It might come as a surprise, and it is indeed a little cheeky, but we're very serious: Your website should be considered your first and most important channel!
Thanks to the Billboard Effect being listed on OTAs will bring bookers back to your website.
Make sure that you have a good, responsive website and an efficient, user friendly Booking Engine that will entice guests to book directly. You can motivate them with special offers and rates tailored only if they book using your website direct
Your own website — Pricing
Your own website's pricing isn't publicly available and/or Your own website has opted not to share pricing on their profile. This means that Your own website price is flexible and will depend on several factors such as number of rooms, requested integrations, location of your business etc.
Get a customized quote tailored to your business.
Your own website - HotelMinder Marketplace Rating
Popularity:
Pricing:
Ease of Use:
Review Score:
Your own website - Users Reviews and Review Score
Your own website - Recommended For
Recommended for small, medium, and large hotels, hostels and short-term-rental properties in Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Middle East and Africa. Recommended for economy and midscale properties.
Your own website - Pros & Cons
Pros:
Your own website is an affordable solution with a low pricing ranking
Your own website has a high ease of use ranking
Your own website offers an exclusive offer on HotelMinder: Fully managed for you website starting at 30€ per month only
Cons:
Your own website has few registered integrations with third party applications
Online Travel Agency by Your own website
Compare Your own website to Alternative Solutions
We work and partner with passionate industry leaders to transform hospitality and empower ambitious hoteliers across the globe maximize performance, guests satisfaction and coworkers engagement thanks to modern technology and expert know-how. Compare Your own website with:
Expedia Group - which owns CarRentals.com, Expedia.com, HomeAway, Hotels.com, Hotwire.com, Orbitz, Travelocity, trivago and Vrbo among many other brands - is the biggest Travel Agency is the world.
Expedia.com is particularly popular when targeting the North American and Asian markets.
Since the early 2000s, the group performed many mergers and acquisitions, culminating in 2015 with the purchase of Travelocity from the tech firm Sabre Corporation.
Quick facts:
• Expedia owns over 200 travel booking sites, over 150 mobile apps and websites.
• Expedia operates in nearly 70 countries and in over 35 different languages.
• Expedia currently reaches 25 million guests per year.
The world's largest accommodation website, Booking.com has now expanded their reach into the small accommodation market too, now including family operated Bed and Breakfasts,Vacation Rentals and Self-Catering Apartments.
Quick facts:
• Booking.com has 135 offices in over 50 countries worldwide.
• Booking.com is available in over 40 different languages and offers over half a million properties across 207 countries. That's some reach!
• There are over 700,000 room nights reserved on Booking.com every day.
• In Europe, Booking.com drives 50% of all European online hotel bookings.
• Booking.com currently has 83 million verified reviews.
• The great benefit for hoteliers and accommodation providers is that you only pay Booking.com when a booking is made. No monthly fees are necessary.
Booking.com connects to more Channel Manager solutions that we could list below.
HostelWorld is currently the world's leading, hostel-focused OTA and advertising hostels through its website and thousands distribution partners, including Lonely Planet.
Hostelworld acquired Hostelbookers in 2013 to expand its online power further.
Quick facts:
• HostelWorld attracts young, independent travellers across 170 different countries.
• It has a reach of over 11 million guests!
Browse the best Hotel Technology & Services in HotelMinder Marketplace or Talk to an Expert today.