As soon as you give us the credentials to access the APIs of the ferry operators, the credentials to your bank, and the content you wish to include, you launch your online booking engine in 5 days.

You need to have valid commercial agreements with the providers of the ferry APIs (distributors and/or ferry operators) and, consequently, the credentials given.
You need to have your own logo and content (images, YouTube videos, descriptions) in the languages you wish to have on the Boötes platform.
You need to get the credentials of the bank you work with. For all these matters, we provide you with the necessary directions.

Boötes platform is offered on a SaaS (software as a service) license.
There are three main versions depending on your requirements, needs, and capacity.
Each Boötes platform version has a monthly fee or a yearly fee with a 12-month discount.
Each version has a number of add-ons to meet emerging needs that will increase clients engagement and your own convenience.

The Boötes Suite is addressed to any travel agent.
(a) Ferry travel agents that wish to go online and require a solution that includes a comprehensive environment to guide their clients, sell, and have complete control of their business.
(b) OTAs (Online Travel Agents) that wish to improve their services to clients.
(c) General travel agents that want to include the ferry component in their services.
(d) Travel agents who want to build their own design, look-and-feel, and need seamless access to source APIs.
(e) Travel Platforms that want to add the ferry component to their offerings.
(f) IT companies developing solutions for online travel agents, enabling them to deliver their projects faster and assuredly.

A. Boötes API is the complete backend of a booking engine.
It implements the different source APIs and unifies them in order to drive the front end of a booking engine (i.e. what the end user sees).
It simplifies the information from different source APIs, including passenger types, seat types, discounts, and extra services offered; it includes complete logging and extracts to the accounting system of a travel agent.
Boötes API is applicable to any front end. Boötes platform is a comprehensive solution, including
(a) a modern travel page featuring offers, information about ferry companies, destinations, blogs, descriptions about the agency, contact details, access to social media, and more,
(b) a fully featured administration tool that includes a Content Management System (CMS) and several functions to let the travel agent manage sales, bookings and cancellations, the relationship with cooperatives, commissions, special services such as discount coupons and more
(c) the Boötes API.

There is no limit to the languages to be used, as long as the right translations are in place.
Currently, English, Greek, German, Italian, French, and Spanish are available and can be adjusted to your Boötes platform.

Yes! This is one of the core characteristics of both the Boötes API and Boötes Platform.
Our product covers the complete range of activities needed to manage the booking engine, including complete control over sales (reservations made, reservations canceled, reservations changed, and bookings failed), pricing, fees, commissions, and possible service fees. These are structured data points that can be inserted into your accounting system. In addition, both Boötes API and Boötes platform come with full logging of activities so that you can control the responses to APIs and the responses from the bank APIs, providing you with a full picture of each booking (succeeded or failed).