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Booking Optimization · Metro Vancouver

More direct bookings. Less commission paid away.

Every OTA booking costs you 15-25% in commission. We optimize your direct booking channel and OTA strategy together, shifting the mix toward direct without sacrificing your overall booking volume — for hotels, resorts and hospitality venues across Metro Vancouver.

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What It Is

Protecting margin without losing volume.

OTAs bring visibility, but they come at a cost — every booking made through Expedia or Booking.com hands over a meaningful share of the room rate in commission. Booking optimization is the discipline of building a direct booking channel strong enough to earn back that share: a fast, trustworthy booking flow on your own website, rate parity managed correctly across channels, and marketing that drives guests to book direct in the first place.

Benefits

What a stronger direct channel produces.

Lower Commission Costs

Every booking shifted from OTA to direct is margin returned to your business.

Guest Relationship Ownership

Direct bookings mean you own the guest data and relationship, not the OTA.

Stronger OTA Rankings

Optimized OTA listings that still perform well alongside your direct push.

Rate Parity Managed

Consistent pricing across channels that protects you from OTA penalties.

Our Process

Building the direct channel step by step.

  1. I. Channel Audit

    Reviewing your current direct-to-OTA booking mix and where margin is being lost.

  2. II. Booking Flow Optimization

    Streamlining your website's booking engine to remove friction.

  3. III. Rate Parity Strategy

    Setting pricing and incentive structures that favour direct without violating OTA agreements.

  4. IV. Direct Booking Campaigns

    Paid and organic campaigns built specifically to drive direct bookings.

  5. V. Ongoing Optimization

    Monthly tracking of channel mix, ADR and direct booking share.

Timeline

Structural work, compounding returns.

Booking flow fixes can lift conversion within weeks. Meaningful shifts in direct-to-OTA mix typically build over 3-6 months as campaigns, rate strategy and repeat-guest behaviour compound.

Built for booking-driven businesses

Hotels & Resorts Tourism Event Venues Wedding Venues
Illustrative Example

What results look like in practice.

The scenario below is an illustrative example of how this approach typically plays out — not a specific client's confidential results. Ask us for real, current case studies on your strategy call.

Illustrative Example · Boutique Hotel, Metro Vancouver

Shifting booking mix from OTA-heavy to direct-driven

The Challenge

A boutique hotel earning most bookings through OTAs and losing significant margin to commission.

Our Strategy

Rebuild the direct booking flow and launch a direct-booking-focused campaign with a best-rate guarantee.

What We Did

New booking engine, rate parity audit, and targeted retargeting to past OTA guests.

Illustrative Result

Meaningful growth in direct booking share and recovered commission margin over two quarters.

Questions

Booking optimization questions.

Every booking made through an OTA carries a commission of 15-25%. Shifting even a modest share of bookings to your direct channel meaningfully improves margin.

Yes — we optimize your OTA presence alongside your direct channel rather than treating them as competing priorities.

Rate parity means your pricing is consistent across channels. Getting it wrong can trigger OTA penalties or push guests toward third-party booking unnecessarily.

Hotels and resorts are the primary fit, but the same principles apply to any hospitality business taking bookings through multiple channels.

Ready to reclaim your booking margin?

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