Online Booking

Mal wrote:
Hi,

Looking for a simple online aircraft booking system.

For a nominal fee - http://www.aircraftclubs.com

Tony V.

I understand that they need to make profit and indeed it is a good thing
if one wants them to continue to operate, my point is that I would like
to know up front what it is before I commit.

Paul



Dan G wrote:
Indeed true, but this is quite common among Web 2.0 apps (you wouldn't
expect them to put "this will be free forever!" would you?). Normally,
pure subscription methods are not too successful so there's always a
free variant (e.g. Flickr). More likely, they're hoping somebody like
Yahoo will buy them out.

I've been using Zoho since the spring and have found the service and
support (they're extremely responsive if you ask questions in the
forum) to be very good.


Dan

PB wrote:

away-pits wrote:
Dan G wrote:

Mal wrote:

Hi,

Looking for a simple online aircraft booking system.

Freeware or cheap all good words

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Mal

www.mals.net
If you don't mind getting your hands dirty you can roll your own quite
easily with http://creator.zoho.com .


Dan
Dan HUGE thanks that app/tool was an answer to about 6 prayers sure
it will help many on AA and other places rate that as find of the
month --thanks

Interesting indeed, but did you read the Terms of Service? If I
understand it correctly, it saying something like: "whilst the service
is free now we reserve the right to charge you an undisclosed amount
some time in the future"

Paul

Dan G wrote:
Martin Gregorie wrote:
Its interesting, but is not portable.

You can only run applications based in their site and there is no
indication of (a) whether it will ever become a package you can install
on your own website or (b) what it runs on.

If you can live within those restrictions then it could be very useful.

Actually it's easy to embed the interfaces you require into your own
website; the system then runs as a hosted service (i.e. hassle-free).
Just follow the instructions provided.

I see two possible limitations of this approach:
- can you change the look & feel of your app to match the
rest of the club site?

- it would be hard to tie something on a separate site into other
club systems, such as instructor scheduling or the club
accounting system.

Those are both reasons why my personal preference would be for something
installed on my own site but ymmv.


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