generally have to spend more time walking them through the steps when I could easily fill out all the info and just send their waiver to review and sign in an email.
Reason for choosing Kennel Booker
I feel like a broken record. Customization. ha..
Reasons for switching to Kennel Booker
Unsatisfied with customer service and the inability to customize simple things that should be customizable!
Jen
Hospitality, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed August 2022
Great multi platform system
Really positive. Great responses to any queries I have had and overall a really simple and effective tool. I have two other friends both having stared catteries since I have been using the system and both signed up for Kennel Booker on my recommendation. Would happily recommend to all.
PROSGreat having all the bookings and info accessible on a range of devices so as to quickly check availability or status of booking wherever I am. Customer support is great, always responsive and helpful.
CONSIt would perhaps be great to have a rolling 4 week calendar with optional start date instead of calendar months so it is easier to check available space over the end/beginning of months. And I would LOVE an option to drag and drop bookings into a different pen in calendar view or 'swap' bookings rather than having to open the booking. It can be fiddly to move bookings around to create linear gaps. Doable and not a deal breaker but could be easier I think. Likewise a month view of walks/visits etc so you can quickly see when you have visits booked in without scrolling through the days individually would be a great addition.
Huw
Consumer Services, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2022
Fantastic software and service
Everything required and more. Great platform for a business to flourish and grow.
PROSThis software has become the back bone of may of our operations. Its extremely efficient and keeps everything organised and professional. Customers seem very at ease and have confidence in using daily. In any event we have offered suggestions to improve any features on our end it has always been welcomed and actioned quickly and effortlessly - a fantastic service that makes us feel like privileged customers. Efficiency is alway key in any business - Kennel Booker without a doubt helps us be as efficient as possible in terms of record keeping, booking processing and accounting purposes - to name a few.
CONSIn all fairness there are no issues. Moving forward we would like to see some deeper integrations with the likes of Mailchimp etc for marketing benefits. Not been mentioned to [SENSITIVE CONTENT] and the team yet, no doubt they'll be as helpful as possible when discussed.
Reason for choosing Kennel Booker
It felt personal, professional, efficient and the right fit for our business
Kristen
Consumer Services, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2018
Kennel Booker Review
Great!
PROSIt is easy to use and easy for clients to understand.
CONSWould like it if a booking reminder could be sent via email - I don’t want to establish a text relationship with my clients and that is currently the only option. Since confirmations show my email I don’t understand why that isn’t an option. I would also like it if there was a way for my clients to see their booking - perhaps by setting up a kennel booker account?
Vendor Response
Hi Kristen, Thanks for the review, There is a online booking portal that you can add to your website, once set up your customers can log into their accounts, view and edit their data as well as their pets information. They can also add bookings request, sign digital booking waivers, upload pictures of their pets and upload scans of vaccination documents. You can find all of the settings to set up the booking tool here https://www.kennelbooker.com/kennels/settings_onlinetool.aspx as well as the code you need to add to your website. At the moment reminders are sent via sms, the open rate of emails is around 40% on average (and are much lower for reminder based emails) where as SMS open rates are nearly 100%. Additionally our rate of reported spam is incredibly low, and our email delivery rate is nearly 100%. We will be looking at sending emails for reminders though a different provider in the future as to not affect the delivery rate of mission critical emails! Stephen
Replied October 2018
Lisa
Hospitality, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2022
Won't be changing
I enjoy using kennel booker. I like the daily emails I receive before my facility opens that informs me what activity will be happening on that day. I enjoy the online booking option and how easy it is to make bookings and prevent over booking.
PROSIt makes it easier for me to make bookings rather than calculating on a physical calender. It stops over booking and also is useful for customer to book on their own during busy periods where we are unable to answer calls straight away
CONSI can be hard to navigate through the settings to set up booking forms etc to make them personal to your business regarding information needed to register. Once you gave figured it out, it gets easier.
