asmbs Gravity Support Forums User Favorites: asmbs en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:16:04 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/bookings-appointments-reservations-and-rentals/page/4#post-358171 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 16:04:01 +0000 donnacha 358171@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>@wotacharlie - interesting catch, thanks.</p> <p>I have written to the plugin author, hoping to figure out if it is good.</p> <p>There seems to be a lot happening at the moment but, as ever, it is very important that we avoid getting carried away by marketing and our own desperation for a solution.</p> <p>We need to do our homework and understand what we are getting into - it is not about the money, it is about avoiding the nightmare job of supporting our clients if a booking plugin we recommend turns out to be trash or even simply lacks an essential feature. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/bookings-appointments-reservations-and-rentals/page/4#post-357282 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 05:43:51 +0000 wotacharlie 357282@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Here is a new one that might be worth keeping an eye on:</p> <p><a href="http://www.tychesoftwares.com/store/premium-plugins/woocommerce-booking-plugin" rel="nofollow">http://www.tychesoftwares.com/store/premium-plugins/woocommerce-booking-plugin</a></p> <p>It is more directed at appointments rather than hotel bookings </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/bookings-appointments-reservations-and-rentals/page/4#post-348384 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:28:33 +0000 donnacha 348384@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>@tstruyf - Sure, profile might be a better term than add-on, because it implies that users can create, use and share their own terms, rules and settings as a profile.</p> <p>Add-ons could do a different job: payment gateways, MailChimp integration etc.</p> <p>Whichever developer gets the ball rolling with a simple but extensible core, and provides a 70/30 marketplace (Apple App Store model) for profile and add-on creators, is going to make more money than any commercial plugin in WordPress history.</p> <p>When I look at really successful, financially-focused projects such as Pippin's Easy Digital Downloads (which precisely this sort of add-on ecosystem), I can sense that the day is drawing closer when a sufficiently skilled developer will suddenly notice the opportunity. </p> <p>The real question is: who will be first and win that initial wave of customers, like us, who have been desperately waiting for years? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/bookings-appointments-reservations-and-rentals/page/4#post-348290 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 14:15:18 +0000 tstruyf 348290@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>@donnache Absolutly true, I would be extremely happy just to find a core like you've explained. I already have a system in my head where the core is fixed, and you can create a 'profile' for each use-case. The core can ship with a few profiles, but the main idea is that those profiles can be shared and copied for other users on a central place (website). One core, thousands of possibilities. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/bookings-appointments-reservations-and-rentals/page/4#post-348223 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:16:26 +0000 donnacha 348223@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>@tstruyf - Agreed, that is why I am so evangelical in my insistence that a good booking plugin should presume nothing about what it will be used for, apart from allowing a resource to be booked for a given slot of time.</p> <p>We need a really simple core upon which use-specific add-ons can layer the necessary language and rules for that use.</p> <p>It is insane that tens of thousands of developer hours have been flushed into making booking plugins that are simply unusable in real world situations. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/bookings-appointments-reservations-and-rentals/page/4#post-348132 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 12:15:57 +0000 tstruyf 348132@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I'm also been looking for a good system for months/years. The difficult part for the plugin-developers is the fact there are so many use-cases. This mostly leads to 2 scenario's:<br /> * The plugin can't do what you want it to do, because it was made for another purpose and doesn't support you use-case.<br /> * The plugin is too complex, allowing all sorts of configurations, making it impossible to use, or administer. Mostly accompanied by a horrible UI. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/bookings-appointments-reservations-and-rentals/page/4#post-344286 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 12:33:30 +0000 jwchameleoncorp 344286@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>YES PLEASE! I have managed vacation rentals since 2006 and still there is no effective booking system for Wordpress. I've tried other vendors and they all fall short and/or are extremely overpriced. This is the single most important functionality a vacation rental website can have and Wordpress does not have one. If you could make this happen, beers are on me! </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/bookings-appointments-reservations-and-rentals/page/4#post-344008 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 09:20:58 +0000 mauricioquito 344008@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>+ 10! </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/bookings-appointments-reservations-and-rentals/page/4#post-334940 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 17:25:39 +0000 tanzen 334940@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>You might also want to take a look at an even more recent review I've conducted <a href="http://www.wpmayor.com/plugin-reviews/best-appointment-plugins-for-wordpress/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wpmayor.com/plugin-reviews/best-appointment-plugins-for-wordpress/</a> </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/bookings-appointments-reservations-and-rentals/page/4#post-322509 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:22:41 +0000 tanzen 322509@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>+1 I'm seriously thinking of building a WordPress booking plugin, as I also got a lot of feedback on my blog post about booking plugins. I'm currently doing my research on the technical and business aspects of building such a plugin, in the meantime it would be helpful if you could take part in the poll and even leave comments here:<br /> <a href="http://www.wpmayor.com/plugin-reviews/best-wordpress-booking-plugins/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wpmayor.com/plugin-reviews/best-wordpress-booking-plugins/</a> </p>