GREATER SELECTION, LOWEST RATES, NO COMMISSIONS
CONSUMERS
Did you know that other online travel agencies like Expedia©, Hotels.com©, Travelocity©, Priceline© and Orbitz© charge hotels more than 25% in commissions for each reservation? The traditional wholesalers like Liberty© and Travel Impressions© charge even more! That means that many independent hotels, bed and breakfasts, and smaller family owned hotels, do not work with these agencies because they simply can't afford to. AboutAnywhere.com does not charge the hotels a single penny to be listed on our site. So, when you search for hotels in a particular destination on AboutAnywhere.com, you will get a greater, more complete selection of accommodations than any other travel site on the Internet. Since AboutAnywhere.com is the only FREE marketplace for travel, all types of hotels from all over the world have signed up with us to reach customers like you! Do you ever get frustrated because you would like to book directly with the hotel, but you can’t find their website because the search engines are flooded with travel agencies? Well, you will notice that when you click on BOOK NOW on our site, AboutAnywhere.com will send you directly to the hotel's website for booking. That means that you will get the best rates and the highest level of service from the hotel when you book through AboutAnywhere.com because hotels love direct bookings!
HOTELS
We've been there guys. We feel your pain. You go into Google, search for your own hotel, and you don't even show up on the first page! How frustrating… Now all of these consumers that want to book your hotel will end up booking through Expedia©, Hotels.com© or Orbitz©, and you'll have to fork over 25% or more. In this economy, some of you pay more to the agency than you keep for yourselves!!! Maybe you'll get lucky and that consumer will try booking through Kayak©. Maybe then they'll find your website and book directly? Yeah, probably not. But hey, look on the bright side, those agencies spend over a billion dollars in marketing, and maybe you'll benefit from the "billboard effect"! But hey, wait a minute… where did they get all that money from in the first place? Wouldn't it be great if all of the hotels in any destination could put their budgets together, go out there and compete for those consumers, and then give them the ability to make their bookings directly on your site??? Welcome to AboutAnywhere.com. We challenge you to give us ONE reason why you shouldn't work with us.
TRAVEL AGENTS
Don't get us wrong. We love you guys… and when a consumer doesn't quite know where they want to go, or needs help deciding which hotel to stay in, nothing can replace the personal attention and advice that is provided by a travel agent. You work hard for that 10%. But there are a lot of customers out there that are pretty savvy. They know where they want to go, and they're comfortable making a decision about a hotel by themselves. We just don't think it's cool that a hotel should pay 25% or more to an online agency just because they can't compete against them in Google. So we're helping the hotel industry consolidate their budgets in order to compete more effectively. We have built a marketplace where consumers can compare hotel options, and then book directly without struggling to find the hotel’s website. And guess what? If you as a travel agent make a booking through AboutAnywhere.com, the hotel will still pay you your commission as long as the rate is commissionable!
