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Booking Management

Do you wish to travel anywhere in the world by yacht with a single click without commissions?

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Booking Management

Booking Management

Booking Management

Booking Management

Booking Management

Do you wish to travel anywhere in the world by yacht with a single click without commissions?

Do you wish to travel anywhere in the world by yacht with a single click without commissions?

Do you wish to travel anywhere in the world by yacht with a single click without commissions?

Do you wish to travel anywhere in the world by yacht with a single click without commissions?

Angelos Papakonstantinou
Angelos Papakonstantinou
Angelos Papakonstantinou
Angelos Papakonstantinou
1 Campaign |
Piraeus, Greece
$510 USD 5 backers
1% of $40,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
Overview
Booking Management (bookingmng.com) is an innovative platform which aims to bring the Travelers, the Yacht owners and Skippers together, so that the chartering can become easy, matching the needs of each Traveler with the type of yacht which best corresponds to them. The platform is an idea that came up when we identified the difficulty faced when trying to book a yacht. The first step has been made but improvements are required...

Short Summary

  • My name is Angelos Papakonstantinou and I am the founder of Bookingmng.com. As a software engineer and being occupied with sailing since 1996, I have developed a passion for the sea. As a result, I have combined the two true passions of my life and created Bookingmng.com aiming to transfer some of the energy, the peace and the amazing feeling of sailing to every one who might be interested in exploring this opportunity
     
  • Booking Management (bookingmng.com) is an innovative platform which aims to bring the Travelers, the Yacht owners and Skippers together, so that the chartering can become easy, matching the needs of each Traveler with the type of yacht which best corresponds to them.

    Every yacht owner or Skipper can register easily and fast through the website of Booking Management (bookingmng.com). The procedure is completed with the submission of an annual fee. No extra commissions are charged.

    From their end, the owner or skipper can determine certain criteria, such as the empbarkation port and possible destinations, as well as the availability

    The Traveler on the other hand, may register for free and may search for yachts fulfilling his own criteria.

    The system matches the request with the available options and an email is sent to all Yacht owners of Skippers matching the criteria set. Provided that the Yacht Owner or skipper accepts the request, an email is sent to the Traveler providing him with all the available options. Once the Traveler makes his final choice, his contact details are sent to the Yacht Owner or Skipper and the booking is completed between the two parts without interference from Booking Management.
     
  • The first version of the project is very simple and lacks some features that would make it even better and more attractive to future clients, such as: Additional services offered, a wider database, a more attractive interface, etc.

     

What We Need & What You Get

With the funds raising we intend to cover basic needs for our platform:

  • 20.000 eur will be the annual salary for a software engineer who will develop an app for iOS and Android smartphone to increase the ease of use for our users.
  • 10.000 will be used for a Marketing Campain which will cover Europe, USA, Russia and Japan
  • If we don't reach our entire goal, we intend to continue with our site as it is - since it is already designed in a mobile friendly way and invest the rest of the funds for marketing campains as described above

 

What are the benefits for the users?

From the Yacht Owner or Skipper point of view, Booking Management empowers its registered users to get in touch with clients who are interested in making their dream vacation true. Moreover, no commissions are applied. The Yacht owner / Skipper is informed via email for any incoming request which matches the criteria set by the Yacht Owner / Skipper , who may then accept / decline it.

From the Traveler point of view, Booking Management is a platform which guarantees that each individual will find his dream yacht easily, fast and without any additional charges, since the use of the platform is for free! In addition to this, all the details provided in the website are real and recently updated, so that from our side, we may be sure that all our clients have up-to-date and accurate information.

So, as you may see, Bookingmng.com is a project which aims to change the way that things are done in this market. Till now, the Brokers involved in the chartering business were charging commissions for their contribution, which had an impact on both parties - yacht owners / skippers and travellers. 

With Bookingmng.com we aim to make it easier for both parties to get in touch and thus make it easier for the traveller to book the yacht of his/her dreams in a lower price (since no commissions are applied) and for the yacht owner / skipper to build his clientele in a easier way.

 

Risks & Challenges

  • One of our main values is quality. This is an indisputable fact that we will stick to. We wish for any client to get what he sees in the brochure. As a result, when expanding to a global market, we will need to ensure that the yachts included in our site are exactly as described. For this reason, we aim to run checks to ensure that all the data imported by the yacht owners / skippers is accurate and exact. This means that a partner will need to travel around to perform these checks.
  • The project is innovative and thus not something that the average person is accustomed to. For this reason, it needs to be communicated through marketing channels 
  • The economic crisis has affected tourism in various ways. Due to the cost-cutting process that the average person is forced to, the volume of bookings is lower compared to past data
  • The chartering business is tightly related to the weather conditions. As a result, if the weather is bad, any bookings at this period of time will be cancelled.  

     
  • Our team is very qualified and shares the same core values: quality, customer-orientation, clarity, transparency, technology, innovation, thinking out of the box.
     

Other Ways You Can Help

You may support us even without financially contributing to this campaign. How?

  • Access our site (www.bookingmng.com) to find out more about us
  • Spread the news about our platform. We are sure that you and your acquaintances will love it as much as we do!
  • You may use the Indiegogo share tools to encourage an acquaintance to participate
  • Like us on Facebook

We would like to thank you for your interest. You can contact us at any given moment at info@bookingmng.com. We would love to hear from you!

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T-shirt

$70 USD
A top quality T-shirt with our logo as a thank you for your contribution delivered to the address that you provide via email to info@bookingmng.com
Estimated Shipping
December 2016
0 out of 10000 of claimed
Ships worldwide.

For Yacht Owners

$200 USD
Free annual subscription for 1 yacht You will be provided with 1 slot for importing the details of your yachts and be able to get in touch with your future clients.
Estimated Shipping
December 2016
0 out of 50 of claimed
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