Hotel bookings are eventually going the way of airline seats
In fact, some surveys show that in response, hotels in a bunch of destinations have lowered their prices to match or even beat, AirBnB.
It's hard to compete with a well appointed home.
So some travel consultants have now started to book AirBnB properties for their clients. With bookings being paid out -- not from AirBnB but from the property hosts.
Talk about having to keep up with the times.
It's going to get harder to find and keep travelling customers as all the low hanging fruit gets picked.
The days of brochures, websites and social media are just not enough anymore. Click the button below for a free travel agency marketing consultation.
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Ericson Smith
Co-founder, marketing & technology.
Travel Agency Tribes
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