Updateing booking engine

[zagrebpoint]

I have a comment and few questions regarding the Booking page engine.

I was trying to find examples of other people using the Beds24 booking page. I wanted to see how it works for them and how it looks.
I discovered that many users who shared their page on the beds24 Forum are no longer using it. Some of them are using other competitors' solutions.
Even on your official site, three are reviews from beds24 users and one of them is now using your competitor webREZ Pro booking engine. (Maybe you should remove that review - it is a bed advertisement.)

Are you considering making your booking page better?
Is it intended to work a stand-alone site?
I find it pretty good, but the problem is visual appeal. All the sites I saw, even your examples, don't look like sites where you would be confident to make the booking.
I would say the problem is with the design. Functionality is ok.
I know some stuff can be adjusted with CSS but why not make it look good by default?
Are you considering updating the booking engine site? It is almost 7-9 years from the last major update.
Maybe creating modules for photo gallery - where you can see more photos on a page. It is faster to get the idea of a property. Booking.com and Airbnb are having this.
Maybe adding a review module where we could show reviews from Booking.com Airbnb or from our own site.
And maybe fixing issues with the picture slider. - It changes the size depending on the format of the photos.

[heavensrestbnb]

Hi zagrebpoint,

I agree with you that beds24 booking page engine is a little outdated and could benefit from an update. It has all the functionalities you need, but it feels a bit dated if you go with the preset templates.

However, what I love about Beds24 is the freedom for developers to make the booking engine your own and style and design it to your liking.
I am aware that this requires some base knowledge of css, js, and html but with ChatGPT on your side even this is not too daunting anymore and doable.

Check out our booking engine and what we made out of it: https://beds24.com/booking2.php?propid=140388

[casafarrapos]

Hi heavensrestbnb,
I like your booking page. Can you share your configuration? As a starting point.

Some things I noticed: A full flexible rate which is not refundable is a little strange to me. On your payment page there is a "Test Payment Header" header.

[zagrebpoint]

Your page looks nice.

But still why wouldn't the beds24 page look good from the start.
The basic and default appearance is very bad.

No mater how much you put effort it is hard to make it much better with CSS. It still looks outdated.

I am just wondering if Beds24 consider making an update or not?
This booking engine was made around cca10 years ago. It is relay outdated.

[zagrebpoint]

On your Beds24 page about the booking engine, there are three customer reviews.
One of the customers who left a positive review now uses Web Rez Pro as their booking engine.
I would suggest you remove that review it is not a good advertisement.

https://markuphero.com/share/Uo9HJxDuGJbXgLDFhKsY

[annettemorgenroth]

On your Beds24 page about the booking engine, there are three customer reviews.

Thanks for pointing this out. We have fixed this.