Reception Teams Shouldn't Be Parking Attendants: How ParkBee Works for Hotels

Your reception team shouldn't be parking attendants

After last week's blog on the VAT increase for hotels in the Netherlands, many general managers asked us: "This sounds great, but what does this actually look like day-to-day?"

Fair question. The VAT increase coming January 1st, 2026 will impact every Dutch hotel's bottom line. While you can't control tax policy, understanding exactly how ParkBee works in practice helps you see where you can find new revenue and reclaim your team's time.

Here's how ParkBee operates at hotels across the Netherlands.

For your guests: Seamless from booking to departure

The guest experience is straightforward:

Book parking through your hotel website or ParkBee's platform when making their reservation. Drive in to the hotel parking facility. ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) scans their license plate automatically. Barrier opens without stopping. Done.

No tickets to collect or lose. No validation stamps to track down at reception. No detours to payment machines. No confusion about how parking works. Guests simply arrive, park, and go directly to check-in focused on their stay rather than parking logistics.

This frictionless experience matches what modern travelers expect—technology that works invisibly, making parking one less thing to think about during their trip.

What changes for your team: 15-25 hours back weekly

For hotel operations, the transformation is significant. Your reception team gets 15-25 hours per week back—time currently spent on parking-related tasks that ParkBee's system handles automatically.

No more gate troubleshooting when barriers malfunction or tickets jam. No more manual validations for guest parking throughout the day. No more payment collection and reconciliation for parking charges. No more parking disputes about rates, availability, or access issues.

ParkBee's multilingual support team handles all guest parking queries directly. When guests have questions about parking, they contact ParkBee's support—not your reception desk. This matters particularly for international hotels serving guests in multiple languages.

Your team handles hospitality—the work they were hired for and trained to do. We handle parking—the operational complexity that traditionally consumed staff time without adding to the guest experience.

For your bottom line: Up to €500K additional annual revenue

Beyond operational efficiency, ParkBee transforms hotel parking economics.

Your empty spaces work 24/7. When guests don't need parking—during off-peak seasons, on weekdays at leisure properties, on weekends at business hotels—ParkBee fills them through our network of 40+ million European drivers searching for parking.

Hotels working with ParkBee see up to €500K additional annual revenue, depending on location and parking capacity. Properties in high-demand urban areas with substantial parking facilities generate more. Smaller properties or those in lower-demand locations generate proportionally less. But the principle remains: capacity that previously generated nothing now produces revenue.

You receive monthly deposits directly, with full transparency through ParkBee's reporting dashboard. Track performance, understand utilization patterns, see exactly how parking contributes to your revenue—all without manual data compilation.

Your parking pays you while you sleep, generating income from capacity that would otherwise sit empty overnight, on weekends, or during seasonal low periods.

Zero capital expenditure required. Zero operational burden for your team. ParkBee provides technology, handles operations, manages users, and deposits revenue monthly.

Why this matters now: VAT increase approaching

The VAT increase is coming January 1st, 2026. Dutch hotels will face higher tax obligations that directly impact margins and profitability.

While you can't control tax policy, you can control where your team spends their time and where you find new revenue to offset increased costs.

ParkBee addresses both: freeing 15-25 weekly hours of staff time that can go toward revenue-generating activities, and creating new income streams from parking assets that traditionally only served guests sporadically.

For Dutch hotels evaluating how to maintain profitability as VAT increases, parking optimization represents a concrete opportunity with measurable impact.

How hotels are preparing

Forward-thinking Dutch hotel operators are already implementing solutions before the VAT increase takes effect. By starting now, they lock in revenue improvements and operational efficiencies that help offset the January 2026 tax impact.

Properties implementing ParkBee typically see immediate benefits: reception teams report reduced workload within weeks, guest feedback improves as parking friction disappears, and revenue from previously empty parking begins flowing within the first month.

The 15-25 hours weekly that reception teams reclaim can redirect toward activities that enhance guest experience and drive revenue—upselling room categories, promoting restaurant reservations, providing personalized service that generates positive reviews and repeat bookings.

The practical implementation

Hotels often ask about implementation complexity. ParkBee handles the technical work: installing ANPR cameras and access technology, integrating with hotel booking systems where desired, training staff on the simple processes that remain, and launching operations.

For hotel teams, the transition is straightforward. Guest-facing processes simplify dramatically. Back-office operations reduce to reviewing monthly reports and depositing revenue. Parking shifts from operational burden to revenue generator without significant staff involvement.

Understanding the revenue potential

The "up to €500K additional annual revenue" reflects top-performing properties with optimal conditions: significant parking capacity, high-demand urban locations, and strong utilization patterns from ParkBee's driver network.

Your specific revenue potential depends on your parking size, location, and local demand dynamics. Properties with 50 spaces in lower-demand areas will generate less than properties with 200 spaces in Amsterdam or Rotterdam city centers.

ParkBee can project revenue potential for your specific property based on location, capacity, and market analysis. These projections use actual performance data from similar properties rather than theoretical models.

Taking action before VAT implementation

With the VAT increase approaching in early 2026, Dutch hotels have a window to implement revenue enhancements and operational improvements that offset the tax impact.

ParkBee represents one concrete action hotel operators can take: reclaim staff time, improve guest experience, and generate new revenue from existing parking assets. The solution addresses immediate operational challenges while providing financial benefits that become increasingly valuable as margins tighten under higher VAT rates.