How To Make OTA Commissions Less Painful at Your Small Hotel
COVID-19 changes hospitality business drastically. Guests demanding more service for less money and fights for each and every penny.
Booking, Expedia, Airbnb, Tripadvisor - top of the the pop in the hotel rooms distribution business. In the beginning of of 2020 all of the hoteliers felt fine to pay 15% to 20% commissions to them.
These days, the supply exceed the demand 100 times which drives the rise of the direct offers. By eliminating the OTA commission hoteliers can offer more competitive rates and win the race.
Provides real time avilability and last minute discounts to the guests and allows guests to book 24/7 without any risk of overbookings.
Allows hotelier to collect advance payment automatically from Visa/Mastercard and reduce loss on no-show and last minut cancelations.
Automatically generated web-site based on your hotel photos and descriptions allows guests to get actual offers 24/7 without disturbing the management.
Effective Tours has it's own card payment gateway in EU which allows you to charge your guests in EUR and receive money anywhere in the world, not only Sri Lanka. We are working with any types of properties in Sri Lanka even if it's not a company but a small private business.
While advertising your property in social media or doing email marketing it's always better to use ET direct link instead of your property page on Aribnb or Booking. Unlike the OTA, we are not charging hoteliers for direct bookings. It allows you to sell your rooms at least 15% cheaper and makes you more competitive to other offers.
Effective Tours provides an automated syncrionisation of your hotel rates & inventory, between Airbnb, Booking, Expedia & Agoda. Foor the property up to 5 units/rooms it will costs you 5$ per month only. We provide 2 month trial without any obligations from your side, so you can try without any risk and decide after 2 month. Check pricing here
