10 Mar Electronic Locks for Holiday Rental Management: Advantages and Disadvantages

We take pictures with our mobile phones, listen to music with them, even pay with them. Why not open doors with our smartphone too? As professionals in holiday rental management, we know that check-in is one of the most time-consuming tasks for holiday apartment owners, and a big issue for travellers who want to be able to arrive at any time of the day or night and gain easy and straightforward access to their accommodation throughout their stay.

Por esa razón, en Lodging Management hemos decidido dar un paso hacia la innovación e incorporar como parte de la gestión del alquiler de apartamentos turísticos Akiles, un nuevo sistema de apertura electrónica para hacer los check-in en remoto de forma fácil, rápida y segura simplemente utilizando una aplicación móvil. La mayoría de los huéspedes de apartamentos vacacionales utiliza la tecnología a diario y en varias facetas de su vida de forma natural e inmediata y poder tener rapidez y accesibilidad es algo que valoran mucho a la hora de viajar. En este sentido, Akiles APP les brinda grandes ventajas y hoy desde Lodging te contamos más sobre esta tecnología innovadora que te permitirá ofrecer un valor añadido a tus huéspedes y hacer que su experiencia sea aún más positiva.

For this reason, at Lodging Management we are embracing mobile access to electronic locks and incorporating Akiles into the management of our holiday apartment rentals. This new electronic lock system will make remote check-ins hassle-free, fast and secure, simply by using a mobile application. Most vacation apartment guests’ use of technology is incorporated into their day-to-day and used in various facets of their lives. Access to speed and accessibility is something they value highly while travelling too. In this sense, the Akiles app offers our guests many advantages. Today we tell you more about this innovative technology that will offer added value to your guests and enhance their already positive experience.

Speed and accessibility

Imagine being able to send a virtual key directly to your guests so they can access the apartment with just a click on their mobile. By implementing Akiles, we aim to provide the best travel experience for guests. Upon installing a special device in the lock, check-in and check-out dates can be configured in an administration panel. Unique passwords will be generated for the length of their stay so that the guest can access the accommodation with their mobile. This 24-hour check-in system is perfect for nighttime access and allows for easy management when there are unforeseen events like early or late arrivals or circumstances that require more flexibility. In addition, the owner can open the door remotely regardless of where they are, which is especially useful for managing, for example, access for cleaning and maintenance staff without having to move or leave a copy of the keys.

Goodbye keys

What if we could walk out the door with our mobiles and forget about everything else? An added advantage of electronic locks for tenants is that they needn’t carry their keys with them all the time, keep an eye on them nor be afraid of losing them. With a simple click on an app on their mobile, they can enter and leave their apartment at any time. This also affords great peace of mind to owners, who need not worry that a client may lose the keys and suffer all the ensuing problems of costs, security and management. Additionally, by managing locks remotely, if any problem should arise, the owner can access the lock from wherever they happen to be.

No unnecessary copies

When renting tourist apartments to groups of travellers, keys are not usually provided to every member of the party. This means that key-swapping and management can be tricky to coordinate between travel times and the different activities undertaken during guests’ stay in the city. Thanks to Akiles, we now have a solution for this inconvenience, as the same digital code can be used by all the visitors from their own mobile phones. Thus, there is no need to make additional copies of the keys and guests have more comfort and freedom, something that they will undoubtedly appreciate.

More security

In addition to providing greater comfort and accessibility, electronic locks provide greater security for both the guest and the owner. They are more secure than traditional locks due to the double-encrypted communications. Additionally, end-to-end encryption means they cannot be forced open using the usual techniques. Therefore, you can stop worrying about losing or having your keys stolen or third parties getting a copy and accessing the house. Furthermore, each code is unique for every client and it has an expiry date. This means that once the check-out has been carried out, no other person can access the property with the same code.

As you can see, there are myriad advantages, especially for guests. However, on the flip side, for those owners who manage their tourist properties independently in order to save time and resources, having little interaction with tenants can be a disadvantage. In this scenario of using these kinds of technologies, guests may not receive close personal attention.

But if you want to go with the innovation, security and comfort of tools like Akiles and also offer your guests the best services and personalised attention, do not hesitate to leave your holiday rental management in the hands of Lodging. Contact us and we will make sure that your clients feel pampered and taken care of from arrival to departure.