Trilingual agents for the Balearics: Spanish, English and German
RavinaroCan one agent really handle three languages?
Yes, on one number, switching to whichever the caller opens with and switching again if they change. That is the setup to ask for.
What does not work is three separate numbers, or a menu asking the caller to choose. Both push the work onto the guest before they have been helped with anything, and in hospitality that is where enquiries are lost.
Is the German as good as the Spanish?
Close, and worth testing separately. German voice quality is strong in current models — arguably stronger than Spanish for formal phrasing — but the vocabulary of your business is what decides it.
Test with your property names, your area names, and the way you describe what is included. A demo that handles a generic greeting well tells you nothing about how it handles "ist der Pool im April beheizt".
What about Catalan?
Worth asking about rather than assuming. Mallorquín is used widely in daily life on the island, and a business serving locals as well as visitors may want it.
Quality is behind the three main languages — there is less training data — so the honest answer is that it works for a narrow, scripted job and is less reliable for open conversation. If it matters to you, ask for a sample and judge it before you pay rather than after.
Does the transcript come back in the language spoken?
It should. A transcript translated into English loses what the guest actually said, and that is the part worth reading when you are working out why an enquiry did not convert.
The monthly report also breaks down which language your enquiries arrive in, which for a lot of Mallorca businesses is not the split they assumed and changes how they staff the season.
Written by Ravinaro
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