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More guests who book directly with you

Many guests discover a property on Booking.com or Google and then check its own website to see whether it’s cheaper there, what the rooms really look like and how far it is to the beach, the conference centre or the walking trail. Answering these questions and making booking easy saves you commission. Then there are travellers who plan their stay with AI assistants – and these only name places they know from reliable sources.

  • Room and location pages
  • Load time with large images
  • AI travel recommendations
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On Google
  • dog-friendly hotel Lake District
  • holiday apartment Edinburgh Old Town
  • B&B Cotswolds walking holiday with breakfast
On ChatGPT & Co.
Which family-friendly hotel in the Lake District has a swimming pool?
Where can I stay centrally and affordably in Edinburgh for a weekend?
From an audit

What a finding for Hotels and holiday rentals looks like

Every finding names the evidence on your website and what to do – exactly as it appears in your report.

Key findings
1Dogs welcome, but not described anywhere – the search ends on the booking platform
High
Evidence
For “dog-friendly hotel Lake District” the website is not among the first 20 results, while your own listing on a booking platform is. The website only shows a dog icon in the list of facilities – without suitable rooms, the charge for the dog or tips on dog-friendly walks nearby.
What needs to be done
Create a page “Dog-friendly breaks in the Lake District” with suitable rooms, the charge for dogs, house rules and dog-friendly walks nearby, and connect it directly to booking on your own website.
Significance: Guests then book through the platform, and every one of those bookings costs commission.

Example with made-up values – your report names the findings for your website.

Hotels and holiday rentals

Where websites in this industry typically lose customers

  • Website weaker than the platform listing

    The booking platform has dozens of photos, reviews and a clear list of amenities; your own website has three photos and a welcome text. Guests then book where they can see more.

  • Rooms without their own pages

    Double rooms, family rooms and suites all sit on one page. Anyone searching for “family room with balcony” or “accessible room” finds no matching page.

  • Location given only as an address

    Distances to the station, the conference centre, the beach or the sights are missing. Yet this is exactly what travellers search for, and exactly the kind of information AI assistants use in their recommendations.

  • The booking process slows people down

    The embedded booking engine loads slowly, opens a new window or is hard to use on a phone. Guests switch back to the booking platform.

Hotels and holiday rentals

What the audit checks for you

  • Room and location pages

    Whether room types, amenities and location have their own well-described pages that match what travellers search for.

  • Load time with large images

    Whether photo galleries and embedded booking widgets slow the page down on a phone.

  • AI travel recommendations

    Whether AI assistants suggest your property when people plan a trip and which travel reports, platforms and tourism sites they rely on.

  • Platforms and reviews

    Whether your property is listed on the important booking and review platforms with consistent details and how it compares there.

Platforms that matter in your industry

The audit checks whether your business can be found there and whether your name, address and services match everywhere – AI assistants rely heavily on exactly these sources.

  • Google Business Profile
  • Booking.com
  • TripAdvisor
  • Expedia
  • Airbnb
  • Vrbo

Suitable structured data

So that search engines and AI systems can read your details unambiguously:

  • Hotel
  • LodgingBusiness
  • VacationRental
  • HotelRoom with amenityFeature
What’s special about your industry

Total price including mandatory costs

When you quote accommodation prices to consumers, consumer protection and price indication rules require the total price. Costs that are unavoidable – such as a mandatory final cleaning fee for holiday rentals – belong in that price, not just in the small print. Tourist taxes or visitor levies should be clearly pointed out.

General information, not legal advice.

Hotels and holiday rentals

Frequently asked questions

Guests book directly when your own website shows at least as much as the platform and booking is just as easy. A small perk for direct bookers, such as breakfast or a late check-out, provides the final nudge.

It’s the only place where you decide how your property is described and where no commission is due. A lean site with good photos, a description of the location, prices and contact details is often enough for regular guests and referrals to book directly.

AI assistants name accommodation that is described frequently and unambiguously in travel reports, on review platforms and on tourism sites. The audit shows which of these sources you are missing and which properties are named instead.

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