Booking engine

The traveller is on your website. Will they book with you?

They found you online, on a distribution platform or on a metasearch site. It all comes down to this moment, on your booking engine: included in the Reservit subscription, commission-free.

  • 0% software commission
  • Team in Montreal
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Reservit booking screen: choosing dates, units and rates

Four outcomes, your engine decides

The same visit can end in four ways. Only one pays you in full, with no extra effort.

A traveller lands on your website

They found you online, on a distribution platform or on a metasearch site.

They find it all

The engine answers everything: rates, rooms, offers, policies. Simple and fast, even on a phone.

They book with you

0% commission

Otherwise, the booking slips away three outcomes, from least to most costly

A rate, an offer or a policy is unclear to them

They call to ask

Front-desk time

The Book button is hard to find, or checkout stalls on a phone

They go back to Booking.com or Expedia

You pay the commission

The engine puts them off: they look elsewhere

They book with a competitor

You lose the booking

The Reservit engine

An engine that makes people want to book

The same booking flow on desktop, tablet and phone, in your colours.

  • Dates and guests

    Real availability, from the very first screen.

  • Clear pricing

    Rates and terms side by side, no surprises.

  • Promo codes

    Your offers, kept for your own website.

The Reservit booking engine shown on a desktop, a tablet and a phone

  • Nine languages

    And several currencies for guests from abroad.

  • In your colours

    Your logo, your tone, on your website.

  • Secure payment

    Deposit or card hold, 3‑D Secure 2.

The result

53% direct

of our customers’ bookings come through their own website, on average, excluding phone bookings and walk-ins.

On the website you already have

Nothing to rebuild. For a custom website, open APIs give access to rates, availability and bookings.

  • WordPress
  • Wix
  • Squarespace
  • Custom build
  • Open APIs

With Reservit, booking takes three steps

Search, choose, pay. Prices are clear as soon as the traveller chooses, on desktop or on a phone.

  1. Reservit engine calendar: the price of each night shown under each date, with the number of guests, the room type and the promo code

    Step 1 · Search

    The price of every night, right in the calendar

    Dates, guests, real availability: the traveller sees right away what the stay will cost.

  2. Reservit engine offer list: the best-price suggestion highlighted, with the total price for two nights

    Step 2 · Choose

    The best offer, front and centre

    Rates and terms side by side, with no surprises at checkout.

  3. Reservit engine cart: total before taxes, lodging tax, GST, QST and total including taxes before completing the booking

    Step 3 · Pay

    The total, taxes included, before paying

    Lodging tax and your province’s taxes itemized. Secure payment, deposit or card hold, following the rule you set.

What do the bookings that slip away cost you?

Set the five sliders to match your property. The math runs in your browser; nothing is sent anywhere.

Commission paid every year

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Shift 10 points of bookings to direct: — less per year.

And it brings in more than a night’s stay

Add-ons offered by the Reservit engine during booking: restaurant, relaxation at the spa, sporting activities

Restaurant, spa, activities: offered at the right moment

The traveller rounds out the stay while booking, in the same place, in a single payment.

On your direct sales

0% commission

You pay a subscription, not a share of your revenue.

Guests who are yours

Their contact details stay with you, for next time.

Less data entry

Payments, booking conditions and confirmations run automatically.

Less dependence

Keep the reach of the platforms, and keep the margin on everything booked direct.

Every search leads back to your engine

Wherever the traveller finds you, the Book button leads to you.

From Google Search and Maps

Direct connection included: your rates appear on Google and the Book button on your Google Business Profile opens your engine, with no cost per booking.

From metasearch sites

Google Hotel Ads advertising as an option; Trivago, Tripadvisor as an add-on module. The link always leads to you. Metasearch listings

Between your properties

When one property is full, the engine suggests the group’s other properties. Multi‑property

Set up for Canada

More than 1,000 properties in Quebec already work with Reservit.

Federal and provincial taxes

Set to your province and the products you sell, shown at the right step.

Secure payments

Deposits and card holds, with 3‑D Secure 2 end to end.

Protected data

Law 25 in Quebec, PIPEDA elsewhere in Canada, from booking to invoice.

Go direct

See the engine running on your own rates and units, with an advisor in Montreal.

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Frequently asked questions

Does Reservit take a commission on bookings?

No. The software takes no commission on bookings made through your engine. You pay a subscription, not a share of your revenue. The booking engine is included in the Reservit subscription.

How does the commission calculator work?

It uses only the figures you enter: average nightly rate × units × 365 nights × occupancy rate gives your yearly revenue, then the share booked through platforms and their average commission give the commissions paid. The amount saved assumes 10 points of bookings shifted to direct. The math runs in your browser; nothing is sent anywhere. It is an estimate, neither a quote nor a promise of results.

Do I need to rebuild my website?

No. The engine fits into the site you already have, whatever it was built with: WordPress, Wix, Squarespace or a custom build. For a custom site, open APIs give access to rates, availability and bookings. Only your branding is carried over, so the switch is seamless for the traveller. No website yet? The Reservit Website builder (add-on module) sets one up for you, booking engine included.

Can I ask for a deposit or a card hold?

Yes. Rules are set by rate type, by period or by channel, and payments run through 3-D Secure 2.

Are taxes calculated automatically across Canada?

Yes. Once your provincial tax setup is in place (GST with QST, HST or PST), the taxes and any applicable lodging tax apply automatically to every booking, shown at the right step.

Which languages and currencies does the engine support?

The engine is available in nine languages. Several currencies can be offered, so guests from abroad see an amount they understand.

Can guests cancel their booking themselves?

Yes, within the limits you set. Your booking and cancellation terms, written by you, are accepted with every booking.

