Homestays aggregator Stayzilla has revamped its mobile application to introduce offline connectivity. The app has been designed to overcome data connectivity challenges in the farthest corners that often house the some of the most beautiful homestays in the country. Most of these homestays are located in regions where there is no internet connectivity. When a guest books a stay in such remote areas, the booking often gets no response and is lost due to poor connectivity from the home owner or host’s end.
Pankaj Gupta, chief product and technology officer, Stayzilla, said, “Stayzilla has hosts and homestays spanning the breadth and depth of India. This app release ensures that bookings can be realised end-to-end, irrespective of the underlying data connectivity. We continue to work on technical and product solutions to serve our mission of connecting travellers with hosts on Stayzilla.”
Stayzilla’s offline feature will now connect the home owner with the guest by sending notifications on the app via SMS when the host is in data offline mode. The home owner needs to have a phone with cellular connectivity (even without data connection) to receive the booking confirmation on the mobile phone. Additionally, Stayzilla also ensures connectivity with hosts through automated IVR, wherein they are able to confirm bookings. The cognitive feature of the app predicts whether the host’s phone has internet connectivity or not and determines intuitively to reach out either via SMS or app notifications accordingly.