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Xola Overview

What is Xola?

Xola is the only unified booking, sales, and marketing platform for tour operators and attractions. ① Manage bookings anywhere (online, over the phone, in person, or from a reseller) with real-time availability. ② Sell through your own website and the world's largest marketplaces in a few clicks. ③ Increase online revenue with our powerful abandoned booking remarketing features and track your marketing success in Google Analytics. As a winner of Capterra’s Ease of Use award, grow and run your business with a booking platform designed specifically for businesses like yours. Credit card rates as low as 1.99% + 30 cents.

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Product Description

Xola builds modern, easy-to-use, booking and marketing software for tour and activity businesses. Save time, grow your business, and boost your competitive edge with the industry's leading reservation system. Manage every kind of booking (online, over the phone, in person, or from a reseller) with real-time availability. Enjoy a lightning-quick interface: make a reservation in less than 30 seconds and update a booking in 3 clicks or less. Gain a trustworthy and dedicated partner with Xola.


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Xola
Year Founded
2011
HQ Location
San Francisco, CA
Twitter
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3,956 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
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70 employees on LinkedIn®

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Kasandra E.
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Kasandra E.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Great software that helps you get everything in one side"
Cannot recommend it enough. Out of the many software services we use as a business, Xola is the one we are most impressed by, is useful for us to c...
Jennifer N.
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Jennifer N.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Easy to use, instant updates, and live help"
Xola easy to use, integration w/OTAs, live help chat, instant updates.
Peter S.
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Peter S.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Xola is easy to use for customers and staff. The booking process is the best we have used hands down"
Love how easy it is for customers to use

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Juanita S.
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Tour Operator
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Xola?

The level of attention to detail was impressive. I am a low tech, and the communication on technical matters was perfect. The coordination and communication were seamless. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Xola?

I did not dislike anything. However, I would have liked a bit more on how to get reviews. How does that work? I would have liked the Xola platform to send an email to the guests within 24 hours following the event/experience prompting them to leave a review/pictures. I do not think such an essential component of what fuels bookings (the reviews) should be left to me ( I do not have the technical skills to do it). I did get instructions from the support centre; however, I am unsure if I implemented the instructions correctly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Xola solving and how is that benefiting you?

I was looking for a website /booking platform, and Xola delivered. It is so professionally done, intuitive, eye-appealing, and alive. The Xola team helped me showcase Toronto Waterfront Ecotours’ offering in a way that makes me proud Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Jessica Fewell of Xola

Hi Juanita!

Thank you for the review! Love to see you think we are great! I reached out to your CSM, and they will be in touch soon to get the reviews set up.

Matthew S.
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Operations Manager
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Xola?

It has a lot of the options we need for our water park. It's easy to set up and when there is a challenge or question, support is right there every step of the way and they always find a great solution. Besides the ease on the back end, for the customer it's super easy for them to book packages and xola makes it easy for us to offer them upgrades and up-sells. It's absolutely worth the investment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Xola?

There are always upgrades or features I wish were there, but we do add them to the list and a few have them have already surfaced. Once again...amazing customer service & support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Xola solving and how is that benefiting you?

It basically came down to having an easy solution for guests to reserve services from our company. And more importantly, a solution that easy for our staff to add offers, products & listings. It's allowed us to offer more and increase revenue as a result. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Virginia M.
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Product Experience Manager
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What do you like best about Xola?

Xola's customer support team is great. We have a complex business with a lot opportunities for error, but Xola's support team is always available to help troubleshoot. Plus, they're easy and enjoyable to talk to and don't get mad at me (or at least don't show their frustration) when I ask questions that I could find my own answers to if I just looked at Xola University :) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Xola?

First and foremost, I will say that Xola is certainly the best (for us) of all of the booking programs we've tried, and they have made big developments since we first started working with them circa 2017. However, there are still a lot of areas I feel miss really basic functionality (though I assume the backend reality is far more complicated). For instance, things like add-ons and schedules aren't available to duplicate across activity listings. Also the UX feels really antiquated and busy- you sometimes have to really dig to find where something "lives". (Can you see why I am such a fan of their customer support team? I work with them A LOT!) I could go on and on about the little things that frustrate me, but even with all of that, it has worked well enough and is still the best we've used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Xola solving and how is that benefiting you?