Can I sell packages, extras or upgrades?

Yes. Packages, bundled stays and upgrades sell at the moment of booking. Extras such as activities or rentals are added with the Extras and services add-on module, and appear right after the guest picks a unit.

Can a promotion be kept for my own website?

Yes. With the Offers manager, a promotion can exist only in your booking engine, or appear only with a code. Member rates and seasonal terms are set the same way.

Is availability kept in sync with the platforms?

Yes. The engine and the Channel manager draw on the same inventory: travellers see real availability, on your website and on every connected platform.

Does the engine work with Google?

Yes. The direct connection to Google is included with Reservit: your rates appear on Google and the “Book” button on your Google Business Profile opens your booking engine, with no fees and no cost per booking. This button is included by default: it does not depend on the Local listings management module (add-on module), which only publishes your property’s information across listings. To go further, Google Hotel Ads advertising is available as an option: it is paid by commission, per booking or per click, within the budget you set. Other metasearch sites (Trivago, Tripadvisor, KAYAK…) are available as an add-on module: see Metasearch listings.

I run several properties: can the engine link them?

Yes. When one property is fully booked, the engine checks the other properties in the group and shows what is still available. See Multi-property.

Is my data protected, and my guests’ data too?

Yes. Reservit complies with Law 25 in Quebec and PIPEDA elsewhere in Canada, from booking to invoice.

Which properties use the Reservit booking engine?

Hotels, motels, campgrounds, inns, B&Bs, chalets and cabins, and outfitters. Reservit, founded in 1999, is used by more than 35,000 properties, including more than 1,000 in Quebec.

Do you help with going live?

Yes. Rates, terms and content are set up with you by the Montreal team, based on a quote tailored to the scope of your property.

Booking engine: full fact sheet

The booking flow Search, choose, pay

  • Search: dates, guests, real availability. No pointless waiting screens.
  • Choose: rates, terms and options side by side, with no surprises at checkout.
  • Pay: secure payment, deposit or card hold, following the rule you set.

Desktop, tablet or phone: the same flow, from the first click to payment.

Branding and integration Your website, your colours, nine languages

  • Your colours, your logo, your tone: the engine matches your branding.
  • Fits any existing website: WordPress, Wix, Squarespace or a custom build. There is nothing to rebuild.
  • Open APIs for custom websites: rates, availability and bookings.
  • Available in nine languages and several currencies.
  • No website yet? The Reservit Website builder (add-on module) sets one up, booking engine included.

Offers, packages and upselling More per stay

  • Bundled stays, member rates, promo codes, seasonal terms.
  • Extras (activities, rentals) offered right after the unit is chosen, with the Extras and services add-on module.
  • Upgrades sold at the moment of booking.
  • Promotions kept for the engine or shown only with a code, through the Offers manager.

Payments, taxes and terms Set up for Canada

  • Deposit or card hold, by rate type, by period or by channel.
  • 3-D Secure 2 end to end.
  • GST with QST, HST or PST, plus any applicable lodging tax, according to your province and your products.
  • Booking and cancellation terms written by you, accepted with every booking.
  • Self-service cancellation by the guest, within the limits you set.
  • Law 25 in Quebec, PIPEDA elsewhere in Canada.

Distribution and visibility Every search leads back to your website

  • Same inventory as the channel manager: real availability everywhere.
  • Direct connection to Google included, with no fees and no cost per booking: your rates appear on Google, with a link to your engine.
  • “Book” button on your Google Business Profile included by default, opening your engine. It does not depend on Local listings management (add-on module), which only publishes the property’s information across listings.
  • Google Hotel Ads advertising as an option, paid by commission, per booking or per click, within the budget you set.
  • Trivago, Tripadvisor, KAYAK and other metasearch sites as an add-on module.
  • Groups: when one property is full, the engine suggests the group’s other properties.

What you gain Margin, revenue, time, guests

  • Less dependence: keep the reach of the platforms, and keep the margin on everything booked direct.
  • More per stay: add-ons, packages and upgrades sell at the moment of booking.
  • Less data entry: payments, booking conditions and confirmations run automatically.
  • Guests who are yours: their contact details stay with you, not with the platform.

Getting started and support With the Montreal team

Rates, terms and content are set up with you by the Montreal team. The demo runs on your own rates and units.

Key figures At a glance

  • 0% software commission on direct bookings; booking engine included in the subscription.
  • On average, 53% of our customers’ bookings come through their own website, excluding phone bookings and walk-ins.
  • Nine display languages.
  • Reservit founded in 1999.
  • More than 35,000 properties use Reservit, including more than 1,000 in Quebec.

Subscription and pricing How the price is set

  • A subscription priced in Canadian dollars, taxes extra, never a percentage of your bookings: the software takes no commission.
  • The price depends on the type of property, the number of units and the add-on modules you choose, never on your sales volume.
  • Unlimited users: Reservit bills the software, never the user.
  • Included: the ten modules of the suite, more than 50 integrations with no usage fees, updates, onboarding, training and support from a team based in Canada, by phone or by email.
  • Add-on modules, only if you choose them: online check-in, guest messaging, extras and services, metasearch sites (Trivago, Tripadvisor, KAYAK…), website builder, CRM (guest records and newsletters), online reputation management, pre-arrival guest preparation, guest reviews, local listings management. The direct connection to Google is included; Google Hotel Ads advertising is optional.
  • Yearly commitment, monthly or yearly payment; adding or removing units is prorated.
  • A written offer, priced for your property; migration of your booking data from your previous software included in the installation price.
  • Security: two-factor authentication, access logs, PCI DSS certified payment environment.

Details on the Pricing page.

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