PUNKU.AI and TimeRide

Customer story

Additional revenue €38,856 in the chat: one AI agent for three cities

TimeRide offers VR time travel in Cologne, Frankfurt and Dresden. The AI agent Carolin answers visitor questions for all locations. With 534 checkout links in the chat, she brings in additional revenue.

Updated on 21 October 2026Request a demo

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The interview is in German. This is an English translation.

I am André Sudradjat, and I am the team leader for online sales at TimeRide in Cologne. And we at TimeRide have made it our mission to bring history to life.

Customer service is of course a classic topic, it naturally eats up a lot of capacity. The same inquiries often come up, opening hours, rebookings, cancellations. And I have to say, the chatbot is a great relief, we really notice that. It handles quite a bit of work, you know?

We also see that it is really well received in the dashboard. That means customers really enjoy interacting with the chatbot, because they just feel that it provides reliable information, and they are getting the help they need.

What is also very, very interesting for us is that the inquiries are clustered into topics in the dashboard. This is strategically very, very interesting for us, of course. We can derive a lot from that, for example discounts, what customers are asking for, where there might be pain points. It also actively sells and we were able to record up to eight percent more sales through it.

  • €38,856Additional revenueAdditional revenue from 534 checkout links
  • 4,388ConversationsConversations in the chat
  • 96%resolvedresolved by the agent

Goldilocks agents by PUNKU

Not just a template. Not too complicated. Just right for you.

Enter your website. PUNKU adapts the template to your business and your tone.

Three ways to get your own agent. Standard template: the Ticket Selling Agent template, a good start, but not tailored to you. Too complicated: a setup with many fields where nothing is ready. Just right: with your website and company name, the template becomes Carolin for TimeRide. Role: VR time travel in three cities.

Before

The challenge

The same questions in three cities

TimeRide runs VR experiences in Cologne, Frankfurt and Dresden. Every location gets the same questions: opening hours, rebookings and cancellations.

Many visitors write late in the evening. They want to book right away.

“Customer service is of course a classic topic, it naturally eats up a lot of capacity. The same inquiries often come up, opening hours, rebookings, cancellations.”

André Sudradjat, Team Lead Online SalesIn the video from 0:12

Start on 21 July 2025Carolin goes live

The solution

One agent for three cities, connected to the ticket shop

Carolin knows the offer of each city and answers in the chat on the TimeRide website.

When a visitor wants to book, Carolin prepares the booking and sends the checkout link. The visitor pays in the usual checkout.

The dashboard groups the questions by topic. The team sees what visitors ask about, for example discounts.

Carolin

Powered by PUNKU.AI & bookingkit

  1. Carolin: Hi, I'm Carolin. Ready to travel back in time? Cologne, Frankfurt or Dresden?

  2. Guest: Do you still have seats in Cologne on Saturday? We are two people.

  3. Carolin checks bookingkit · Free seats on Saturday in Cologne

  4. Carolin: Yes, there are free seats in Cologne on Saturday afternoon. I have put two tickets in the cart for you.

    2 tickets · Cologne, Saturday

    TimeRide

    Book tickets

You are chatting with an AI assistant.

TodayChat and phone

The results

4,388 conversations, 534 checkout links

Carolin resolves 96% of the conversations on her own. One agent serves all three locations at the same time.

Since 31 August 2026, Carolin also answers phone calls.

From conversation to booking

  • 4,388 Conversations100%
  • 2,004 Booking requests46%
  • 534 Checkout links in 402 chats

Additional revenue from the checkout links€38,856

  • 96%

    resolved by the agent

  • €54,850

    saved support costs

Carolin on the phoneShe also sends callers a booking link.

  • 1,187Calls since the phone launch
  • 37Calls with a booking link
Portrait of André Sudradjat

“… the chatbot is a great relief, we really notice that. It handles quite a bit of work.”

André SudradjatTeam Lead Online Sales, TimeRide

About the business

TimeRide

TimeRide develops and runs time travel experiences with virtual reality. Jonas Rothe founded the company in 2016, and one year later the first attraction opened in Cologne.

Today guests travel into the past in Cologne, Dresden, Frankfurt and at Kloster Andechs, or explore a city on foot with TimeRide GO! and mobile VR headsets. TimeRide has won the German Tourism Award.

timeride.de
A school class in VR headsets in the TimeRide time travel tram in Cologne
Photo: TimeRide · timeride.de
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An agent like Carolin for your online shop

In the demo, we show how an agent answers guest questions and prepares bookings from your shop as a checkout link.

  • Growth, €199 per month: chat, email and the bookingkit integration
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