Overview

Today, as businesses begin to re-open, they are limited in the number of people that they can admit into their facilities. While retail stores can easily ask customers to line up outside and manage their capacity restrictions manually, this is not feasible for recreational businesses where customers would be forced to wait in line for hours. Since most small recreational businesses lack the technological infrastructure to offer online bookings and payments on a platform with features that help cope with COVID-19, they are struggling. This is compounded by the fact that online bookings and payments are convenient for users, but not affordable for all small businesses. 71% of surveyed individuals state that they would prefer to book recreational activities online and in advance, and up to 60% of online bookings are made outside of regular business hours. Additionally, 44% of individuals say that they would be more likely to participate in recreational activities more often if activities were more accessible. If a small business is not offering their customers the ability to book online, they are losing customers. The issue is that most booking softwares on the market charge annual fees between $400 to $2,400, which is unaffordable for lots of small business owners. Enter RecSpot. RecSpot provides small recreational businesses with an affordable ERP booking system, and aggregates all of the businesses’ activities and listings into an online marketplace for customers to easily find, filter through, and book recreational activities near them. Thus, RecSpot gives the business an online point of sale, and makes finding, and getting involved in local recreation easier for individuals. RecSpot also has features to help firms budget their space within their facilities, ensure capacity quotas are met, and encourage social distancing, among other business management features.