The eola marketplace increases visibility and simplifies bookings for your activity business. Here's why you should be part of it!

For experience providers looking to enhance their business reach and efficiency, the eola marketplace offers a strategic platform that increases visibility and simplifies bookings. Here are the key advantages of integrating your business with the eola marketplace.

The benefits of the eola marketplace

Here are the top features to look out for when choosing the best booking system for your VR experiences.

In the rapidly evolving world of Virtual Reality, providing a seamless and intuitive booking experience can significantly enhance your customer's journey and set your business apart.

Find out why a top-tier online booking system is integral for success in the VR industry and the essential features your chosen system should have.

Best online booking system for VR experiences

Get ahead of the busy season and boost your activity centre's revenue with these simple and effective strategies.

Easter holidays are a golden opportunity for activity centres to attract families looking for memorable experiences. This period is a critical time for operators to differentiate their offerings, optimise their marketing strategies, and streamline their booking processes ahead of the busy summer season ahead. Here are six simple but super effective steps to help your activity centre make the most out of the Easter season.

Sell more activities this Easter

Handling waivers in the activity industry just got easier - Here are our top tips to make waivers less stressful and time consuming!

Waivers and questionnaires are crucial in the activity and experience industry, not only to ensure participant safety but also to protect your business. However, we all know stressful and time consuming the process of putting together these documents can be. But fear not - handling waiver in the activity industry just got easier! Here’s our concise guide of basic do’s and don’ts when writing waivers:

Dos & don'ts when writing waivers for your activities

The activity and experience industry thrives with vouchers. If you're not using them yet in your activity business, here's why you should!

As the busy season approaches, experience providers and activity centres across the UK are looking for ways to streamline operations and boost revenue. With the right strategies and tools, you can set your business up for a successful season. Here’s why vouchers are our go-to free tool to prepare for the busy season:

Sell more with vouchers in your activity centre

The activity and experience world is competitive, here are our tips to ensure you stay at the top of searches and reach activity enthusiasts

Creating standout listings for your activities is essential for attracting enthusiasts and adventurers. Here's a guide on how to craft descriptions that not only capture attention but also help you make more sales!

Dos & don'ts when listing activities and experiences

Operational efficiency is key to success in the outdoor activity industry. Here’s why a booking platform is crucial in 2024.

Your rafting centre needs a digital booking platform

In the adrenaline-fuelled world of white water rafting, operational efficiency is key to success. If you’re still wondering, here’s why a digital booking platform is indispensable for your rafting centre:

Your rafting centre needs a digital booking platform: Here's why

Memberships are a crucial feature every activity booking software should offer, find out how to leverage them as an activity centre!

As the new year rolls in, it brings with it a wave of enthusiasm and resolutions. January, often associated with fresh starts and new goals, is the perfect time for activity and experience providers to capitalise on this momentum by offering memberships. Here's why:

Why January is a prime time to offer memberships

Generate extra cash during the slow season with these fool-proof tools that will help your activity center thrive!

In this post, we'll explore three essential tools that can be game-changers for your activity centre throughout the year, and especially during slower months.

3 tools that will increase your centre's revenue this season

Vouchers can give you a competitive advantage in the crowded outdoor activity market, here's 5 reasons why you should be using vouchers:

Running a seasonal business can be both thrilling and challenging. You get to provide people with memorable experiences in the great outdoors, but you also have to contend with fluctuating customer numbers due to changing weather and seasons. One strategy that can help you navigate these challenges and boost your ...

Why you should be using vouchers in your activity centre

Choosing a booking platform is a complex decision that impacts your business both operationally and financially.

Choosing a booking platform is a complex decision that impacts your business both operationally and financially. You need to assess multiple factors such as usability, cost, scalability, and security. By being thorough in your evaluation and matching your choice to your business needs, you can navigate the complexities and position your business for long-term success.

What to look for when picking a booking platform

Between monthly subscription fees, transaction charges, and payment processing fees, the numbers can get confusing quickly.

In the world of online booking platforms, "What's the cost?" isn't always a straightforward question. Between monthly subscription fees, transaction charges, and payment processing fees, the numbers can get confusing quickly. In this blog post, we aim to demystify the labyrinth of booking system fees so you can make an informed decision for your business.

