Choice stress
Just looking for a hotel near the project your colleagues are working on, finding the phone number, and done. It used to be much easier: you simply called the hotel reception and arranged the stay for one or more colleagues with the receptionist. Nowadays, you book quickly (and usually easily) online, and the choice is much greater: far more hotels, but also (Air)BnBs and other accommodation options. And it’s not just the hotel choice that has grown: the options of where to actually book that hotel have also exploded.
Price temptation
Websites play into this: they use every trick in the book to entice you to book with them. Clever, but often misleading. On website X, you may see a great offer, but when booking, hidden administrative fees appear in the fine print. And on website Y, the deal for that one hotel might look fantastic, but breakfast—at €20—suddenly isn’t included. The logical alternative is booking directly through the hotel’s own website. While this is usually not a problem with larger chains, smaller hotels and B&Bs often have less advanced websites, making online booking more difficult and time-consuming
Time
And once you’ve finally booked the right place for the right price… you may already have spent hours. Precious hours you could have invested elsewhere, making the “great deal” you found far less worthwhile. And then the colleague who forgot they also needed a stay for tomorrow? They send you an email with their preferences, and the online jungle search starts all over again.
But what if it could be different?
Searching, comparing, and choosing can take up a considerable part of your workday. Fortunately, there is another way: by making fixed agreements with hotels and your colleagues, for example. Or simply by outsourcing the work to professionals who find and secure the best locations and sharpest prices for you and your colleagues—within set budgets and without unnecessary time investment
Are you spending too much time, energy, and money organizing business stays for colleagues? There’s a better way! At LookingforBooking Corporate Travel, we specialize in taking the hassle out of corporate hotel bookings. We combine the benefits of automation with the essential touch of personal service and support
