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Keep the guest's name, dates and preferences where the next season can find them.

A CRM for a resort is a single record of every enquirer and guest: who they are, when they asked, what they booked and what they like. GullySales sets up a simple one that fits how the property already works.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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What CRM means

A CRM is the record where every enquiry, call and quote is kept against a customer, replacing separate notebooks, spreadsheets and memory. GullySales sets up or cleans an existing CRM and reports from it by enquiry outcome rather than by activity logged.

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Last updated 3 Nov 2026.

For resorts

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “The guest book lives in three places”

    Bookings sit in the app dashboard, chats in the owner's phone and a few names in a notebook at the reception. When the same family asks again, nobody can say which room they liked or whether they had a complaint.

  • “App guests are not your guests until you hold their details”

    A guest booked through an app is known to the app. The property gets a first name and a masked number. A CRM begins by gathering consented contact details at check-in, in a form the guest agrees to, so you can write to them later.

  • “Preferences are the property's real asset”

    The guest who wants the ground-floor room, the family that avoids onion and garlic, the couple that asks for a cake. Remembered once and used the next time, these turn a stay into a relationship. Forgotten, they are asked again like a stranger's.

  • “Staff change, the memory should not”

    A manager who leaves takes the guest list in their phone. A property that depends on one person's memory restarts every time the staff turns over. The record has to belong to the property.

What we do

What we deliver for resorts.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

  1. One guest sheet or simple CRM set up

    A single list holding name, number, consent, stay dates, source, group size, room, preferences and notes, built on a tool you can use.

    Result: Anyone on the team can find a guest in a few clicks.

  2. A check-in form that asks for consent

    A short form or QR at check-in collecting contact details and permission to message, in plain language.

    Result: Your list grows only with guests who agreed to hear from you.

  3. Tags for what matters in this trade

    Labels for family, couple, group, corporate, pet, repeat, festival guest and organiser, so lists can be made in one search.

    Result: You can pull out every family that came during Diwali.

  4. Enquiries and stays on one record

    Enquiries that never booked and stays that did, joined under one name and number.

    Result: You see the guest who asked three times before booking.

  5. Access rules for staff

    Who can see and edit the record, and what happens to the list when someone leaves the job.

    Result: The guest list stays with the property.

  6. A short training for the front desk

    A walk-through for the person at reception, showing how to add a guest and how to note a preference in a line.

    Result: The record is kept up because it is easy to keep.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries logged in the CRM
  • Data completeness
  • Reports generated from CRM data

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

Read the full CRM implementation and customisation page

Who it is for

This is written for these resorts.

  • Coffee and tea estate resorts and plantation bungalows
  • Jungle resorts near tiger reserves and national parks, with safaris booked through the forest department
  • Hill-station resorts and cottage clusters in Coorg, Munnar, Manali and Mussoorie
  • Beach cottages and villas in Goa, Gokarna and the Konkan coast
  • Heritage havelis, palace hotels and farm resorts
  • Villa clusters rented as a whole property
  • Backwater and lakeside stays
  • Compact owner-run resorts of ten to twenty rooms
  • Resorts with a lawn, hall or banquet space for functions
  • City-edge and highway resorts for day outings and short weekend breaks

How it works

How the CRM work runs

The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.

  1. 1

    Map the sales process

    We record how a deal actually moves from enquiry to close in your business today.

  2. 2

    Configure stages and fields

    The CRM's pipeline and fields are built to match that process exactly, not a generic template.

  3. 3

    Set up automations

    Reminders, assignment rules and follow-up triggers are configured so routine steps happen without manual effort.

  4. 4

    Test with real deals

    We run the configuration against actual current deals to catch gaps before the whole team relies on it.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales management. A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

  1. Step 1

    Sales audit

    Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.

    Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.

  2. Step 2

    Sales process design

    One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3 · you are here

    Sales management

    A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

    Start here if the team has targets and no routine.

Tell us what you need Your brief is read before we call. Scope, fee and term in writing.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Do we need paid CRM software?
Not at the start. A well-built sheet works for a small property. If the volume of guests or groups grows, a proper tool may fit better, and we help you compare options that are in ordinary use in India before you pay for any.
Is it allowed to keep guest details?
Guests must agree to how their details are used, and rules on personal data and on messages apply. Ask your own adviser about the current position. We build the consent step into the check-in so the permission is on record.
Can the CRM include guests from Airbnb and Booking.com?
Only the details the app lets you see, and only as its rules allow. Check the platform's current rules. The route is to ask the guest, in person at check-in, to share a number for a stay update, with their consent.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
How long is the contract?
The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
How soon will we see results?
It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.
What if we are not happy with the work?
Tell us and the plan changes. Everything is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. The term is in your written scope, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

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