Booking platform fees: What you need to know

Selecting the right booking platform can be the difference between thriving in a competitive market or being overwhelmed by hidden costs

A comprehensive guide to picking a booking platform

Navigating the myriad of booking platforms available to businesses can be daunting. The options can often appear similar at first glance, but the nuances can have a profound impact on your business. The right platform can be a catalyst for success, while the wrong choice can result in hidden costs and inefficiencies...

Selecting a booking platform: A comprehensive guide

Data security is critical when selecting a booking system. Learn what to look out for from data privacy to secure payment processing

See how to check your booking platform is secure

In today's age ensuring the security of customer data and financial transactions is paramount. For activity and leisure businesses in the UK, selecting a booking platform that prioritises these security aspects is non-negotiable. In this article, we'll delve into the importance of data privacy, GDPR compliance, and secure payment processing in booking platforms.

Selecting a booking platform: Checking data security

As staycations decline, seaside activity centres must get lean, diversify offerings, build local alliances and use technology to drive bookings - there are steps they can take to build resilience despite fading domestic tourism boom.

The end of the staycation boom: What does it mean for activity centres

Explore the silver linings amidst financial challenges for UK activity centres. Harness the rise of 'staycations' and government support!

Rising to the occasion: Opportunities amid economic challenges for UK activity centres

In today's digital age, social media has become an indispensable tool for businesses to connect with their target audience, create brand awa

How to use social media to boost your bookings

While social media offers a plethora of platforms, it's essential to focus on those most relevant to your business. Each platform has its unique algorithm that determines what content appears in users' feeds...

Boost your bookings with social media

Discover 10 exciting event ideas to boost engagement and business at your activity centre this summer.

Top 10 Event Ideas for Your Activity Centre

Hello, fellow adventurers! As the summer sun starts to sizzle, it's time to turn up the heat at your activity centre. Hosting events is not just about filling up your calendar; it's about building a vibrant community, driving repeat business, and creating a treasure trove of content for future marketing ...

Summer success: Top 10 event ideas for your activity centre

Discover seven effective strategies to maximise your outdoor activity centre's bookings this summer. Learn how to leverage promotions, social media, local collaborations, newsletters, last-minute deals, Google listings, and online reviews to drive growth and customer satisfaction

Boost Your Summer Bookings: 7 Proven Strategies for Outdoor Activity Centres

Summer success: 7 strategies to boost your activity centre's bookings

Discover how to navigate the digital landscape with our comprehensive 7-step guide. Learn how to optimize online bookings, streamline management, enhance digital safety, improve user experience, retain customers, leverage social media, and make data-driven decisions. Equip your activity centre for the digital age and thrive in the online world

Digital Survival Guide for Activity Centres: 7 Steps to Thrive Online

Navigating the digital age: A 7-Step survival guide for activity centres

As a business offering great experiences, you already have plenty to talk about - it’s just a matter of writing it down!

Promote your experience business with a blog

A successful blog should be updated regularly with relevant, meaningful content, which offers genuinely valuable information to your readers. The best and most efficient way to do this is to build a content plan.

Writing effective blog posts for your experience business

Content is extremely important in the age of technology, here are our top tips to help you create well-performing content!

How to build a content plan for experience businesses

Building a content plan

Before you put pen to paper, it’s worth thinking about what kind of content is going to work best for your business.

Which type of blog post works best for your experience business?

Generally speaking, online articles will fit into five broad categories. Knowing in advance which category you’re writing for will help keep your writing on track and focused.

Choosing the right type of blog post to promote your activity business

Memberships can diversify your revenue stream and help build a more stable base for your business.

When working seamlessly with rental- and activity-based services - as they do in eola’s booking and business management system - memberships can diversify your revenue stream and help build a more stable base for your business.

5 ways memberships can amplify your experience businesses

If you run an activity business, potential customers will be looking at your website for information and inspiration. A blog can be a powerf

If you run an activity business, potential customers will be looking at your website for information and inspiration. A blog can be a powerful marketing tool for helping people discover your business and make a booking. Here are five ways a blog can help your business. Build SEO SEO stands ...

5 reasons blogging is a powerful tool for activity businesses

Social media can be a powerful asset for any experience business or activity centre looking to grow their customer base.

Growing your following on social media organically

Social media can be a powerful asset for any experience business or activity centre looking to grow their customer base and boost brand awareness.

