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“My ads cost more than they bring in.”

You pay for clicks on your own hotel name, the OTAs bid against you, and the agency reports clicks rather than bookings. It is hard to tell if any of it pays.

One month of paid search

Same budget

Spend$4,000
ReportedClicks and impressions
Brand searches won by OTAsMany
Bookings trackedUnknown
Return per $1 spentUnknown
Spend$4,000
ReportedBookings and revenue
Brand searches won by OTAsFew
Bookings tracked31 direct
Return per $1 spent$6.20

Illustrative example.

Why it keeps happening

Ads are measured on clicks.
Clicks and impressions look good in a report, but rooms are what pay.
Budget goes to the wrong searches.
Broad keywords and markets that never book take most of the spend.
The booking engine leaks the click.
Paid visitors land on a slow or confusing page and leave to compare.

What we change, and what you’ll notice

How our direct booking service works
What we doWhat you notice
Track every booking back to its adYou see revenue per campaign, not just clicks.
Move budget to what booksSpend follows the markets and searches that convert.
Protect your brand name searchesGuests looking for you land on your website, not an OTA.
Fix the page the ad lands onMore of the visitors you pay for book.

Across the hotels we work with, direct bookings grow 4.2× against what OTAs charge to acquire the same guests.

Portfolio average

Find out what this costs your hotel

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