Discover Global Bookings Proprietary Websites
www.thebedbooker.com is the consumer facing website hosted by Discover Global Bookings and all partner properties working with us are featured on this site. The site is highly Search Engine Optimised to ensure that www.thebedbooker.com is featured high on the Google page rankings – thanks to the great rates available and the ease of making a booking instantly in real time on www.thebedbooker.com, you will soon be enjoying increased occupancy levels. Your entry on www.thebedbooker.com gives you the edge over your competitors who do not work with us and who choose to feature on accommodation listings sites. The fact that a potential guest can make a reservation there and then rather than having to fill in a contact form with details of their booking enquiry and then wait for the reply to come back is a definite advantage.
Unlike other sites who will feature your property for you, and give you a choice of levels of membership which determine the amount of information that they will carry about you, we are committed to maximising sales for all of our suppliers. All suppliers are listed with as much information as they are able to provide – you are not obliged to pay more if you want more photographs or a full description for example. We are very proud to be able to provide you with the latest mapping technology as part of your standard entry. Google maps are increasing in popularity – their clarity is exceptional and your How To Reach Us information can be presented as clearly and concisely as possible.
You can see a sample listing below – a superior presentation of your property to maximise your sales and all as part of your basic agreement with us.
- one large exterior image of property and four smaller ones (any aspect) + property name and address
- Room breakdown
- Facilities, amenities & gradings (hover over symbol to get meaning)
- Methods of payment accepted by property (symbols – meanings displayed when hovered over)
- Location (ideally not worded but mapped using Google map technology).
- Maximum 50 word description to appear in initial presentation of property on site. Remainder of description (if supplier submits more than 50 words) displayed through a Read More click through.
- A “Book Now” button
- An MGT button detailing “More than 20 people? Click here for access to the most competitive group prices on the web”.
- “Visit our website” button which takes customer to property home page on own site.
www.mygrouptour.com
We are very proud of this consumer facing website operated by the Discover MyGroupTour division of Discover Travel & Tours. Your entry onto this site is automatically assured as part of our basic membership. The site is a market leader and has unique selling points for individual travellers and for those looking to make arrangements for a group to travel. It is currently the only site where it is possible to book multi-centre holidays in one transaction. Travellers can select as many overnight locations that they wish to stay in, but can then checkout and confirm all bookings in one transaction – a great benefit for people looking to book a touring itinerary. Inclusion on the site will grow your presence in the groups market – if you have more than 12 bedrooms, groups are able to use the unique tools on the www.mygrouptour.com site to plan, book and manage their group ‘s trip from start to finish. Your property will appear and any interested groups are able to enter their details into the system and details of their requirements will automatically come to you. You are then able to send back details of the availability and rates that you are able to offer.
www.explorebycar.com
Your property will be pulled through and made available to potential visitors who are using our unique dynamic packaging site to put together their own bespoke self-drive car touring itineraries. We offer a number of recommended and themed routes too and if your property is on the route, subject to the availability that you have chosen on a particular date, your property will be displayed as a recommendation which can then be booked and confirmed there and then.
In addition these current opportunities, Discover Global Bookings is working hard on building and launching additional niche sites which we will feature your property on subject to certain criteria being met. Next in the pipeline for example are Inns of Britain and Seaside Retreats – keep an eye on the Partner Newsboard for further updates.