Welcome to the tiqs hospitality lost + found solution. The easiest, most effective, free lost + found solution for the hospitality industry!
tiqs hospitality lost + found
tiqs hospitality is truly a win-win-win and benefits the customer, the business, and your employees.
Your guest feel cared for!
With tiqs value-added service it is easy to repatriating lost items to your guests. Your business will have less unclaimed found items in your storage.
Gain a positive reflection upon your brand as care about customers best interests.
Improves process efficiency for your staff no distractions, able to focus on core competencies with less frustration!
I work in the hospitality industry (hotel) and we find a lot of items every year. We store the items securely at our premises. In our experience it is difficult to find the owner and we have a lot of administration and interaction to determine if the person who claims the item is the owner!
We can imagine, that’s why we have made a secure, easy solution for the hospitality industry. It takes less than a minute to administer the item and from that point on the repatriating of the item to the owner is a fully automated process!
Ok, please explain!
Let me show you how we as tiqs help you with your lost and found! Have a look at this short video and continue.
That’s going really fast, can you explain step by step?
Sure! First of all you have to register your hotel, airBnB, BnB, club or other hospitality venue.
Ok, because?
By registering we make an account where you can administer the found items on.
Is that simple to do? and what does this cost?
Yes it is really simple to get an account! just press the button below and fill in the form. You get an e-mail with your credentials to login, when finished. There is no IT cost involved for you, the hotel, airBnB, BnB, club and or other hospitality venue!
If there is no cost involved I will try….
I have registered!, got the mail and logged in, so how do I register a found item?
With our tiqs hospitality app. (android and IOS)!
You can download this app (for registering a found item) from the play and app store. Just press the appropriate button below.
You can download this app (for registering a found item) from the play and app store. Just press the appropriate button below.
Before I download this app please explain what I can do with it.
No problem! With the app you take a picture of the found item, a description in your native language of the item and select a category (like phone, wallet, clothing, glasses, jewelry, etc). Have a look at the screenshots below…
Ok, I download the app, login, I assume with the same credentials I have been given in the email?
Yes, …
So, after I have logged in, I take a picture, of the found item, I describe the item in my own words and select a category, press upload and than I get a message? What is this message for?
Yes, correct, the message states a unique number. This unique number is used for reference and you should write this on the tiqs lost + found bag.
I do not have tiqs lost + found bags, what now?
No worry, we send them to you. Just complete your profile in your account and order the lost + found bags, through our website.
Ok, so I have taken a picture, described the item and selected a category, uploaded the photo and when I have the lost + found bags in I will the unique code on the bag. I also can write additional information on the bag. You want me to put the found item then in the bag and close it?
Yes! Once the bag is closed the bag cannot be opened again without tearing it. This protect the chain of custody?
What is a chain of custody>….
The chain of custody in this case, means that an item is privately and secured stored. You can see it, but others cannot touch it. If you find a wallet with money, for instance. This for safety and it is also hygienic.
Clear, now what do I do with the lost item in the bag?
Store it somewhere safe!
Done and now?
Remember that we have made an account for you? There is also an external overview of all the found items, linked to your account.
You mean a webpage with all the found items ?
Yes! This webpage is linked with your webpage (button or link). On this webpage an owner can see if the Item is found and can claim the item.
I get it, we make a photo, store the item in a plastic bag store the bag safely and when someone contacts us or looks at our webpage the item can be claimed. How does this claiming work? Does the owner have to call us, send us an e-mail?
No, the owner claims the item on your page and than complete an administrative process so we are sure he is the rightful owner!
This process, are we involved in? Do we have to make time available for this?
No, you do not have to do anything!
I am confused, how do you know it is the rightful owner?
The tiqs lost + found process, automatically determines the rightful owner by processing the claim. First the owner has to pay for repatriating cost (sending the item with DHL worldwide to the owner address), the ID of the person who makes the claim is checked (GDPR compliant) and we need either an utility bill or proof of purchase.
Ok, so you make sure the found item is claimed by the rightful owner?
Yes!
Now I assume we get instructions by tiqs to send the item to the owner? right?
No, We have a worldwide collaboration with DHL. We expedite DHL to your premises. DHL will pack the item for and ship it. You only have to give it to DHL. From that point on the item is processed by DHL. A tracking number is stated in your dashboard on this item and the owner is informed accordingly.
Whow! So we only take a photo, store it and the rest is done automatically? What about insurance and liability?
As soon as the item is in transit by DHL, you do not have any liability anymore. The owner can opt-in for insurance and the owner can keep track the item through the tracking number.
Ok, sounds great, can we get back on the FREE service part for hospitality?
Yes, we handle a large number of packages and we have a margin on the shipping cost. By handling this large amount of packages we can cover our cost and give you a FREE service.
That’s sound fair! lost and found is a cost for us now, we want to provide a good customer service, this seems to me the right way.
We agree.
However what if we do not want our customers to pay for the shipment.
We send the shipment bill to you.
Ok, fair again.
Can we handle shipment or collect, by the owner of item, ourselves?
Yes, you can, however as stated, we cover our cost by the margin on the shipment. So it seems only fair that we then charge you per package an administration fee.
Yes, that seems more than fair, what is the cost?
Per, handled found item, not processed by DHL € 4,75,
The following process and service are involved. (1) We provide a full automatic administrative service, including (2) ID scanning (with authentication and authenticity checking of the document, as used in the financial industry), (3) a complete automatic system with apps. We use for scanning the ID document, GDPR government used and approved services, the cost is included in the € 4,75.
The cost involved in lost + found handling for hospitality has an average of 15-25 euro without our system. We take that cost away.
The following process and service are involved. (1) We provide a full automatic administrative service, including (2) ID scanning (with authentication and authenticity checking of the document, as used in the financial industry), (3) a complete automatic system with apps. We use for scanning the ID document, GDPR government used and approved services, the cost is included in the € 4,75.
The cost involved in lost + found handling for hospitality has an average of 15-25 euro without our system. We take that cost away.
I understand, it is just a question, we would like you to handle all.
Thanks! looking forward to serve your business.
I have a last question. As stated we can describe the item in our own words. How does a foreigner not familiar with our language find the item based on our description?
We use state of the art translation engines. The owner will be served in his own language. The description of the item in your own words is automatically translated. We understand lost + found and make it more simple, sustainable and transparent.
Again, i am impressed! you guys have thought of everything.
Thanks again. We look forward in doing business with you. We love to get lost items back to the rightful owners, by doing that we hope, we can actively support a more sustainable world with a smaller consumption footprint.