Tool
What you hand to the OTAs every year
Move the sliders or type in your own numbers. The figures update as you type and stay on your computer: nothing is saved, nothing is sent to anyone, and you don’t have to leave an email address to see the result.
How many rooms you have in total
Averaged across the whole year, low season included
How full your rooms are across the year
Booking.com, Expedia, Airbnb and the like
Usually between 15% and 20%
What you hand to the OTAs in a year
€67,759
That is €5,647 a month, the takings from 565 nights sold at your average rate.
If you move bookings to your direct channel…
- 10% of those bookings+€6,776
- 20% of those bookings+€13,552
- 30% of those bookings+€20,328
Recovered every year, not just once.
The starting figures are a realistic example: put your own in and the total updates as you type. Nothing is saved and nothing is sent.
How to read the result
The big number is the commission you pay in a year on the bookings that come through the booking sites. It is not an estimate of your turnover: it is only the share that stays with them.
The three lines underneath answer the question that actually matters: if some of those guests booked directly with you, how much of that money you would keep. It is not a one-off saving; it comes back every year.
Moving 100% to direct is not the aim, and it would not even be a good idea: the booking sites bring you guests who would never have found you at all. The aim is that they stop being your only channel.