Reasons for switching to Kennel Booker
Monthly price
Nicole
Veterinary, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed October 2018
Easy to use all around
Kennel Booker makes doing business easy.
PROSWe were growing faster than I could keep track of all my pet vaccines and client information. Kennel Booker was a perfect solution for us. Now it is easy to keep track of all our pet and client information and Kennel Booker alerts me when vaccines are out of date. One less thing to look up when booking return clients. I can schedule for my specific site, runs, and services, sending tailored confirmation emails for all. The support we got when setting up for our site was wonderful. They were super attentive and helpful, walking us through each question we had, even adding new features that addressed specific things we wanted!
CONSThe only thing I wish I could do on Kennel Booker is to sort my financial/payment information by payment date, rather than just by booking/stay date. Lots of our clients split payments between drop-off and pick-up. When they are in the same month, its not a big deal, but when it crosses two months, my financial data is off.
Juliette
Consumer Services, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed October 2018
Kennel Booker Review
I've been a Kennel Booker user for about a year now and I've seen how much more user friendly it has become. Any time I had a question or needed a feature added, the team was always so helpful and responded very quickly.
PROSI love how I can customize nearly everything to fit my business and any feature that I may need, the team helps create it for me!
CONSRight now, the struggle I'm having is creating daycare package bookings. Because I have my daycare clients pay during the booking process, I have it set so they are not able to book packages themselves. I have to create them in order to apply credit. I have to keep the packages set as unavailable so they don't see it as an option and turn it on when I'm ready to book. Unfortunately, this last time someone requested it, the package option wasn't available to me so I had to charge the package amount for a regular daycare booking and will have to remember to zero out the remaining days as they get booked.
April
Veterinary, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed October 2018
Kennel Booker
Decent option compared to others out there. I would love to see it integrate with practice management software. More custom options.
PROSEasy to use. Good features like being able to email your clients confirmations for bookings and send postcards of their pets to them during their stay. Nice summary view to get a quick overall picture.
CONSI wish you could customize the care card layout better - it prints awkwardly and causes us to have to flip pages too often. Also the medication layout needs some work.
Greg
Facilities Services, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2018
You cant find better than Kennel Booker
Excellent and we have trialled a lot of packages. We are in Australia and the software is very configurable. Very good customer service and rapid fix if anything found out of ordinary.
PROSExcellent online software and compatible with all devices that we have. Makes taking bookings without hardly any interaction from us. Integrated payments with stripe work excellent.
CONSVery hard to fault. Looking forward to Quickbooks integration to keep accountant happy.
Vendor Response
Thanks for the review Greg, Quickbooks and Xero integrations are on the way! Stephen
Replied October 2018
Desiree
Education Management, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2022
Paws up for this program!
I have tried other programs and I think I will be sticking with this one for a long time! The customer service is outstanding too!
PROSI love how easy it was to modify everything to fit my unique business model. I normally struggle with technology but this program was so simple to learn!
CONSI wish the calandar view showed all bookings in one view instead of individual places. I also wish it was easier to apply a person's credits to their due balances.
Reason for choosing Kennel Booker
The ability to modify so many things to fit my business needs.
Sonia
Professional Training & Coaching, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2022
Kennel Booker doing a great job for diverse kennel facility
Excellent - saves us time and keeps track of money - nice to have customers log on, put everything in, and pay without hours on the phone.
PROSI find new software quite daunting, and had tried another company's product, which was horrible. Kennel Booker was easy to set up, customers have no problems with it - its management reports etc are useful and we are very happy with it.
CONSThere are some things which could be easier to customise, and we havent yet set it up to integrate wtih Xero.
Reason for choosing Kennel Booker
Service (which has been excellent), flexibility, and online presentation and ease of use for customers.
Reasons for switching to Kennel Booker
the previous software was nightmarish to understand and set up, and we couldnt get it to work for us. It had a very unprofessional colouring and setup which customers saw, and we couldnt change that.
