I partially agree. What you have stated is how you retain direct bookings for repeat guests - 100%.
On the other hand, Marketing, word of mouth, and your website are the only things that are going to drive organic guests if you want to grow your direct bookings.
Repeat guests are a slow buildup over time that grow direct bookings. Marketing is key for organic faster growth in direct bookings.
I partially agree. What you have stated is how you retain direct bookings for repeat guests - 100%.
On the other hand, Marketing, word of mouth, and your website are the only things that are going to drive organic guests if you want to grow your direct bookings.
Repeat guests are a slow buildup over time that grow direct bookings. Marketing is key for organic faster growth in direct bookings.
I partially agree. What you have stated is how you retain direct bookings for repeat guests - 100%.
On the other hand, Marketing, word of mouth, and your website are the only things that are going to drive organic guests if you want to grow your direct bookings.
Repeat guests are a slow buildup over time that grow direct bookings. Marketing is key for organic faster growth in direct bookings.
I think the price seals the deal. Smart travelers see the property on OTA (this is where reviews come in), once sold, if they are smart they find my company's site and book on there because they save about 15%
Ken already said the part that matters, this is retention and not discovery, and those two need completely different work. What I'd add on the retention side is that most hosts never actually tell a guest the site exists. It has to be somewhere they see it while they're still in the house and still happy, so mine is in the welcome book and on the wifi QR card, not in an email after they've already gone home. I've been hosting 8 years and I put it in both places for that reason, a website doesn't go and find you anybody, it holds onto the people you already had.