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I have created an online petition against HostelsClub due to their theft of the HostelPower software. Please visit it and read the details: http://www.boycotthostelsclub.com
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I think it depends on your location. For us, hostelsclub is laughable. I think in the last four years we've gotten one booking from them. But we get a lot of business from HW and HB. Some smaller booking engines like minihostels.com are coming along as well. We use Gomio too, but don't see a lot of bookings from them.
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We (Plus Prague) are on HW, HB, LM and HC (because they are Italian
) when it comes to hostel. Hotel is being offered on Laterooms, LM, Orbitz and Rates to go.However number one in terms of bookins is of course HW (surprise! )
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another question is how much commission do these guys take? I believe we'll be getting most of our customers from car traffic because when the ski resorts are open we can get anywhere from hundreds to thousands of cars driving by. I don't want to have to use something that takes 10% right off the bat.
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You can always put the minimum amount of beds available during the heavy season and then up the amount in slow periods. Although myself I prefer advance reservations versus just walk ins. Gives you more of an idea how much staff to put on.
Even if you are not open for a couple of months you can get onto HW and HB and put some available beds for later on. At least for future periods people will know that you exist. |
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