Unlock Your Revenue Potential

Our market-exclusive Direct Booking Audit reveals hidden opportunities and creates a sustainable path to more profitable direct reservations.

Market Exclusivity Your Competitive Advantage

In the hospitality industry, simply listing on OTAs isn’t a strategy – it’s what everyone else is doing. When all your competitors appear side-by-side on the same platforms, you’re forced into price wars that erode your margins. Our Direct Booking Audit is limited to just one property per geographic market. This exclusivity ensures that the strategies, optimizations, and revenue opportunities we identify remain yours alone.

While your competitors continue fighting for the same OTA bookings, you’ll be implementing targeted approaches to capture more direct bookings and higher-value guests.

Once a property in your region secures their audit, this opportunity is no longer available to others in the same market.

The Cost of OTA Convenience

If you’re relying on OTAs to do the heavy lifting, you’re not just losing revenue—you’re losing ownership.

It’s tempting to lean on online travel agents (OTAs). They’re easy. Listings are fast. Bookings come in. But the long-term cost? Steep.

  • You lose your brand presence. Guests book through OTAs, not you—so they become Expedia’s customer, not yours.

  • You lose your guest data. That makes loyalty-building harder, and re-engagement nearly impossible under tightening privacy laws.

  • You lose profit margin. A fixed 15–20% commission cuts deeper the longer you rely on it—while direct marketing costs can decrease over time.

OTAs should be one piece of your discovery funnel, not your booking engine. Most travelers who find you on an OTA will search your name—what they find next determines if they book direct or go back to paying someone else’s commission.

We don’t ignore OTAs, we reposition them as a tool for visibility, not your primary source of bookings.

58%

Increase YoY Direct Bookings

61%

Increase YoY Sales Revenue

What’s Included in Your Direct Booking Audit

This isn’t a cookie-cutter report or surface-level scan. It’s a strategic deep dive into your entire booking ecosystem—customized to your specific property, market, operations, challenges and opportunities.

Comprehensive Booking Path Analysis

We secret-shop your entire guest journey—from OTA discovery to direct checkout—to identify exactly where you’re losing bookings and revenue. We examine every touchpoint a potential guest encounters, including search visibility, social media presence and more.

Website UX & Conversion Optimization

Your website might look beautiful, but is it actually converting visitors? We’ll flag the friction points that send potential guests back to OTAs—from unclear pricing and complicated booking processes to slow load times and content gaps that leave questions unanswered.

AI & Next-Gen Discovery Audit

While your competitors are still optimizing for yesterday’s search, we’ll assess your visibility in emerging channels like AI (ChatGPT, Perplexity), voice and meta-search platforms where modern travelers are increasingly beginning their journey.

Revenue Optimization Strategy

Rate adjustments are just the beginning. We’ll analyze your complete revenue picture: ADR strategy, inventory management, upsell opportunities, merchandising potential and unique ideas to optimize your revenue beyond heads in beds.

Brand Presence & Positioning

Are you a faceless listing on Expedia, or a memorable destination? We’ll evaluate your brand consistency across channels, differentiation from competitors, messaging clarity, visual identity, and how effectively you’re managing your reputation and reviews.

Marketing Channels

We’ll analyze your current marketing mix to identify what’s working and what’s not—from email campaigns and paid search to social media and content marketing—with actionable recommendations to make the most out of your existing channels or where to expand.

Competitor & Market Analysis

Understanding your position in the marketplace is critical. We’ll analyze direct competitors and identify gaps in the market you can leverage, including pricing strategies, unique selling propositions, and untapped guest segments you should be targeting.

Actionable Implementation Roadmap

This isn’t a report that sits on a shelf. You’ll receive a practical blueprint with prioritized recommendations, realistic timelines, budget tiers and implementation options (DIY, hybrid support, or full-service)—plus a walk through of findings and next steps.

Streamlined Process

ASSESSMENT

Complete a brief questionnaire. We’ll check market availability and provide your custom quote.

DISCOVERY

Kickoff call to align on objectives. We’ll have specific questions and gather key information to guide our analysis.

AUDIT

Our team conducts comprehensive analysis over 2-4 weeks, examining your entire booking ecosystem.

DELIVERY

Receive your complete audit and implementation roadmap with a strategic walk-through session.

IMPLEMENTATION

Choose your path: implement yourself, leverage our expertise for specific areas, or have us guide the entire process.

Secure Your Market Before Your Competition Does

Every day you wait is another day your property competes against itself on OTAs—paying commissions on guests who might have booked direct.

Only one property per market can receive our Direct Booking Audit.

When you secure your spot, you lock in a competitive advantage that won’t be available to neighboring properties. Our audit isn’t a template or automated report—it’s a custom blueprint for capturing more direct bookings and higher-margin revenue that’s tailored specifically to your property and market position.