Which solution is better for my website
Reseliva or 'free' booking buttons provided by online travel agencies?
Some hotelier prefer to use a free booking button of any travel platform on their hotel websites. In this regard we would like to briefly inform you of some issues about its disadvantages. For getting detailed information please contact the travel website which you deal with.
Reseliva booking engine
Online travel website reservation button
Pricing
Reseliva Booking EngineNo extra commissions
Online travel website reservation buttonYou pay a very high commission for booking systems that appear to be free at first glance.
How?
If a guest finds your hotel through a travel website first and then visits your hotel website to make a reservation on your own website, you will still have to pay a commission to the travel website.
The travel website save your guest's information for a certain period of time (cookies). When the guest (who find your hotel through a travel website first and then visits your hotel website) books a room through your own hotel website, the travel website charges you a high commission (e.g. 15%). The reservation will be shown as if were made through the travel website and not your own. A single reservation can cost as much as what you would pay for an entire year for Reseliva online booking engine.
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Hotel guest contact info
Reseliva Booking EngineGuest contact information belongs to you! Stay in contact with your guests.
Online travel website reservation buttonYou can lose loyal and frequent guests to the travel website.
How?
Guests who book your rooms on your website through a travel website's booking button will become customers of that particular travel website.
Travel websites are then able to send them newsletters and recommend other hotels in the area.
When a guest searches for your hotel on Google, the guest will already be directed to the travel website. This application turns your all guests into the travel website's customers.
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Exclusive control
Reseliva Booking EngineThe booking engine system belongs to you and you have exclusive control!
Online travel website reservation buttonThe portal will support the guests unfairly.
How?
Travel websites try to maintain a monopoly that allows them to support hotel guests and apply sanctions against hotels. You support this activity when you use a travel website's button on your website.
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Sales channel
Reseliva Booking EngineYou can divide your inventory between your website and the travel website. This allows you to increase the number of commission-free reservations from your hotel website.
Online travel website reservation buttonThe availability is not differentiated between the travel website and your website. You cannot limit the number of rooms you would like to sell on the travel website.
How?
Your hotel will be fully booked by reservations coming from the travel website for some dates, even though your rooms could be booked through your own website. This is because there is no way to separate the availability defined by the travel website and your website.
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Sales management
Reseliva Booking EngineYou have exclusive control!
How?
Online travel website reservation buttonEverything must be exactly the same as it is on the travel website.
Reseliva gives you exclusive control with no restrictions. You can choose how you want to set up the room types, rates, hotel promotions, discounts, travel packages, policies, etc. You can create more interesting offers for your guests on your hotel website by also promoting extra services.
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Full flexibility
Reseliva Booking EngineYou can differentiate your sales policies to create the competitive advantages!
Online travel website reservation buttonYour sales policies will have to be the same as all of the hotels on the online travel website!
Differentiate your policies
Reseliva Booking EngineYou can guarantee reservations by setting different deposit, cancellation or no-show policies.
Online travel website reservation buttonThe standard policy of the travel website will be applied.
Sale of extra services
Reseliva Booking EngineYou can sell extra hotel services such as transfers, dinners, tours, extra beds, etc. on your hotel website.
Online travel website reservation buttonYou cannot sell extra services on your own website.
Integration
Reseliva Booking EngineReseliva can be integrated with sales channels and payment systems.
How?
Online travel website reservation buttonOnline booking websites don't offer integration with other systems.
Reseliva booking engine can be integrated with sites like TripConnect, Google HPA, SkyScanner and Trivago, and certain payment sites (e.g. PayPal), as well as with your own virtual POS. Using Reseliva channel manager to integrate with other OTAs allows you to manage all channels from the same screen at the same time. It also integrates with PMS systems.
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Image
Reseliva Booking EngineYour property website reflects your identity and the image you project to your guests. Reseliva booking engine is an excellent way to support and improve your property's image.
Online travel website reservation buttonUsing a travel website booking button will negatively affect your property's image.