Bookster

RATING:

4.57

(35)

About Bookster

Bookster is a cloud-based vacation rental solution that helps businesses in the tourism and hospitality industries to manage bookings and collect payments. Key features include guest review management, arrival reports, email marketing tools, seasonal rate adjustments, and more. Bookster also offers built-in templates that enable users to create custom booking websites. Websites can include an availability widget that displays both room availability and pricing. The solution can also generate promo codes if users wish to offer discounts, as well as automated email reminders for unpaid balances and damage deposits. Bookster allows users to view booking sources, compare their properties and gather information about guests' length of stay and booking history. It o...

Bookster Pricing

Solo: £21.00/month - for up to 3 vacation rentals. £3.15 per additional property. Pro: £36.75/month - for up to 3 vacation rentals. £4.20 per additional property. Max: £68.25/month - for up to 3 vacation rentals. £6.30 per additional property.

Starting price: 

$27.00 per month

Free trial: 

Available

Free version: 

Available

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Bookster Reviews

Overall Rating

4.57

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

4.5

Value for money

4.5

Functionality

4.5

Most Helpful Reviews for Bookster

1 - 5 of 35 Reviews

Anonymous

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

3

Reviewed December 2022

2 years in and still happy

It does what it says on the tin well and is not full of bloat. Simple, cost effective and good support.

PROS

Easy of use, reactive human support when you need it.

CONS

Its missing a multi room system as you would need for hotels. So with channels like booking.com if a property is busy but you have another nearby (or on the same site) it wont show up as an alternative. Also a simple CRM (customer db) would be useful. Using our own domain name for system emails (but without buying the website package) would be nice also.

Reason for choosing Bookster

User interface (especially for guests). The team who helped us try it and set it up.

Vendor Response

Hello, Thank you for taking the time to send your review. It's been a delight working with you, and we're thrilled that you're happy with us too. I'll speak with the Development team about your feedback, and pass back your positive comments to the Onboarding Team :) Many thanks, on behalf of us all, Team Bookster.

Replied December 2022

Julia

Leisure, Travel & Tourism, 2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed November 2020

A Treasure Find!

Our experience has been a welcome breath of fresh air in comparison with other software suppliers. And we've enlisted the work of quite a few. The team has an honest, open approach and is particularly adept at understanding and addressing operator needs. Of particular valuable now, in an industry struggling to cope with the destruction caused by the Covid pandemic. Customer communication and support has been available every step of the journey. The service and software performance top rated.

PROS

In a nutshell, it does everything it claims on the tin! Simply executed in a way that can be easily understood and managed without having a technical degree. It handles the booking basics well and has developed 'add ons', totally in tune with the need of operators in the holiday rental sector. The focus is on functionality that can be easily implemented, rather than developing ' nice to have gadgets" that are too complex and peripheral to the core task. The software has grown functionality in tune with sector evolvement and customer needs. A keen focus on value for money. I particularly appreciate the limited use of complex jargon that some use to enshrine their software as a "dark art" to justify costs. It's not. The team's open problem-solving capability and approach is very 'can do'.

CONS

At the start, I had to use 2 different applications of the software to add rates for some of our rental properties. This was due to the challenging seasonal rates system set by one large villa owner. Now, however, all functionality is aligned on one platform that has many relevant additions for the many demands of different operators in various hospitality sectors. The training offered was limited to begin but this has been addressed. Bookster has an excellent chat system that is on hand and of real assistance right at the time you need it. This has helped us understand how we can overcome various challenges relevant to us and use the software to our optimum advantage.

Reason for choosing Bookster

During our first meeting, the director presented our website and explained how it was badly designed, allowing the user journey to divert elsewhere without focusing on the desired outcome i.e. engagement or a booking. Many aspects of onsite optimisation were simply explained without reliance on technical detail. We needed to move our website over to Bookster which I thought would be an impossible or very time-consuming task. I was assured it would take weeks but was doubtful. However, we shook hands on that promise as the last chance I was prepared to invest in or trust a software provider. What a journey ...........we've never looked back! Can't recommend Bookster more highly (it's actually run by real people.)

Reasons for switching to Bookster

I was consistently dissatisfied with software that was both expensive and did not actually have the capability that I had discussed initially, in-depth. In the end, having completed weeks of induction, SuperControl decided to be honest, the software wasn't suitable for us. I had to remain with it as we had spent much time and cost training, set-up, etc. The software changed continuously without good communication. Expensive for its capability. Customer service was poor and the software performance was overcomplex.

Vendor Response

Dear Julia. Thank you for taking the time to leave this review. It's been a delight to work with you, and your ethos and passion for the industry is contagious! Thank you from the whole team at Bookster.

Replied November 2020

Ralph

Hospitality, 2-10 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed July 2016

Bookster brings holiday break booking into the 21st century

Bookster has steadily improved over many years of use. It has always been as least as good as its competitiors, but it has continued to improve. Most importantly, it provides a cost-effective solution to handle bookings, be it just one property or a multitude.

PROS

Simplicity, reliability, scalability, and, most important, inter-operability with a wide array of 3rd party platforms such as Tripadvisor and AirBnB.

CONS

The back end navigation is slightly un-intuitive at first use. If you haven't often got reason to log in to this interface then it can be a little confusing. However, once you establish where key components and functionality are located it becomes much easier.

Linda

Leisure, Travel & Tourism, 1 employee

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed November 2020

Excellent software booking system

I am very fortunate to have found Bookster as my chosen booking system software. They consistently deliver an excellent service . I would highly recommend Bookster to any potential business looking to use their software. They also designed my website to a very high standard. The team involved in Bookster are exceptionally helpful, friendly and always there to assist your needs in anyway they can.

PROS

Easy to use and navigate around. Great features included for my business needs. Excellent user friendly booking system.

CONS

If ever I feel any features are missing or need to be added Bookster immediately responds to my requests and feedback.

Reason for choosing Bookster

Bookster allows you to pay an affordable monthly subscription.

Vendor Response

Thanks you for taking the time to review us Linda! Delighted as always for your feedback, and happy that you mentioned our customer support and our easy-to-use tools - These are two areas we focus on as we feel they are essential to help your business. Thanks, from all the team at Bookster!

Replied November 2020

Gordon

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

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed December 2022

caravan vacation rentals

Fairly happy, they generally resolve issues quickly.

PROS

Easy to use as the owner administrator, I can update it as often as I want. I am able to use offers discouts which are great for my regular guests.

CONS

On the entry page, It does not allow for a simple say 2 line description of the business, thus I put that in the communication tab but not sure guests read that.Calandar view dows not show notes so I still use my Airbnb channel calandar to put quick view notes for each booking eg how many people, beds needed, early or late arrival etc.

Reason for choosing Bookster

The Labrador on the team LOL!

Vendor Response

Hi Gordon Thank you on behalf of the whole Bookster team, including Luna the Lab :) So glad to hear that the Discounts feature is working well for your business! I'll contact you directly about how to add notes for each of your bookings. Many thanks, The Bookster Team.

Replied December 2022