hoo

Make an offer directly to a hotel

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Make an offer directly to a hotel

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Hotel booking app

hoo is the only hotel booking platform that lets users Make an Offer on the hotel rooms they want to stay in. You can search for hotels, choose your room, and book immediately OR you can make an offer. The hotel can accept or counter with discount or extras!

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Launch tags:Travel•E-Commerce•Tech

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Maker

Hey everyone! We're launching the world's first hotel booking site that lets you make offers on the hotel rooms you want to stay in. Simply search for your hotel, select your room and either Book Now, or Make an Offer based on what you're comfortable with. This offer is anonymously sent to the hotel who can either accept or counter offer you. The upshot is, you get a deal that you cannot get anywhere else. It's a big job but there's some important reasons we're doing it. Did you know that most of the booking sites you already use are mostly owned by the same two companies? Also, did you know that all of these sites charge hotels around 20% commission on every booking? They also make the hotels sign rate parity agreements so they're not allowed to advertise their rooms for lower rates than are available on the big booking platforms. This means that the price of hotels for consumers are artificially inflated to pay for the middlemen whilst at the same time squeezing hotel's profit margins even more at time when the hospitality industry is under unprecedented pressure. We're working on building out our hotel inventory at the moment but already have some great places to stay in the UK and Turkey with more hotels being added everyday. We'd love for you to have a play around with the product and give us your feedback! Thanks everyone.

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5yr ago

Uau it's a great idea!!!👏🏻 And it also looks very nice! Hope you can soon add some hotels in other countries! Congrats!😊

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5yr ago

hoo

Maker

@emm_guti Thanks Emma, now we have the platform technology nailed we're working hard on partnerships with channel managers (providers that distribute hotel rooms to booking services) so you should see more properties added on a weekly basis.

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5yr ago

Love this idea - great way for consumers to get a good deal and for hotels to use up their inventory! If you're based in the UK - I'd reach out to www.headforpoints.com to cover you

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5yr ago

hoo

Maker

@maxwellcdavis Thank you! Yes I had headforpoints.com on my list for some outreach. Will definitely give it a go. Thanks for the support!

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5yr ago

@duncan_mckenna1 Excellent. When you get to APAC - I can put you in touch with a few people in the Miles and points space that might be interested in having a go with the product.

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5yr ago

hoo

Maker

@maxwellcdavis Great, thanks. We've just signed terms with a channel manager that covers APAC so should start getting some inventory through in those regions. Will keep you posted!

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5yr ago

This is very interesting ma man! Opens up a new area for all the fellow travellers to upgrade their stays. Looking forward to using this.

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5yr ago

hoo

Maker

@anushil_sutaria Thanks friend. We're pushing ahead hard and really focussing on getting inventory across the line as fast as we can. We've got GBP, USD, and EUR supported so far with more to come but the platform will work wherever you are in the world and do the conversion for you - just got to get the appropriate hotel coverage.

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5yr ago

Congrats on the launch, @duncan_mckenna1! What an amazing concept! Let me know if we can help you work with more hotels in any way!

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5yr ago

hoo

Maker

Thanks Toby, we’ve already had some initial chats with Impala so great that you spotted us on here!

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5yr ago

A great idea!

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5yr ago

hoo

Maker

@claire_murray1 Thank you! Do let us know what you think of the platform. We're making weekly changes to UX and UI and always happy to get feedback

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5yr ago

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