Rebecca
Veterinary, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
1
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
1
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed August 2022
Best of a bad bunch
This is a good system, to be used as an interim before we create our own. It would be good to buy a license, continue paying to monthy fee and then have our own software team make changes to make it work for our business.
PROSIntegration with xero and ability to use on lots of different services
CONSTraining calandar should be like the grooming calendar, there is no way to prevent double bookings Things don't do what they appear to do, like setting capacities or closed days
Reason for choosing Kennel Booker
integration with Xero
Tracy
Professional Training & Coaching, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed August 2022
Great to keep track
Being able to keep track of customers who have booked in and what time slots I have left
PROSI like that I can keep track of the booking and customers can also make their own bookings
CONSMy boss deals with the problems so I can it’s comment on them
Kelly
Hospitality, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed August 2022
Definitely a must for daycares and boarding!
Great, customer service is outstanding!
PROSLove how organized it is, how we get a breakdown on the day first thing in the morning,
CONSWe could use an app just for when customers want to book with us while they’re dropping off or picking up - instead of having to sit down at the computer we can just do it on our phone.
Connie
Retail, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2018
Love the Product
We love the product. It is easy to startup and maintain.
PROSKennel Booker is easy to use. My staff have been able to learn and utilize the product with out difficulty.
CONSI would like to see a module for sanctuary dogs, where we would be able to store intake and immunization records.
Vendor Response
Hi Connie, Thanks for the review and the feedback! Can you email me at stephen@kennelbooker.com to explain a little bit more about your requirements for sanctuary dogs and we will see what we can do! Thanks Stephen
Replied October 2018
Stephenie
Veterinary, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed October 2018
Small kennel with big software
Online booking for clients, auto email confirmation and postcard.
CONSOur kennel is small we just have boarding and daycare...I would like to have the complete software with the accounting.
Jennifer
Consumer Services, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed January 2017
I wish I found this program years ago!!
This is an incredible program with amazing customer support!! I'm still working on using all of the options properly but with the great support I think I'll figure it out before long. Its much easier than any others I have tried. One huge bonus is it auto updates to my google calendar on my phone! no more missed appointments! My customers love it and think its really easy because all they need to know is their email and no need to remember a password. If you are looking for a booking software stop looking now and use this!
PROSPrompt customer support, ease of use and flexibility.
CONSNeeds a mobile interface for customer and kennel owner.
jane
Veterinary, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2018
very satisfied
My overall experience has been great. If I have a question it is answered promptly, and they have been able to change the programing to suit my facilities pricing.
PROSIt allows me to access the site from my phone, ipad, or computer
CONSwould like small tweeks to the program, IE: adding drop off and pick up times to the invoices, and adding the pets names to the invoices.
Vendor Response
Hi Jane, Thanks for the review and the feedback, I'll be popping out an update to KennelBooker at the weekend to show the drop-off and pick-up times on the receipt along with the pets name!! Thanks Stephen
Replied October 2018
Sam
Music, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed February 2017
One of the best moves I did for my cattery business!
I had looked at many software programs for my business and always found fault with them. Then I came across KennelBooker! It has changed my life for the better. So easy to use, even to the extent my staff who are not tech savvy at all have found there way around the program very easily. It has allowed me to maximise my time so much more efficiently. Whenever I have ever needed help, they answer my queries very quickly which is fantastic. If your looking to make the move I could not recommend KennelBooker highly enough.
PROSEase of use, time efficient, lots of different uses.
CONSCannot fault it.
Christine
Consumer Services, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed October 2018
Just Perfect
I needed a software that was easy to use and set up and Kennel Booker met my needs at an affordable price
PROSKennel Booker was exactly what i was looking for, no additional bells and whistles just what I need. It was easy to set up and easy to use. I could customize it easily
CONSThe training module cant be customized too much, but I work around it
Carrie
Veterinary, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed August 2022
Best option on the market
The customer service is phenomenal.
PROSEasy to book reservations. The customer online booking platform is very professional looking
CONSI have had issues with overbooking that I have requested be addressed