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Getting started with PayPal in minutes Getting started with PayPal in minutes

We've supported PayPal for a while now. When you first create your account with us, we enable our OWN PayPal account for you to get started quickly. (more…)

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2014 – The Year Our Servers Crashed! 2014 – The Year Our Servers Crashed!

2014 was a "get your act together and focus" year for us. At the end of 2013, we winded down all service-projects that were "helping us bootstrap" (bad idea in hindsight; a topic for another post); and entered 2014 with...

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Introducing Mailchimp integration with Vacation Labs Introducing Mailchimp integration with Vacation Labs

Mailchimp has always been a handy tool for email marketing. Its free for upto 2,500 email subscribers and is great tool for tour operators who want to keep their customers up-to-date with their upcoming tour schedule and promotions. (more…)

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Stripe payments for European and US tour operators Stripe payments for European and US tour operators

At Vacation Labs we're always looking out for what tour operators want in their booking systems. When it comes to payment gateways, our US and European tour operators didn't really have much of a choice besides Paypal. (more…)

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Announcing a better way to showcase your tour schedule Announcing a better way to showcase your tour schedule

We were never completely happy with how our booking form worked for tours with few dates of operation. While it worked well for a tour available on most days of the week/month, it wasn't ideal for something like a 10-day...

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Maintaining An Awesome Tour Business Facebook Page: Maintaining An Awesome Tour Business Facebook Page:

5 Simple Hacks For Tour Operators Once you cross the first hurdles of launching your tour business Facebook page, building an audience and getting some decent number of likes, the next step is to figure out how to maintain that...

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Announcing multiple user accounts Announcing multiple user accounts

It's been long overdue, and it has probably been the most requested feature. Finally, it's here! You can now create multiple users to access your Vacation Labs backoffice. No need to share a single username & password across the company....

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Build & Engage Facebook Audience Using Simple Techniques Build & Engage Facebook Audience Using Simple Techniques

In our previous post we discussed the best practices for setting up your Facebook business page. What next? The next step is to start building your audience and keeping them engaged. Here are some simple steps to help you do...

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Facebook for tour operators: Facebook for tour operators:

Best practices for setting up your account If a tour operator comes up to us and says that he still doesn't have a Facebook business page, here is our standard reaction – What? Why? (more…)