For hotels, boutique properties & groups

Your desk should be facing the guest

A dedicated Relaytask team takes the screen work and the out-of-hours queue, so your front office spends its shift on the floor.

A boutique hotel reception desk in warm evening light

Front office is doing back office work

The desk was designed for guests standing in front of it. Most of its day now goes to a screen — enquiries, changes, records, reports and reviews that arrive whether or not anyone is free.

What guests should get

  • Someone present at the desk
  • An answer to the enquiry within the hour
  • A request actioned, not noted
  • A complaint handled before check-out
  • A reply to their review
  • Contact outside office hours

What the desk is actually doing

  • Clearing an inbox between arrivals
  • Re-keying reservations and updating records
  • Chasing departments for an answer
  • Compiling reports for management
  • Monitoring review sites when there is time
  • Leaving evenings and weekends to on-call

Four support streams

Take one stream or several. Each is staffed by dedicated team members trained on your property, your systems and your standards.

Front office & guest support

Guest enquiries, reservation support, changes and cancellations, pre-arrival and post-stay communication, guest requests, complaint triage and escalation management.

Administrative support

Data entry, CRM and PMS updates, inbox management, records and filing, scheduled reports and document preparation — the recurring work that fills a shift.

Guest experience

Review monitoring across platforms, guest follow-up, satisfaction surveys, escalation handling and service-recovery correspondence.

After-hours support

Evening cover, overnight shift cover for US, UK and Australian time zones, and weekend cover — staffed to the window agreed in your service agreement.

Where a dedicated seat lands first

Reservation enquiries arriving faster than the desk clears them
The queue is worked continuously and measured against an agreed response window
Reception covering the inbox during arrivals and departures
Inbox ownership moves off the desk at peak hours
Reviews going unanswered for days
Monitored by your team; responses drafted to your standards for your approval
Reports compiled manually by duty staff
Reporting about the work at the cadence you agree — end of day, weekly or monthly
Evenings and weekends left to whoever is on shift
Cover staffed to a defined window, with a documented escalation path

We support the desk. We do not replace it.

Your duty manager keeps authority over the property and the guest. The Relaytask team works to the limits you set and escalates on your path.

Level 01

Relaytask agent

Handles routine enquiries, reservation admin and guest correspondence inside the authority documented at onboarding.

Level 02

Team Lead

On-site supervisor. Owns performance, handles what the agent cannot resolve, and holds the line on quality.

Level 03

Your duty manager

Anything touching property decisions, compensation, safety or brand standards routes to your named contact, with full context attached.

Ongoing

Account Manager

Oversees the engagement, owning scope and reporting at the cadence you agree — end of day, weekly or monthly.

Tools & systems we can work within

Booking platforms
Property management systems
Guest communication platforms
CRM systems
Email
Phone / VoIP
SMS & WhatsApp
Task & project management
Knowledge bases & SOP libraries
Reporting dashboards

Relaytask works inside your own platforms and permission model. Access is granted, scoped and revoked by you, credentials are issued to named individuals, and we will review and sign your data processing agreement or security addendum as part of contracting.

FAQ

Common questions

No. The team works alongside your desk, taking the screen work and the out-of-hours queue so your staff stay with the guest in front of them. Your duty manager keeps authority over the property.

Yours. We work inside your property management system, booking platforms and messaging tools, under access you grant and can revoke. During onboarding the team learns the tools and workflow used for the agreed work.

Recruitment against your role specification happens first. Onboarding then runs as a five-day setup: discovery and documentation, the handover, and training on your systems and standards.

Coverage arrangements are agreed with you during scoping, so you know in advance how absence is handled on your account.

An on-site Team Lead owns performance, and an assigned account manager oversees the engagement and the work. Reporting about the work comes at the cadence you agree — end of day, weekly or monthly.

Teams are staffed to the coverage window agreed in your service agreement, including shift cover extending into overnight hours for US, UK and Australian time zones.

Get Started Today

Tell us where the hours are going

Share your room count and the gaps in your coverage. We come back with a team shape and a coverage window.

  • Free discovery call
  • Custom team recommendation
  • Office-based, dedicated to your account
  • 5-day onboarding setup
Two colleagues celebrating at a desk in a bright office

5-day onboarding setup

Trained, supervised, office-based