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Booking Pattern
Timed tour slots scheduled around production and shift patterns
For factory & production tours
Booking software for factory tours
Sell timed tour slots that fit production shifts, capture safety and access requirements at booking, upsell factory-shop bundles, and scan QR at reception.
At a glance
How Factory Tours businesses operate
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Capacity Type
Per-person slots, tightly capped for a working factory floor
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Resources
Tour hosts and production staff; the factory shop
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Weather Dependent
None — the tour is inside the plant
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Waivers
A safety briefing, footwear rule and access declaration
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Checkin
Reception scans QR tickets and confirms safety requirements
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Seasonality
Steady, with festive gifting and school-trip peaks
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Party Type
Families, enthusiasts, school groups and gift recipients
The challenges
What gets in the way
The operational friction we hear about most — and what Experiqo does about it.
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The challenge
Tours must fit around production
A working factory only opens to visitors when the line and shifts allow. Tour slots need to sit inside those windows, not run on a timetable that ignores when the plant is safe to walk.
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The challenge
The floor takes only small groups
Safety limits how many can be led through a production area at once. Tight per-slot caps keep every tour within what the floor allows.
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The challenge
Safety requirements need capturing up front
Closed footwear, mobility access and a safety briefing all matter on a factory floor. Collecting those at booking means no surprises and no turn-aways at reception.
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The challenge
The factory shop is real margin
A guest who has seen how it is made will buy at the end. A shop bundle or add-on at checkout captures that intent before the tour begins.
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The challenge
Gift tours peak at Christmas
A behind-the-scenes tour makes a popular present. Vouchers sold and tracked capture the gifting spend and redeem cleanly against a slot.
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The challenge
Reviews sell the experience
A well-run production tour earns strong reviews. Prompting guests afterwards keeps a steady flow feeding your listings.
The platform
Features built for Factory Tours
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Embeddable booking widget
Add a booking widget to any page of your website with a single snippet, so guests can check dates and pay without ever leaving your site.
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Gift vouchers
Sell gift vouchers on your website and redeem them at checkout, with balances tracked so partly used vouchers keep working.
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Digital waivers
Collect signed waivers before guests arrive, so your team is not chasing paperwork at the water's edge on the day.
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Bundles & combos
Package several experiences together at a combined price, so guests book a full day out in one go and you lift the average sale.
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Capacity control
Cap the number of places by date, time, guide, vehicle or equipment, so you sell exactly what you can deliver and never oversell.
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Time slots
Sell timed-entry slots with a limit on each one, so you spread arrivals evenly and never crowd your busiest moments.
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QR ticket scanning
Scan QR tickets on arrival to check guests in quickly, so busy entrances keep moving and every ticket is validated as it is used.
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Review collection
Ask guests for a review automatically after their trip, with a rating gate and a delay you control, target the whole business or an individual guide, and sync approved reviews to Google, Trustpilot and TripAdvisor.
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A day with Experiqo
How Factory Tours runs on Experiqo
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Step 1
Set tour slots around shifts
Publish timed tour slots inside the windows when the line and shifts allow visitors, each capped tight for the floor.
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Step 2
A family books and declares access needs
A family books a tour slot, confirms closed footwear and notes a mobility requirement, and adds a factory-shop bundle.
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Step 3
A gift voucher is redeemed
Another guest redeems a Christmas voucher against a slot, with the balance tracked for the shop.
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Step 4
Reception confirms and scans
At reception staff scan each party's QR ticket, confirm the safety requirements, and lead a small group onto the floor.
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Step 5
A review request follows the tour
Afterwards guests are asked to review, keeping your listings strong for the next booking.
One connected system
One connected system, from booking to check-in
Every part of a factory tours booking flows through one platform — no re-keying, no disconnected tools.
01 · Sell
Turn demand into paid bookings
Products
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Availability
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Bookings
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02 · Operate
Keep guests and teams moving
Customers
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Payments
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Staff
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03 · Understand
Use one live picture to grow
Resources
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Communications
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Reporting
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No re-keying. No disconnected tools. A change in one workspace updates everywhere.
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FAQs
Questions from operators like you
Yes, set tour slots inside the windows when the line and shifts allow visitors, so a tour only runs when the floor is safe to walk.
Set a tight per-slot cap to match what the production area safely allows, keeping every group within the floor's limit.
Collect the safety briefing, footwear rule and any access needs at booking, so there are no surprises or turn-aways at reception.
Combine the tour with a factory-shop bundle at checkout, capturing the shop spend before the tour begins.
Sell admission vouchers and redeem them at checkout with the balance tracked, which suits the heavy festive gifting season.
Staff scan each party's QR ticket at reception and confirm their safety requirements before leading them onto the floor.