Handling Different Booking requests and procedures at the Concierge
Transportation Booking requests:
- Be intimately familiar with and able to arrange for a wide variety of services for the guest, at the minimum including:
- Reservations for airlines, hotels, restaurants, and rental cars.
- Tickets for theatres and sporting events.
- Limousines, tours, and other transportation.
Excursion or TourAny pre-arranged (but not necessarily prepaid) journey to one or more places and back to the point o... Booking procedure:
- Call the ticketing service.
- If booking can be organized in advance, make the booking and reconfirm all the information with the guest.
- If no booking is required, explain it to the guest.
- Give directions and a map if needed.
In-HouseIn-House is the all guest that are registered with the Hotel. Facilities or Restaurant Booking Procedure:
- Check availability with FNB or other outlets e.g.: SPAA mineral spring; or a locality or resort hotel near such a spring; to which people resorted for cur..., Recreation Center, etc.
- The concierge must call all outlets every morning to ensure the ConciergeConcierges - Person who assist guests by making restaurant reservations; arranging for transportatio... quota of bookings for the day. When they have reached the quota check with the outlet to increase it.
- Note the name of the guest, number of pax, room number, and time on the reservation log book.
- Ensure that all bookings are confirmed by F&B.
Outside Restaurant Booking procedure:
- Always try to sell our restaurants before talking about outside restaurants.
- GuestDefinition of Guest in Hospitality Industry: A guest is the most important person in any business. A... books via phone (from their room) Note all the guest information.
- Explain to the guest that you will get back to him after calling the restaurant and booking the table.
- Fill up a booking voucher and offer the guest to bring it to their room. If the guest doesn’t want to be bothered offer to keep the voucher at the concierge desk for him to pick it up later.
- Guest books at the Concierge desk
When Guest has time:
- Call the restaurant while the guest is at the desk. Confirm name, number of pax, and time.
- Note the name of the restaurant, time, address, and phone number for the guest and offer directions if needed.
When the Guest is in a hurry:
- Note all the information and explain to the guest that you will book the table for him and send him a confirmation in his room with all the details.
- Take a phone number to be able to contact him if needed.
- Note all the bookings in the concierge log book
Training Summary questions:
Q1. How to handle transportation booking requests from Guests?
Q2. Procedure for booking tours and packages for guests?
Q3. How to book outside restaurants for guests?
Q4. What is to be done in case the allowed concierge quota for In-house reservations is exhausted?
Q5. Why concierge staff should try to sell their restaurant before suggesting an outside one?
SOP Number: Front Office SOP – 36 Department: Front Office – Concierge Date Issued: 04-October-2014 Time to Train: 30 Minutes