Growing your activity centre's social media engagement

At eola, we use Stripe, a Level 1 PCI-certified payment processing platform. So your customers’ information is highly secure.

At eola, we use Stripe as our payment processing platform. Stripe is Level 1 PCI-certified – the highest level attainable. When one of your customers pays with eola, we don’t actually touch their card details in any way; all the handling, storing and validating is carried out by Stripe. As a result, your customers’ payment information is only handled by one of the most closely monitored payment platforms in the world.

A guide to PCI compliance with eola

Find out about the benefits and limitations of the three major social media platforms for experience businesses and activity centres.

Which social media platform is right for my business?

Read our top SEO tips to get your eola marketplace page to the top of search engine results.

The eola marketplace aims to get more people outdoors and experiencing new adventures. Powered by the eola booking system, the marketplace makes it easier for customers to find new experiences, and ensures real-time availability and faster-than-ever booking flows.

How to improve your eola marketplace SEO

A good social media strategy doesn’t have to be complicated. Find out how to make the most of social media for your activity centre!

A good social media strategy doesn’t have to be complicated. By setting aside some time each week to plan regular posts, you can reap huge rewards in terms of growth and customer engagement.

5 benefits of social media for experience businesses

We built eola based on conversations and feedback we've gotten from ski centres and similar businesses to help make processes simple and streamlined. Our mission is to make it easy to manage day-to-day admin via one beautifully simple platform.

The business management platform for ski centres

We need to prepare for when this period ends and that people will have a huge pent-up need for new adventures, activities, and experiences

We need to focus on preparing for when this period ends and the fact that people will have a huge pent-up need for new adventures, activities, and experiences. Blogging is a great way to keep your customers engaged and to add value.

Why this is a good time to start blogging

In these unprecedented times when our entire industry is heavily affected by the current lockdowns and quarantines, we need to get creative.

How and why to push vouchers

During these unprecedented times, when our entire industry is heavily affected by the current lockdowns and quarantines, we need to get creative in new ways. One way to keep a revenue stream going, while helping people to stay hopeful and engaged, is through voucher sales.

How and why to push vouchers right now

The UK is now on lockdown. That means no foot traffic, and your business now has to function entirely through its online presence. I'm Dan,

Get tech savvy during COVID

The UK is now on lockdown. That means no foot traffic, and your business now has to function entirely through its online presence.

3 ways to improve your site today

What to think about in these difficult times to protect your business. We continue to support our partners, so let's stay strong together.

Protecting your business - Corvid-19

We've collected some tangible ideas and suggestions from team eola on how to stay safe and protect your business. We will as always continue to support our partners, so let's stay strong together.

Protecting your business during the Covid-19 outbreak

Using imagery is essential in convincing your customers to make a booking. The goal is to evoke emotion and trigger their imagination

Images are very powerful tools to inspire and engage your customers. They can even be essential in convincing your customers to make a booking or buy a voucher. The goal is to evoke emotion and trigger their imagination to make a lasting impression

How to use images to inspire and engage

Images are very powerful tools to both describe your activities and inspire your customers. We've listed a few things that will help you

How to use activity images on the eola platform

Images are great tools to both describe your activities and inspire your customers. We've listed a few things that will help you choose the best images to engage your customers and increase your bookings.

Image guidelines for the eola platform

Why use online reviews? Well today online reviews are actually one of the most powerful factors affecting our buying decisions.

How online reviews can be your most powerful marketing tool

Using an online booking system should be easy and fast. Less than an hour to set up and minutes to maintain.

Online Booking Systems for your activity centre

As an activity centre, it’s pretty likely that the vast majority of your customers come by email, or phone, or Facebook, or Whatsapp, or drop-ins, or even post! These channels are a royal nightmare to manage, and every centre we have spoken to in the past 8 months has talked ...

Setting up an online booking system for your experience business

Can customer complaints actually have positive effects in the end? And in that case when and how? Here's a few tips on what to think about.

Can customer complaints actually have positive effects in the end? Here's a few tips on what to think about when managing bad reviews.

How to manage bad online reviews

Get blogging to increase your bookings! A blog does not only add legitimacy to your business, it also greatly increases customer engagement

Get blogging to increase your bookings! A blog does not only add legitimacy to your business, it also greatly increases customer engagement and SEO. But how to start?

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