The South County Tourism Council is excited to partner with JackRabbit Systems Book Direct, an exciting new booking solution that allows visitors of SouthCountyRI.com to search for lodging by travel dates, immediately view the lowest available rates and availability, refine the lodging list using easy-to-use sorting and filtering mechanisms, and finally book directly with your online reservation system.

Here is a brief list of the features and benefits of Book Direct, as setup on SouthCountyRI.com:

• Book Direct combines the visitor (user experience) functionality of a booking engine, aligning with consumer preferences to book direct with your facility.
• Based on The South County Tourism Council investment in Book Direct, there are no commissions or fees charged by JackRabbit for room reservations as facilitated by Book Direct through SouthCountyRI.com.
• There is no additional inventory management because Book Direct automatically pulls rates and availability and facilitates direct bookings to your property directly through your existing online reservation system.
• Book Direct has proven to increase more qualified referrals (clicks) directly to lodging facilities websites.
• Because you - the lodging property - will receive more qualified referrals from Book Direct through SouthCountyRI.com, this allows you to directly convert visitors to customers, increasing reservations for you and filling rooms in our market.

How do The South County Tourism Council lodging partners participate in Book Direct™?  

If the lodging currently has online booking, they do not need to do anything to participate. The South County Tourism Council has signed an Agreement confirming JackRabbit will list all The South County Tourism Council lodging property partners on Book Directand display lodging rates and availability for those lodging properties where Book Direct has a compatible interface. JackRabbit's technology automatically Indexes (i.e. pulls) rates and availability on a daily basis for those properties that have a compatible online booking engine.

What if a lodging partner does not have an online booking engine?

For those lodging properties without an online booking engine, JackRabbit provides a fully functional, self-service reservation engine free of charge. If your organization does not already have an online reservation engine and you're interested in showing rates and availability through SouthCountyRI.com, please sign-up to use JackRabbit's reservation engine here.
For help signing up, please take a few moments to watch a brief online tutorial, found here.  After sign-up, instructions will be emailed outlining the setup of your JackRabbit free reservation engine. You can also download a step-by-step walkthough of the entire system here.  

What if the property is part of a chain?

For those hotels that are with the following chains listed below, JackRabbit has established corporate agreements with each and has the ability to Index and/or has already setup an XML feed for the chain's reservation system providers: Accor, America's Best Value Inns, AmericInn, Best Western, Choice, Carlson, Coast, Drury, Delta, Fairmont, Hilton, Hyatt, Intercontinental Hotel Group (IHG), La Quinta, Marriott, Red Roof Inn, Red Lion, Starwood and Wyndham brands.

For questions about Book Direct or the JackRabbit reservation engine, please feel free to contact JackRabbit's Customer Service Team.