As our booking platform, Xola solves our "how do we book people and collect payment?" problem. On top of that, it helps us issue and collect waivers, communicate in bulk with customers, collect customer info, and manage/track our inventory and availability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Xola?

We are an escape room and have been using Xola for almost 2 years. They are phenomenal to work with. The chat service when you have issues or questions is top notch and always available. We saw a huge increase in traffic and revenue upon switching. The fact that they automatically reach out to customers that have a room booking in a cart and haven't pulled the trigger yet has been amazing. Couldn't be happier and can't wait to see what the future holds for our partnership. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Xola?

Honestly there isn't much that we haven't enjoyed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Xola:

Do it! You won't be sorry. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Xola solving and how is that benefiting you?

Increase in traffic and revenue has been huge. And the waivers that can be auto linked helps us to track customers. The reports are great too to be able to see what rooms each client has done so it has allowed us to so targeted marketing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Jessica Fewell of Xola

Hi Michelle! Thank you for the review! I am glad to see you are loving Xola and we have helped increase your revenue and traffic! We love hearing how Xola has changed your business. Thank you for being a great partner!

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What do you like best about Xola?

The best thing about Xola is that it allows me to integrate all my bookings - whether I've used their built in credit card processing or taken payment via another method - into one unified calendar. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Xola?

I wish there were a few more ways that listings could be customized, as the options don't always match exactly what I want and I have to come up with work-arounds. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Xola solving and how is that benefiting you?

Xola allows me to take bookings online via my web site, but also create bookings on the back end, and integrate both into one unified calendar that lets me see our schedule in its entirety. The credit card processing rates are also very reasonable and the system is easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Xola?

Xola is SO easy to use and navigate through. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Xola?

I really have no issues with using Xola. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Xola solving and how is that benefiting you?

It makes my job so much easier because the information is organized and right in front of me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

EM
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What do you like best about Xola?

They offer great customer service on time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Xola?

I dont have anything bad to say about Xola. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Xola solving and how is that benefiting you?

When my site is down or when I need assistance with loading rates they are always available to assist. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sana S.
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Director of Operations
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What do you like best about Xola?

Xola has always been responsive, helped address our main needs and pain points, and continued to add most of the features we need to successfully run our business. It has a better price point than FareHarbor or Peek. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Xola?

There are some features and necessary components that are vital to us being able to efficiently and productively accomplish our goals. These are still missing after repeated promises that they would be added. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Xola:

It's great for new tour operators and small businesses that offer activities. Great price range. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Xola solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have been able to centralize all booking needs and create a simple checkout process that is user-friendly resulting in a more stream-lined process and a solid revenue stream. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Xola?

Xola makes it easy to make all kinds of adjustments to our trips. We are always adding trips, and changing trips, and Xola makes that easy. The color schemes on each trip make it quite obvious which days are busy and which days are open. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Xola?

The filling out of waivers process could be smoother. It would be great if there was a manual override for minimum booking without having to change the listing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Xola solving and how is that benefiting you?

Xola has streamlined our online booking process which makes our lives a lot easier. During some of busiest times of the season, a huge chunk of our sales come via online bookings. Xola allows us to communicate easily with customers via email to update them with confirmation email, payment info, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Jessica Fewell of Xola

Thank you for the candid feedback! We love to take this feedback to our team and enhance Xola. If you have any other ideas, please feel free to reach out to our support team 24/7. Also, glad to see that Xola makes changing and adding trips easy for you!

Jennifer N.
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English Teacher
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Xola?

Xola easy to use, integration w/OTAs, live help chat, instant updates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Xola?

I like everything about the platform and wouldn't change. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Xola:

Solves reservation, and payment issues with an easily added button code in a wordpress site. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Xola solving and how is that benefiting you?

Xola allows me to do direct sales from my website, and manage a reservations calendar for my tour business. I can send professional looking pay links for private tours which gives customers confidence in booking with a credible tour company. They add and keep track of my digital liability waiver too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Jessica Fewell of Xola

Thanks for the review, Jennifer! Love seeing happy customers!