Book direct instead of using online travel agencies
Book direct and you can save money by being part of our savers club.
You’re ready to book your vacation and begin your search online. You search “Costa Rica flights or hotels” and the first page of the search engine results show the top Online Travel Agencies (OTA) such as Expedia, Booking.com, or Airbnb to name a few. You have several options when shopping and they all promote “the best deal – book now”, so you click and book!
What majority of travelers don’t know about these OTAs is that they charge hotels a large commission fee. It’s a love/hate relationship between them and us, we depend on OTAs for their broad reach but we pay the price, which cuts our profits. You see, OTAs charge us a commission as high as 20% or more on each booking. So you can imagine as a small hotel working hard to promote our establishment, that commission takes a big chunk from our bottom line.
To work around the OTAs we maintain our social media channels to promote direct bookings, but that can be difficult when the big corporate OTAs buy up the advertising to be on the top page of search engines. So what happens when all those OTAs pay for the top position on that first page of Google? The little hotel doesn’t get noticed, they’re all the way at the bottom and we get missed. So the traveler books through the OTA!
Advantages of booking direct
- Special member only rates! Our savers club (SAVE10) offers guests 10% off when booking.
- Know exactly where you’re staying. You will know our address and exactly where we are, before you book, not after.
- Personal Service. You will be dealing directly with us instead of a corporate giant’s customer service should you have any problems.
- You’re supporting a small business. You get the satisfaction of having supported a local business instead of a corporate giant.
So, next time you’re booking your vacation cut out the middleman book direct – that small establishment will thank you! Nature’s Edge Boutique Hotel will thank you!