HouseTrip last week launched a trial of an instant (direct) booking solution. We’ve been considering this for a while, because although our messaging system has been very successful and has generated a huge amount of bookings, it is quite time consuming for owners and guests.
Instant Booking Holiday Apartment
The reason we launched the messaging system in the first place was to convince our owners that we could generate a lot of booking enquiries for them. Now that the owners have seen that we can, many of them keep their calendars extremely up-to-date.
So, after gauging the initial response via our Owner Newsletter, we contacted many of our hosts in Paris and asked them whether they would be interested in participating in our instant booking trial. The response was an overwhelming YES!
Instant booking properties are now marked clearly in search results. Guests just have to choose a holiday apartment they like and pay with a credit card.
So far, the trial has been a huge success, so we hope to roll this out to all our major destinations in the near future. Watch this space!
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